Summertime Favorite Beverages:
Just A Quick Sip

Summertime favorite beverages can help take care of those long hot days with sultry nights. Can't seem to find a breeze, no matter how hard you try. Keep your cool by trying a few of these summertime favorite beverages on different nights.

(corn, dairy, dye, egg, gluten, peanut, soy, tree nut free)

Strawberry Fruit Frost

• 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries
• 2 small very ripe bananas, broken into 1" pieces
• 1 cup frozen peach (no added syrups) slices
• 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
• 1 T. Honey
• 1 cup ice cubes

Combine first five ingredients in the blender. Blend until smooth. Slowly add each ice cube to blender while running. Blend till smooth.

Makes 2 servings. One serving equals 232 calories,1 gram fat, 10 mg. sodium, 58 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams protein.

Watermelon Berry Slush

• 4 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
• 1 cup fresh or 10 oz. frozen raspberries
• 1 (12 oz) bottle sparkling mineral water

Place watermelon in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Freeze till firm. Remove from freezer and let stand 5 minutes.
Drop watermelon cubes into a blender with the motor continuously running. Add raspberries and water alternately, processing until smooth.

Makes 6 servings. Each serving = 79 calories, 0 grams fat, 1 mg. sodium, 30 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 1 gram protein.

Smoothie Supreme

• 2 cups frozen blueberries and raspberries
• 2 frozen ripe bananas, peeled
• 1 cup non-dairy milk
• 1 cup pineapple juice, unsweetened

Place ingredients in the blender and process until smooth.

Makes 4 servings. Each serving = 227 calories, 0 grams fat, 23 mg. sodium, 56 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams protein

Icees

Are popsicles off limits? If it is not because of the tons of sugar it could be because of the artificial food colorings. To let them have a good for you alternative, try the following:

• Apple, orange, grape juice or anything of your choice
• Small paper cups (3 oz size)
• Straw, popsicle stick, toothpicks etc.

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