4th Of July Drinks For Kids: 7 Quick And Easy Recipes
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As kids, we're always looking for ways to seem older and cooler. This Fourth of July, make your little son or daughter feel like they're party of the scene my mixing up some of these easy and colorful drinks. They're also perfect for non-alcohol drinks and pregnant mommies-to-be.
1. Red, White and Blueberry Smoothie
Ingredients
1/2 cup vanilla flavored yogurt, plus more for garnish
2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
1 cup milk or water
1 large banana, cut up
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup blueberries, for garnish
Preparation
Place yogurt, strawberries, milk, banana and sugar into a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into tall glasses and top each drink with 1 teaspoon of yogurt and garnish with blueberries.
Recipe Courtesy of Spoonful.com
2. Patriotic Drink
Ingredients
Cranberry juice
Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce
Diet 7-Up
Preparations
Fill a clear glass with ice cubes. Pour the drink with the most sugar (check the nutrition label) into the glass. For our red, white, and blue recipe, start with the cranberry juice. Very slowly add a beverage that contains less sugar-in this case Wild Berry flavor Gatorade Fierce. Be careful to pour it onto an ice cube -not directly into the other drink to keep them from mixing. Use the same technique to add a layer of Diet 7-Up.
Recipe Courtesy of Spoonful.com
3. Iced Fruit Punch
Ingredients
1 Cup Red CranApple juice
1 Cup White Sobe Pina Colada flavored drink
1 Cup Blue G2 Gatorade
Ice
Preparations
Fill your glass 1/3 of the way full with CranApple juice. Fill to the top with ice. Slowly pour the remaining drinks directly on top of a piece of ice.
Recipe Courtesy of Delish.com
4. Flamingo
Ingredients
4 oz. Cranberry Juice
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
2 oz. Club Soda
Preparation
Shake juices with ice and strain into a tall glass. Top with club soda and stir.
Recipe Courtesy of Babble.com
5. Watermelon Lemonade with Kiwifruit Splash
Ingredients
4 kiwifruit, peeled and cut into fourths
1 tablespoon sugar
8 cups cubed seedless watermelon
2 cans frozen lemonade concentrate
4 cups water
Preparation
Place kiwifruit and sugar in blender. Cover and blend on medium speed just until smooth. Freeze 1 to 2 hours or until firm. Then add watermelon in blender or food processor. Cover and blend on medium speed until smooth. Place frozen lemonade concentrate and water in large pitcher. Add watermelon mixture; mix well. Pour watermelon lemonade into glasses. Spoon dollop of frozen kiwifruit on top. Serve immediately.
Recipe Courtesy of TableSpoon.com
6. Shirley Temple
Ingredients
1 1/4 ounces grenadine
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Ice
3 ounces club soda
2 maraschino cherries
Preparations
Place the grenadine, lemon juice, and lime juice in a tall glass and stir with a cocktail spoon or straw until combined. Fill the glass with ice and top with the club soda. Stir gently to combine.
Garnish with the maraschino cherries and serve immediately.
Recipe Courtesy of Chow.com
7. Lemon Mint Spritzer
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 3/4cups fresh mint leaves, plus 6 sprigs for serving
4 1/2cups chilled club soda
1 cup mint syrup
3/4cup fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
Ice, for serving
Preparations
In a large saucepan, bring 1 cup each water, sugar and fresh mint leaves to a boil; lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Let cool, then strain, pressing to extract any liquid; refrigerate. In a pitcher, using a wooden spoon, muddle 3/4 cup mint leaves and 2 tablespoons sugar. Stir in 4 1/2 cups chilled club soda, 1 cup mint syrup and 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons). Strain into ice-filled glasses and top with a mint sprig.
Recipe Courtesy of RachelRayMag.com