Champagne Punch

• 1 bottle Pink Champagne
• 12 oz frozen Pink Lemonade
• 12 oz frozen Lemonade
• 1 liter 7-up

Mix in punch bowl and serve.

Cherry Twist

• 1/4 Amerreto
• 3/4 Godiva Chocolate Liqure

Shot size - but can be made any size.

Punch For One

• 1 cup 7-up
• 1/2 cup Cranberry Juice
• Dash of Orange Juice

Mix together for a refreshing drink. For Punch Bowl - use 1 litter
7-Up, Cranberry juice to taste, Orange juice cubes with rainbow
sherbet.

Old-fashioned Wassail Bowl

24 cups

• 1 gallon Apple Cider
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• one 6 oz frozen Lemonade concentrate
• one 6 oz frozen Orange juice concentrate
• 1 tbsp whole Cloves
• 1 tsp ground Nutmeg
• 1 tbsp whole Allspice
• Cheesecloth or Tea Strainer
• 24 long Cinnamon sticks

In large kettle, combine cider, sugar, lemonade and orange juice.
Tie spices in cheesecloth or strainer. Add to cider mixture and
simmer for 20 minutes, covered. Remove and discard spices.
Serve hot with cinnamon sticks.

Crock-O-Sours

Serves Many

• 1 qt cheap Whiskey
• 12 Lemons, juiced
• 1 qt Water
• 1-1/2 cups Sugar
• 6 Lemon Rinds, grated

Boil water and sugar to dissolve. Pour into stone crock with
other ingredients. Let set at least 24 hours-48 is better. Ice down
well to serve. (Pour into ice-filled container and fill container, let it
set to dilute.)

Stress

• Malibu
• Vodka
• Peach Schnappes
• Cranberry Juice
• Pineapple Juice

1 part each of Liquires - Two parts of cranberry and pineapple
juices. Using a better grade of Vodka (Absolute) will make it much
smoother

Cranberry Slush

• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Cranberry juice
• two 12 oz frozen Orange juice
• two 12 oz frozen Lemonade
• three to four 16 oz 7-up
• 1/5 Vodka

Heat sugar and cranberry juice. Add other ingredients. Freeze.
Freezes to slushy stage

Punch

• 3 gallons
• 46 oz Pineapple juices
• 46 oz Orange juice
• 3 pkg Orange Koolaid
• 3 pkgs Cherry Koolaid
• 6 cups Sugar
• 2-1/2 gallons Water
• 32 oz 7-up per gallon of concentrate

Mix all except 7-up. May freeze concentrate. When ready to
serve-add 32 oz 7-up per gallon.

Beverage Punch

• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Water
• 4 Oranges (3 oz frozen, diluted)
• 4 Lemons (Realemon)
• 2 Limes (Realime)
• one #2 can Pineapple juice
• 2 lg. bottle 7-up
• 1 lg. bottle White Soda

Mix well all but 7-up and soda. Add 7-up and soda when ready to
serve.

Banana Punch

• 4 cups Sugar
• 6 cups Water
• 46 oz Pineapple Juice
• two 12 oz frozen Orange Juice
• one 12 oz frozen Lemonade
• 5 Bananas, mashed
• 7-up

Mix well. May freeze at this point. Add equal parts 7-up when
serving. May float strawberries as garnish.

Russian Tea Mix

(A good hot drink with little caffeine)

• 2 Cups Tang (orange)
• 1/2 Cup Instant Tea
• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1 pkg. Presweetened Lemonade
• 1 Tsp. Cinnamon
• 1/2 Tsp. Ground Cloves

Mix all ingredients. Use 2 teaspoonfuls or more (according to
taste) per cup. Makes a good drink, hot or cold.

Jabba The Slut

Frandrellco (Hazelnut Liqure)
Amerreto
Bailly’s (Irish Cream)
Kahulla (Coffee Liqure)
1 part each - make as large as you wish.

Sparkling Christmas Punch

Makes 32 powerful servings

• 4 oz. Lemon Juice
• 4 oz. Pineapple Juice
• 3 oz. Grenadine
• 3 oz. Fruit Cordial
• 8 oz. Brandy
• 1 Bottle White Wine
• 2 Bottles Champagne (chilled)

Mix all ingredients except champagne over ice in a bowl. Add the
sparkling champagne just before serving. Garnish bowl with fruit
slices and strawberries.

Apricot Sours

serves one

• 1/4 oz Lemon or Lime juice
• 1-1/2 ozs Apricot Brandy
• 1 tsp Sugar
• 1 oz fresh Orange Juice

Shake, strain, serve

Simple Coffee Drink

 

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cold brewed coffee
• 2 (1 gram) packets granular sucrolose sweetener (such as Splenda®)

Directions

1. Mix milk, coffee, and sweetener together in a glass until sweetener is dissolved.

Footnotes

• Cook's Note:
• Sometimes I brew a pot of coffee with the sole intent of making one of these for breakfast the next day. As soon as everyone has had their fill of hot coffee, I simply put the pot in the fridge.

Sangria

 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brandy
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/3 cup frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1 (750 milliliter) bottle dry red wine
• 1/2 cup triple sec
• 1 lemon, sliced into rounds
• 1 orange, sliced into rounds
• 1 lime, sliced into rounds
• 1/4 cup white sugar (optional)
• 8 maraschino cherries
• 2 cups carbonated water (optional)

Directions

1. In a large pitcher or bowl, mix together the brandy, lemon juice, lemonade concentrate, orange juice, red wine, triple sec, and sugar. Float slices of lemon, orange and lime, and maraschino cherries in the mixture. Refrigerate overnight for best flavor. For a fizzy sangria, add club soda just before serving.

Energetic Strawberry Smoothie

 

Ingredients

• 1 (8.3 ounce) can citrus flavored energy drink (e.g. Red Bull™)
• 2 cups frozen strawberries

Directions

1. In the container of a blender, combine the energy drink and frozen strawberries. Blend until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add some water if blending is difficult. Pour into 2 big glasses.

Easy Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 1 (64 fluid ounce) bottle apple cider
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon whole allspice
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1/3 cup brown sugar

Directions

1. In a slow cooker, combine apple cider and cinnamon sticks. Wrap allspice and cloves in a small piece of cheesecloth, and add to pot. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, and keep warm.

Martini

 

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 fluid ounces gin
• 1/2 fluid ounce dry vermouth
• 1 pitted green olive
• 1 cup ice

Directions

1. Scoop ice into a shaker. Pour in gin and vermouth. Cover shaker, and gently shake to mix vermouth and gin. Pour drink, without ice, into a cocktail glass. Gently drop olive or lemon twist into the glass. Serve.

Banana Blowout

6 scoops French Vanilla ice cream 
1 tablespoon choloclate flavored syrup 
1 banana, peeled 
1/4 teaspoon almond extract 
whipped cream 
silvered almonds 
chocolate shavings 
maraschino cherries

In blender, combine ice cream, chocolate syrup, banana and almond extract. Blend until smooth. 
Pour mixture into small glass. Top each glass with a dollop of whipped cream and garnishe with almonds, chocolate shavings and cherries.