A Drink For Country Fans

The 'Carrie Underwood' courtesy of http://www.bakespace.com/

Looking for a signature drink your guests will remember? Try the 'Carrie Underwood.'  Made with sweet tea vodka and strawbery liqueur (like Fragoli) it will be a sure fire top of the charts hit with your guests.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE 'CARRIE UNDERWOOD'

Servings: 1

Preparation Time: 0

2 parts sweet tea vodka (recc. Firefly or Sweet Carolina)

1 part wild strawberry liqueur (recc. Fragoli)

3 parts lemonade

optional garnish: 1 strawberry

DIRECTIONS

Fill highball glass with ice.
Add all ingredients.
Optional garnish: slice strawberry in half & place on rim of glass.

Make Some Raspberry Limeade

This bright dark pink drink will be refreshing even on the hottest of days!

Raspberry Limeade


1 c fresh or frozen raspberries

1/3 – 1/2 c simple syrup*

3 juicy limes, juiced

5 c cold water



Puree the raspberries and put juice into a pitcher. Discard seeds. Add in lime juice and simple syrup and cold water. Stir and taste making any adjustments to sweetener or lime juice. Serve over ice.

* Simple syrup is an equal mixture of water and white sugar combined over heat to make a syrup. It’s simple! I usually take 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar and mix them over medium-high heat until it just starts to boil. Once it completely melted, remove from heat and cool. I store it in a jar in the fridge to use for all kinds of drinks.

Recipe and photo courtesy of: everybodylikessandwiches.com

Non-Alcoholic Gypsy Strawberry Kiwi Iced Tea

Iced tea is simple: make hot tea and serve it cold. But getting a good tasting batch is harder than it sounds. If you over-steep the tea it becomes bitter, and if you over-dilute it with melting ice it loses it's cooling zing.  To solve this problem brew extra strong tea by using a few extra tea bags (the number will depend on the size of the batch), then stir in the sugar or honey while the tea is hot and chill overnight.  Do NOT add ice.  Instead only add ice right before serving or use frozen strawberries as ice cubes.   
The tea pictured above is Zhena’s Gypsy Tea Strawberry Kiwi Green Tea which is iced with frozen strawberries, raspberries and cherries, and garnished with a bit of mint from my garden. 

This is a perfect brew for a picnic wedding or outdoor bash and can be served in pretty clear glass pitchers.