Drinks

Drinks

Raspberry Slushie
Kirsten Ellsworth
2 cups frozen raspberries
2 Tbs orange juice
1 Tbs lemon juice
Blend in a blender and serve. May add ice if desired.

Blueberry Smoothie
Liz Fielding
1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries 1 c. vanilla soy milk
1 banana 1 tsp. flaxseed
Blend until smooth in blender. Delicious and very healthy!

Fruit Smoothies
Mindy Butler
I used to work at a juice bar and got addicted to smoothies…get creative and come up with your own favorite just like our cousins did above!

you'll need a few basic ingredients:
1 cup frozen fruit (any- kiwi, strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, mangos, lychees, black berries, whatever! try something you've never tried before!)
A thickener: bananas, yogurt, ice cream, or peanut butter
A liquid: fruit juice, water, milk, soy milk
Blend adding liquids to thin and thickeners to thicken, ice or frozen fruit to keep it smoothie instead of a shake. Add sugar ( if desired- taste it first- it may already be sweet enough) to taste, orvanilla, spices, protein powders, rosewater, bee pollen, spirillina, etc… what ever you like...
A few of my favorites:
Sunrise:
2 bananas, OJ, and pineapple/ frozen strawberries and ice dash of vanilla
Orchard:
Cup of plain yogurt, frozen strawberries/peaches, apple juice- dash of vanilla
PBCB:
Bananas, peanut butter, chocolate milk, cocoa powder, dash of sugar, vanilla
Ambrosia:
Frozen peaches/ strawberries, vanilla ice cream or yogurt, 1 tbs rosewater, vanilla and white grape juice

Specialty Dark Hot Chocolate
Mindy Butler
For those of us who love dark chocolate, this will satisfy what regular hot chocolate can’t. This is a deeper hot chocolate with a bit of a zing from the nutmeg- delicious! Perfect for a cold snowy or rainy day…
For an individual serving…Start with a half a mug of hot water or milk and add in a tbs of your regular hot chocolate powder mix. Stir. Then add a tsp to a tbs of unsweetened cocoa, a tsp-a tbs vanilla extract and a tsp to a tbs of nutmeg. Stir in and add more hot water- alter ingredients to taste-

Another variation that my friend swears to~

Spiced Hot Chocolate
2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup golden brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 oz chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Whisk milk, brown sugar, and whipping cream in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until mixture begins to simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low; add cocoa powder, chocolate, and cinnamon; whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth. Serves 6. Garnish each with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick.