Cooling Kids Drinks

Mint Iced Tea:
Ingredients
Fresh mint leaves (1/2 cup)
Boiled water (4 cups)
Green tea bags (3)
Honey (2 tablespoons)
Lemongrass – for garnish (4 stalks)

Preparation
First, combine honey, mint leaves, tea bags and boiling water. Place it aside for 5 minutes and then, remove the tea bags. Place this in the refrigerator and let it chill. Then divide this in glasses filled with ice. Use the stalk of lemongrass as garnish.

Yummy Strawberry Smoothie:
Ingredients
Milk (1 cup)
Banana – cut up (1 small)
Vanilla yogurt (1 cup)
Strawberries (4 large)

Preparation
Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend the same for a minute. Serve chilled.

Banana Shake with Ice Cream:
Ingredients
Milk (1 cup)
Egg whites (2)
Banana – peeled and chopped (1)
Vanilla ice cream (2 scoops)
Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)

Preparation
Place milk, ice cream, banana, egg white and the vanilla extract in a blender. Blend these ingredients till they smoothen. Serve it chilled in a tall glass.

Delicious Peach Smoothie:
Ingredients
Evaporated Milk (1 cup)
Fresh Peaches – Sliced (2)
Sugar (1 tablespoon)
Vanilla Yogurt (1 cup)

Preparation
Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend for one minute.

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Non Alcoholic Summer Drink

Here is a collection of refreshing summer drinks that do not contain alcohol and are suitable for both kids and teetotalers.

Orange and Grapes Cooler

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• ½ cup orange juice
• 1 cup grape juice
• 1 liter chilled ginger ale
• ½ cup sugar

Method

In a medium sized saucepan, bring to boil the sugar and water. Stir the mixture continuously until all the sugar has been dissolved. Remove the mixture from heat and keep it aside to cool. Add the orange juice and grapes juice to this mixture and let it chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Stir in the ginger ale to this mixture just before serving. You might also like to know about ginger ale punch recipes.

Iced Kiwi Cooler

Ingredients

• 2 kiwi fruits
• 2 cups crushed ice
• 2 tablespoon coconut cream
• ¼ cup sugar

Method

Peel the kiwi fruit and roughly slice them. In a blender, blend the kiwis with the coconut cream, sugar and crushed ice. Serve in individual glasses garnished with a slice of kiwi. You might also like to know about non alcoholic fruit cocktails.

Strawberry Cooler

Ingredients

• 4 cups fresh strawberry
• 4 cups water
• ¼ cup fresh lime juice
• ½ cup sugar

Method

In a large pitcher, combine water and sugar and stir until all the sugar has dissolved. Quarter the strawberries and puree them in a blender. Add the strawberry puree into the pitcher of sugar and water mixture along with the lime juice. Stir the mixture well and serve with ice cubes.

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Peach Mojito

Ingredients

• 2 cups white rum
• ¾ cups sugar
• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 3 cups chopped ripe peaches
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• ½ cup mint leaves
• ½ cup crushed ice

Method

In a food processor, blend the peaches until they are smooth and have a puree like consistency. Press the puree through a very fine metallic sieve and discard any solid lumps. Chill the peach puree in the refrigerator.

In a large pitcher, combine the lime zest, sugar and lime juice and with the help of a spoon, mix them together until the sugar dissolves in the lime juice. Finely mince the mint leaves with the help of a sharp knife and add to the mixture. Add the chilled peach puree and rum along with the club soda. Serve in tall glasses over crushed ice and garnish with a sprig of mint.