Fun Drink Friday - Cranberry Tree

 Cranberry Tree

ingredients

• 1/2Cup chilled champagne
• 1/2Cup cranberry juice
• Fresh cranberries threaded on a skewer

directions

1.In a champagne glass combine chilled champagne and cranberry juice. Garnish with cranberry skewer. 

Makes 1 serving.

Best for: Evening cocktail parties
Start to finish: 2 minutes

Tip: To make this drink kid-friendly, add sparkling cider instead of wine.

Yummy little drink from Better Homes and Gardens.

Fun Drink Friday - Autumn Punch

Autumn Punch

       ingredients

• 2teaspoons whole cloves
• 1/2of a vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 164 ounce bottle apple-cranberry juice
• 4medium purple and/or green plums, pitted and sliced
• 1750 milliliter bottle Gewurztraminer, or other fruity white wine*
• Ice cubes
• 
  
• directions

1.Place cloves and vanilla bean in center of a double-thick 6-inch square of 100-percent-cotton cheesecloth. Bring corners of cloth together; tie closed with clean string. Pour apple-cranberry juice into a large container or pitcher. Add plums and spice bag. Cover and chill for 4 to 24 hours.

2.Remove and discard cheesecloth bag. Stir in Gewurztraminer. Serve beverage and plum slices over ice. (Or omit the ice and heat the juice mixture and wine in a 4-quart Dutch oven until hot. Serve in heatproof mugs.) Makes 10 to 12 servings.

from the test kitchen*Nonalcoholic Option:

• Substitute two 12-ounce cans chilled ginger ale for the Gewurztraminer, and serve over ice.

nutrition facts (Autumn Punch)

• Servings Per Recipe 10,
 
• cal. (kcal) 180,
 
• carb. (g) 33,
 
• fiber (g) 1,
 
• pro. (g) 1,
 
• vit. A (IU) 243,
• vit. C (mg) 64,
 
• sodium (mg) 30,
 
• calcium (mg) 10,
 
• iron (mg) 0,
 
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Makes: 10 to 12 servings

Prep 20 minsChill 4 hrs

Yummy!! I found this little treat over at Better Homes and Gardens, under Festive Fall Drink Recipes.

Fun Drink Friday - The June Bug

Ok, so I didn't know they had a name for this, but I guess they would.

 I'm not to sure why they'd name a drink after a June Bug?? :-/ 

Have they ever seen one of those suckers?? They're big flying beetles. 

I remember growing up, you'd be laying in bed trying to sleep and one of those suckers would smack right into the screen. And not a quiet smack, those things have punch! ;-)

I remember my mom making a drink similar to this for our parties.

June BugMakes: 4 servingsStart to Finish 5 minsingredients

• 3

• cups ginger ale

• 4

• tablespoons grenadine

• 4

• tablespoons orange juice

• 3

• scoops orange sherbet

directions1.Blend together ginger ale, grenadine, orange juice, and sherbet. Pour into ice-filled cocktail glasses. (To make a version with alcohol, add white rum.)

nutrition facts (June Bug)

• Servings Per Recipe 4,
 
• cal. (kcal) 163,
 
• Fat, total (g) 1,
 
• carb. (g) 40,
 
• sugar (g) 33,
 
• vit. A (IU) 49,
 
• vit. C (mg) 8,
 
• Thiamin (mg) 0,
 
• Riboflavin (mg) 0,
• Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
 
• Folate (µg) 4,
 
• Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0,
• sodium (mg) 31,
 
• Potassium (mg) 65,
 
• calcium (mg) 20,
 
• iron (mg) 0,
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

The recipe above came from: 

Better Homes & Gardens

My family's version would be:

 2 - 2 liter bottles of ginger ale

2 - 2 liter bottles of lemon-lime soda

2 - gallons of sherbet ice cream

Put in a large punch bowl on top of another large punch bowl filled with ice.

And of course for the adults in us :-)

You can add a flavored liquor (vodka or your preference)

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