Friday, 8 July 2011

Let them drink!!

Some fab ideas for healthy drinks at partys or just as a daytime treat!

Tropical Fruit Punch

What you will need:

425g canned sliced mango in natural juice
3 cups (750ml) tropical fruit juice
300g finely chopped pineapple
250g finely chopped strawberries
2 tbsps finely shredded fresh mint
1 tbsp caster sugar
3 cups (750ml) ginger ale


What to do:

Strain the mango over a small bowl, reserving the juice
Chop the mango slices finely
Combine mango and reserved juice in a large bowl with the tropical fruit juice
Stir in the remaining ingredients
Refrigerate the punch for 2 hours before serving, add ice if wanted.




Jungle Slush

What you will need:

12 kiwi fruit (approx 1kg)
3 1/2 cups ice cubes
3 cups (750ml) chilled kiwi mix fruit juice

What to do:

Peel kiwifruit, quarter lengthways, remove the core and as many seeds as possible
Just before serving, blend the kiwifruit, icecubes and juice until almost smooth, pour the slush into glasses to serve



Watermelon Raspberry Juice

What you will need:

4kg watermelon
3 1/2 cups (875ml) chilled lemonade
1/2 cup (125ml) raspberry cordial
12 mini whisks (one per child) (optional)

What to do:

Remove the skin and seeds from the melon, chop the flesh coarsley.
Push the flesh through a juice extractor or blend until mushy
strain the juice into a large jug and stir in the lemonade and cordial
Just before serving add a small whik to each glass to use as a stirrer as the juice will separate on standing!




Chocolate Malted Milk Milkshake

What you will need:

1/3 cup (40g) malted milk powder (Horlicks is a good choice)
1/3 cup (80ml) chocolate flavoured ice cream topping sauce
1 cup (250ml) chocolate ice cream
2 1/2 cups (625ml) milk
Ice cubes to serve


What to do:

Blend all the ingredients together until smooth and serve over ice


Strawberry Milkshake

What you will need:

250g strawberries, chopped
2 cups (500ml) milk
2 scoops strawberry ice-cream
1/2 cups (125ml) strawberry flavoured ice-cream topping sauce

What to do:

Blend or process all ingredients together until smooth, serve over ice if wanted



For the more sophistocated palate: Strawberry Ice Punch

What you will need:

250g Strawberries, sliced
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
pink food colouring
1 egg white, beaten lightly
1 litre (4 cups) chilled apple and strawberry juice
1 litre (4 cups) chilled mineral water
1 litre (4 cups) chilled lemonade

What to do:

Place one strawberry slice into each hole of a 12 hole ice cube tray. Fill with water, freeze
Combine sugar and a few drops of food colouring in a plastic bag and rub together until sugar in coloured pink
Place pink sugar on a saucer and place egg white on another saucer
Dip the rim of each glass into the beaten egg white and then into the sugar (you can use just water instead of egg white if you would prefer)
Just before serving, combine the juice, mineral water and lemonade in a large serving bowl, tint pink with a few drops of colouring. Ass strawberries and strawberry ice cubes, serve

















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