St Patrick’s Day Lime Punch...

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed For fun new recipes and articles to help you become a Gourmet too. Thanks for visiting! Ingredients: ½ gallon lime sherbet, softened in fridge before using 2 liters Sprite or 7-up Instructions: With a hand mixer, blend softened sherbet and soda in a big punch bowl. Serve immediately or chill in the fridge until party time. Social...

Be My Valentine’s Champagne Cocktail...

(Yields 1) Ingredients: 3 oz chilled good quality champagne ½ oz cognac 2 dashes Angostura Bitters 1 sugar cube Instructions: Place a sugar cube into a champagne flute and soak with the bitters. Add the cognac and fill the glass with champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist placed on the rim. Enjoy with your loved one! Social...

Halloween Punch...

(Makes 4 quarts) Ingredients: 1 plastic pumpkin to serve the punch in 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk 2 l orange soda, chilled 1 (46 oz) can pineapple juice Orange Sherbet (optional) Instructions: Stir together pineapple juice and condensed milk in the plastic pumpkin. Add the orange soda and stir well. Fill glasses (maybe you have spooky ones) with punch over ice, top with sherbet (if desired) and enjoy this awesome...

Fruit Juice Spritzer...

Do your kids like soda, but you hate for them to have it all the time? One of my favorite beverages any time of the year is a fruit juice spritzer. It’s refreshing, cool and tasty. Plus it has the added benefit of fruit juice so you can count is as a fruit serving for the day! I prefer using 100% Juicy Juice, being that it’s, well, 100% all natural juice. But you can use any juice you prefer. You’re kids will love it...

Kids Favorite Banana and Orange Smoothie...

Ingredients: 1 to 1 ½ ripe bananas 1 cup frozen fruit of your choice (I prefer strawberries) 1 tbsp lime juice, freshly squeezed 1 ½ cups orange juice, freshly squeezed (about 4 oranges) Instructions: Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate and serve cold. This is a great breakfast smoothie for the whole family. Social...