My Top Summer Drinks

Summer is finally here and its time to relax in the garden with your favourite drinks. You can drink most drinks in summer, but here are my favourite drinks to sip pool side. All these drinks are simple to make (if you have the right stuff) and will take up time if you are bored.

Smoothies

 

 I absolutely love smoothies, especially thick ones. There are so many different creations you can make but here is my recipe for a strawberry and banana smoothie.
for 3-4 smothies

• 250 g strawberries, hulled (green tops cut off)
• 1 medium banana, peeled and roughly chopped
• 300 ml  of milk
• 150 ml natural yoghurt
• 15 ml spoon clear honey

1. Place all the above ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Adjust the sweetness according to taste and pour into serving glasses.

 Milkshakes
Milkshakes are amazing, especially if your in the mood for something creamy and has a bit more calories. Here is the recipe I use for chocolate milkshake (if you want you can replace the chocolate with strawberries and vanilla essence)
For 1 milskhake

• 3 scoops chocolate ice cream
• a couple of teaspoons of chocolate powder
• 1/2 pint of milk

1. Put all of the ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into a glass and top with whipped cream and chocolate chips

Mocktails
Mocktails are a fresh fruity drink, that you can make for friends here are two of my favourite mocktails.

Tropical twister mocktail

• 114 ml lemon lime soft drink
• 114 ml raspberry Trop 50
• 114 ml pineapple juice

1. Mix layers separately with ice in a blender
2. Blend  handful of Ice + lemon lime soft drink into bottom of glasses.
3. Blend  handful of Ice + Pineapple Juice. Pour slowly into glasses on top of bottom layer.
4. Blend Ice + Trop50 Raspberry Juice. Pour slowly on top of previous layers

Shirley Temple

• 118ml orange juice
• 118ml Lime soft drink
• 118 ml ginger beer
• 118 ml grenadine
• slices of lime or cherries for garnish

1. Fill a large glass half full with ice cubes.
2. Layer the drink with orange juice first, pop then grenadine.
3. Add 2 slices of lime and a maraschino cherry to the beverage, serve un-stirred.
4. Stir before drinking

Happy Drinking!