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Fruit Spritzers

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Fruit Spritzers

By Rexanne

Spritzers

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Ingredients

In each chilled champagne flute or wine glass, combine

1/2 cup chilled fruit juice grape, apple, etc.
1/2 cup chilled lemon-lime carbonated soda or Champagne.

Instructions

These are really good served with fruity ice cubes:

Place small strawberries, blueberries, any berry or small sliced fruit in ice cube tray sections.
Fill with water and freeze.

Fruit Smoothies

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Fruit Smoothies

By Rexanne

Fruit smoothies are healthy, delicious and kids love them … what could be more perfect?

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Ingredients

Fruit Smoothies Ingredients:

2 cups fruit juice orange, apple, grape or combination
1/3 cup yogurt plain or with any fruit
1 to 2 cups cut up fresh fruit strawberries, blueberries, bananas, grapes, mangoes, etc.
2 ice cubes

Instructions

Instructions:

Blend (in a blender) all ingredients until smooth. Serve immediately.

Notes

Smoothies make great after school treats!

Easy Party Punch

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Easy Party Punch

By Rexanne

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Servings 9

Ingredients

1 liter bottle Hawaiian Punch
1 liter bottle any lemon/lime soda
2 cups vanilla ice cream
Ice ring

Instructions

Instructions:

The night before your party:

Fill a bundt cake pan with filtered water and freeze to create the ice ring. (If you only have a large bundt pan, fill it only halfway.) Or make an extra special ice ring with a fun cake pan in the theme of your party or just one you happen to like.

Right before your party begins:

In a large punch bowl, combine Hawaiian punch and lemon lime soda in equal amounts. Add the ice ring. Add vanilla ice cream in scoops inside and along the edges of the ice ring (The ice cream will be floating in the punch). Add more ice cream when the original scoops dissolve.
Ladle into party cups to serve.

Notes

Makes enough for approximately 12 guests. If you run out, just add more Hawaiian punch and lemon-lime soda to the original bowl and top with more ice cream. The ice ring should last at least 3 hours.

I always have extra ingredients on hand. This punch tends to go fast as everyone loves it. This works well for an adult party punch, too. Sure, I suppose you could spike it with a little rum.