NON-Alcoholic Drinks!?!
NON-Alcoholic Drinks!?
Could someone give me some suggestions of easy summer non-alcoholic drinks to prepare for a small cocktail party, recipes would really help! Thank you-
Answers:
Try a "Horse's *** (Derriere)"
Ginger Ale, about 1/2 a glass over ice
Gently pour in Orange Juice so it settles in the bottom
Gently pour in Grenadine so it settles in the bottom under the orange juice
Garnish with cherries and orange slice
Source(s):
"Better to drink one than be one."
A popular one is mix some kind of fruit punch or fruit juice with ginger ale. Gives the punch/juice a little "kick" and some fizz, without adding alcohol.
Cucumber water is totally refreshing and non-alcoholic. i first had this at the red door spa, and i've been hooked ever since.
fill a pitcher 3/4 of the way with ice water. slice 2 cucumbers lengthwise and add to water. allow steep for 24 hours. when i've been in a rush, i've peeled the cucumbers, sliced length wise and made lengthwis slits on the rounded side of them as well, letting them steep for 4 hours. before serving, remove cucumbers andd add mint ice (see below).
you can vary this recepie by adding mint ice (crush up some mint and freeze with water in an ice tray), or by adding mint to the drink itself, or by adding lemon slices. very nice.
another good non-alky drink is the 'secito' (a play off the 'mojito')
rub TONS of spearamint (or mint if you can't get spearamint) on the inside of the pitcher, then chiffonade really thin. freeze pitcher.
fill 3/4 of the way with ice cold water then add
1/4 cup chilled simple syrup
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice. mix well.
add lime slices and chopped spearament to pitcher, allow to chill. top off with 7-up.
The following links have great summer drink recipes, but here are a few things to remember...
If you have a blender, ice, and fruit, you have a summer drink! Anything else just adds to it. Orange juice, lemonade, milk, pudding, yogurt, ice cream, soda - use your imagination!
Freeze juice in ice cube trays to add to drinks to give them color and to keep from watering the zing down as the ice melts.
Keep a variety of glass and cute straws, umbrellas and other assorted cute drink accessories on hand to make any drink a festive one!
orange cooler...glass of oj with 2-3 fingers of sprite or 7up on the top
I buy Horchata mix (I can find it in the Hispanic food sections in Walmart or look for an Hispanic store) it is made by a company called KLASS and you mix it like Kool Aid but I add to it and mix it like a Nada Colada.
Per Pitcher I mix
1 PKG of Horchata mix
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 can of coconut milk
tsp of cinnamon
1 1/4 cup of sugar
Pour over ice in blender and blend till slushy.
Dust top of mix with cinnamon. For a little more freshness substitute cinnamon with a tblsp of lemon juice and on top of poured Horchata zest a little bit of lemon on the top before serving. Have fun!
Really nice for the summer.
Here's a couple links to non-alchoholic recipe sites. There are plenty to choose from.
http://www.floras-hideout.com/drrecipes/...
http://www.drinksmixer.com/cat/8/...
Hope ya have a good party.
Appletini:
Iced Tea
Appletini Mix
Mix about 1 cup of Appletini mix into a half
gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet
apple taste and dissolves almost instantly!
Would work with the lemon drop mix as well!
==============================...
Shirley Temple
4 oz lemon-lime mix
3 oz 7-Up? soda
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
3 - 5 drops grenadine syrup
Combine all of these ingredients into a cocktail
shaker with crushed ice and shake well. Pour
into an iced tulip glass and garnish with a slice
of orange speared through a cocktail sword
with a maraschino cherry. Add a colored
straw.
==============================...
Pink ‘Champagne’
All the bubble with none of the trouble:
1/2 cup sugar
1 -1/2 cups water
1/2 cup orange juice
2 cups cranberry juice
1 cup pineapple juice
2 bottles lemon-lime soda
Boil sugar and water until the sugar dissolves,
and allow it to cool. Stir cranberry, pineapple,
and orange juice, and chill. Prior to serving,
add carbonated beverage.
==============================...
Bubbly Bellini
A non-alcoholic version of the traditional
Venetian cocktail.
1 Part Stirrings Peach Bellini Mixer
2 Parts Stirrings Club Soda (has the
champagne carbonation)
Pour Bellini in a champagne flute, add club
soda and give it a gentle stir.
==============================...
Cherry Limeade
1 12 oz can Sprite
3 tsp Grenadine
1 tsp Stirrings Key Lime Juice
Crushed Ice
Lime Wedges/Maraschino Cherries to garnish
Mix about 1 cup of Appletini mix into a half
gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet
apple taste and dissolves almost instantly!
Would work with the lemon drop mix as well!
==============================...
The Lime Rickey
1 part Stirrings Clarified Key Lime Juice
1 part Stirrings Simple Syrup
4 parts Stirrings Club Soda
Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters
Mix about 1 cup of Appletini mix into a half
gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet
apple taste and dissolves almost instantly!
Would work with the lemon drop mix as well!
==============================...
Wild Blueberry
2 parts Stirrings Wild Blueberry Mixer
1 part Stirrings Club Soda
Fill a tall glass with ice and add 2 parts Wild
Blueberry Mixer and 1 part Stirrings Club
Soda. Stir and enjoy!
==============================...
Lemon Daisy
2 oz Lemon juice
1 oz Grenadine
1 oz Carbonated Lemon-Lime soda
1 oz Sparkling Water
Mix about 1 cup of Appletini mix into a half
gallon of unsweetened iced tea. Adds a sweet
apple taste and dissolves almost instantly!
Would work with the lemon drop mix as well.
==============================...
Vanilla Ale
3 tsp vanilla
4 oz ginger ale
Pour the ginger ale and vanilla drops over
crushed ice in a cocktail glass, and serve.
==============================...
Strawberry Colada
7 ripe strawberries
5 oz pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz coconut cream
1 cup crushed ice
Combine the strawberries, pineapple juice,
coconut cream and crushed ice in a blender,
and blend well at high speed. Pour into a
collins glass, garnish with a cherry and
pineapple wedge, and serve.