After talking about all of this delicious food from week to week, I think that it is time for us to have a drink. I have a few tropical drink recipes to share with you. So I am not going to keep you waiting too long. I hope you enjoy!
Mango Drink
4 Large ripe mangoes
½ cup evaporated milk
½ cup of granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
16 cubes of ice
10 oz. club soda
Directions
- Wash, peel and cut mangoes into small cubes
- Place mangoes, milk, sugar, vanilla, and ice cubes in blender.
- Blend on low speed until ice cubes are crushed; increase speed and process for a few seconds.
- Chill, add club soda and serve.
Ginger Beer
1 lb Ginger
8 cups of water
1 lime (peeled and juiced)
4 cups of granulated sugar
1 cinnamon Stick
Directions
- Wash, remove skin and grate ginger
- Place in a large bottle with about 8 cups of water and juice and peel of 1 lime
- Leave in the sun for 1 day, next day, drain, and sweeten
- Pour in clean bottles and place in refrigerator
- Allow to settle for 2 days.
- If too strong dilute with club soda or water.
Tropical Fruit Punch
3 cups orange juice
3 cups pineapple juice
3 cups grapefruit juice
¼ cup lime or lemon juice
½ cup honey (or to taste)
½ -1 cup rum or white wine
1 cup finely chopped pineapple
½ – 1 cup small melon cubes or balls
Lime or orange slices
Directions
- Combine orange, pineapple, grapefruit, and lime juice.
- Sweeten to taste with honey and chill for a few hours.
- Just before serving, stir in rum, chopped pineapple and melon balls.
- Garnish with lime or orange slices.
- Serve with crushed ice.
Hope your thirst is quenched!
Wonderful drinks, just in time for the spring and summer BBQ. You know I will be trying them.
Hi Lystra I am so happy to hear that you will find these recipes useful. I plan on using them at my family BBQ’s this summer as well. 😉
I could go for an ice cold ginger beer…. Yummmmmmm
I have my eye on the Mango Drink.
I want that mango drink too! Yummy!!!
I’m going to try the fruit punch….I have never seen ginger beer look so good…I’m use to drinking it out of a big ass mug…lol
Cece I agree the drinks look delicious…. Hmmmm tell us how the Fruit Punch comes out!!!!