Butterbeer

Butterscotch Sauce
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla

Whisk everything but the vanilla in a small pot set over medium heat. Bring to a gentle boil and simmer for about 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove from heat and add the vanilla. Cool completely before using in your butter beer recipe.

BUTTERBEER:
vanilla ice cream
butterscotch sauce (above)
ginger ale

For each serving, put a scoop of vanilla ice cream into a tall glass and drizzle with a tablespoon or two of butterscotch sauce. Store with a spoon to soften ice cream and blend in the butterscotch sauce. Pour ginger ale over the top and stir.

Jamba Juice Caribbean Passion

1 cup passion fruit mango juice blend
1 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen peaches
1/2 cup orange sherbet
1/2 cup ice

Orange Julius from Scott Streadbeck

1 can OJ concentrate
2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
15 ice cubes

Deliciousness!

Sugar Free Hot Cocoa

2 cups nonfat dry milk powder
1/2 cup fat free powdered non dairy creamer
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup splenda
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Mix well. Store in airtight container. Dissolve 1/3 cup of mix into 1 cup boiling water.

Brazilian Lemonade like Tucanos

Brazilian Lemonade

4 juicy limes (try and find ones with thin, smooth skins; they’re the juiciest and the thin skin cuts down on the chance of your drink being bitter)
1 c. sugar
6 c. cold water
6 Tbsp. sweetened condensed milk

Mix cold water and sugar very well and chill until ready to use. This step can be done ahead of time.

Wash limes thoroughly with soap (I just use hand-dishwashing soap or regular hand soap); you need the soap to get the wax and pesticides off of the limes because you’re using the WHOLE lime, baby. Cut the ends off the limes and then cut each lime into 8ths.

Place 1/2 of the limes in your blender.

Add 1/2 of the sugar water, place the lid on your blender, and pulse 5 times. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher (the one you’ll serve the lemonade in) and pour the blended mixture through the strainer and into the pitcher. Use a spoon to press the rest of the liquid into the pitcher. Dump the pulp and stuff in the strainer into the trash. Repeat with remaining limes and sugar water. Add sweetened condensed milk; DO NOT leave this step out unless you will die of a horrible sweetened condensed milk allergy because this is the secret ingredient! You may want to taste test it at this point; I used giant, thick-skinned limes tonight and didn’t test it and it came out a little bitter. If it’s bitter, just add some more sugar and maybe a little more milk.
Serve immediately over lots of ice. This does not keep well, so don’t make this in advance (although you can cut the limes, mix the sugar water, and measure the sweetened condensed milk in advance). Serves 4

Green Smoothie from smoothie girl

1 1/2 cups coconut liquid

1 larg carrot, cleaned and cut into 3 pieces

1/4 medium beet, raw, peeled

1/4 cup cashews

1/4 cup chopped dates

2 tsp vanilla

12 frozen strawberries

flax seed

2 TB kefir or yogurt

puree all ingredients except strawberries and flax in a high power blender for 90 seconds. Add strawberries and puree on high until smooth. Add the flax for the last 5 seconds.

Add spinach or other greens if you like.

Wassail

1/2 c sugar

2 c water

5 whole cloves

4 allspice berries

1 cinnamon stick

1/2 piece ginger root

2 cups orange juice

1 cup lemon juice

4 cups apple cider or juice

Combine sugar and water; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add spices. Cover and allow to stand in a warm place for 1 hour. Strain. Add juices and cider. Bring quickly to a boil. Remove from heat and serve at once.

Sparkle Drink

Ingredients

• 1 raspberry package of kool aid
• 1 lemon package of kool aid
• 48 oz pineapple juice
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 liters sprite

Mix and enjoy.