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Homemade Cherry Limeade

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Nothing says spring like a refreshing drink! Cherry Limeade can definitely hit the spot!

Homemade Cherry Limeade

Sweet and Simple!!

Ingredients

  • Simply limeade (Simply is a GREAT line of juices and are great in SO many drinks)
  • Lemon-lime seltzer water
  • Grenadine
  • Lime slices or wedges
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Crushed Ice
  1. Mix 1 part limeade to 2 parts seltzer water.
  2. Add grenadine to taste (about 1 tablespoon per pint of limeade).
  3. Add crushed ice.
  4. Garnish with lime and cherries.

Check out the Simply website here!

Taste of New Orleans: Lounging Around

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Yep! Two more! A refreshing mojito and something a little different.

Mojito Cocktail

Refreshing and different.

Ingredients

  • 8 leaves fresh mint
  • 1/4 cup simple syrup
  • 8 cubes ice
  • 1/2 cup and 2 tablespoons rum
  • 1/2 cup carbonated water
  • 4 sprigs fresh mint
  1. In a cocktail glass, muddle (crush) mint leaves with simple syrup.
  2. Add ice and rum.
  3. Top with carbonated water.
  4. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

Now something a little different!

Red Rooster 

Also known as a Madras.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ice cubes
  • 2 fluid ounces potato or grape vodka. (Potato would be best for this particular cocktail)
    • Potato: Chopin, Teton Glacier, Monopolowa, Vikingfjord, Luksosowa
    • Grape: Cîroc, Bombora
  • 4 fluid ounces cranberry juice
  • 1/2 fluid ounce orange juice
  1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Pour in vodka.
  3. Fill glass to 3/4 full with cranberry juice.
  4. Top with orange juice.
  5. Stir.

ALWAYS DRINK RESPONSIBLY!

Watermelon Mojito Popsicles

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Well it’s the day after Valentine’s Day. Are you off of your sugar high or still calming down from all the sweet deliciousness of chocolates, caramels and toffees? I think it’s time we mix it up a little bit after all that chocolate and enjoy some fruity goodness! What do you say? Are you in? Hopefully you are! Let’s get to it!

Watermelon Mojito Popsicles

I know it’s not spring yet but hey, we can plan ahead!

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups cubed watermelon
  • Handful fresh mint leaves
  • 3 tablespoons agave (or you can sweeten them with regular sugar)
  • 1/2 lime
  • 2 oz. light rum (use your favorite)
  • 1/2 cup club soda
  1. In a large mixing bowl, muddle the watermelon and mint together until the watermelon is a juice consistency with some small chunks. Once it’s fully muddled, remove the muddled mint.
  2. Add the 3 tablespoons agave (or sugar), 2 ounces rum and squeeze the 1/2 lime into the watermelon juice.
  3. Pour half of the mixture into a cocktail shaker… unless you have a shaker large enough for all of the watermelon. Shake until combined and put into a separate bowl with a spout. Do the same with the other half of the juice.
  4. Add the club soda to the shaken juice and stir.
  5. Fill the popsicle tray up and add a skewer (cut to size) in the center.
  6. To garnish, place a small mint leaf in each of the popsicles. 
  7. Time for the freezer! These will need to freeze overnight because of the rum. They also melt a little faster, so make sure you serve them with a napkin!
*This could also make a very delicious refreshing cocktail!
ooooh I can taste spring already! Come on Spring! We miss you! (Well at least I miss you, A LOT!)
This is a great recipe to keep on tap as soon as spring decides to roll around. But as Mr. Groundhog unfortunately said, 6 more weeks of winter 😦
ENJOY!
Kwegyirba Croffie is a freelance Associate Producer at News 12 Connecticut and a Special Events/Event Planning and Social Media Intern at College Lifestyles (TM). She is a Quinnipiac University alumni and a sister of Alpha Delta Pi. She enjoy cupcakes,Broadway musicals, Forever 21 ,giraffes, peacock feathers, orchids, lillies and anything Disney.