Christmas Punch

 

• -1 orange sliced
• -1 cup cranberries
• -½ cup pomegranate seeds
• -2 cups cranberry juice Ocean Spray Pure Unsweetened 100% juice recommended
• -2 cups orange juice Simply, Natalie's, or Uncle Matt's brands recommend
• -1 cup pomegranate juice POM brand recommended
• -2 cups lemon-lime soda Starry, Sprite, or 7Up recommended
• -1 cup white rum optional
• -ice
• -fresh rosemary sprigs for garnish

• Add the slices from 1 orange, 1 cup cranberries, and ½ cup pomegranate seeds to a large pitcher or punch bowl. If using a really gallon-sized bowl or dispenser, you can double the recipe.
• Pour in 2 cups cranberry juice, 2 cups orange juice, 1 cup pomegranate juice, and 2 cups lemon-lime soda. You can also add 1 cup white rum or alcohol of choice if including.
• Serve in glasses over ice and garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs.

Strawberry Daquiri

-6 ounce Minute Maid Limeade
-1 full can of vodka or rum
-1/3 full can of triple sec
-1/2 bag of frozen strawberries
-Ice

Blend and serve.

From the kitchen of Heather Campbell.

Campbell's Greatest Margarita

-6 ounce can of limeade
-tequila
-triple sec
-ice

Use the limeade can to measure liquors... 1 full can of tequila and 1/3 full can of triple sec.  Blend with ice and serve in a salted glass.

You can also add 1/2 bag of frozen strawberries to make strawberry margaritas.

From the kitchen of Heather Campbell.

Cowboy Margarita

Spring and Summer bring a higher than average consumption of tequila in this house.  I have two favorite margarita recipes that I thought I would share.  This one as well as the Cambell's Greatest Margarita which you can find here.

-1 can limeade
-12 ounces tequila
-2 beers (we like corona in this)
-2 cans of Sprite or Sierra Mist
-Ice
-Salt for rim of glass

Blend thoroughly and add to a salted glass.  Add a lime and enjoy!

From the kitchen of Angela Smith.

Coffee Ice Cream Punch

Here's the recipe for the amazing punch my friend Heather made for the baby shower we threw a few weeks back. It received glowing reviews...

-1/2 cup instant coffee
-3 quarts hot water
-2 cups sugar
-2 quarts milk
-1 teaspoon vanilla
-5 ½ ounce can Hershey’s syrup
-1 gallon vanilla ice cream

Combine hot water, sugar and coffee. Cool completely. When cool, stir in milk, vanilla and chocolate syrup. Mix well and freeze in a tupperware container. 3 hours before serving, take out to partially thaw. Pour in punch bowl and then add the vanilla ice cream just before serving.

From the kitchen of Heather Campbell.

Kim's Smoothies

Scott and I were addicted to smoothies back in our pre-kid days. While on vacation last week, he had a craving for one and it's now become part of our everyday breakfast routine again. The kids are loving them and beg for one in the morning. They are so easy and healthy. Plus, the kids LOVE pushing the on and off buttons on the blender for me. They will eat anything that they had a hand in making.

I've never followed a recipe, but wrote down some estimated ingredients for Scott's sake the other day and thought I'd also share with you.

-2 bananas
-2 cups orange juice
-3/4-1 cup of yogurt (I use plain low-fat yogurt, but you could also use greek yogurt. In a pinch, any flavor yogurt will do...this morning I used vanilla because I ran out of plain)
-2 cups frozen fruit
-1-2 T wheat germ
-1-2 T honey

Dump all your ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. I always use frozen strawberries or blueberries, but I'm sure raspberries, peaches or other frozen fruit would work well too. You could also use fresh fruit but then would need to add some ice to your smoothie before blending. Makes about 4 cups.

Pineapple Limeade

This is one of my favorites to serve at a shower!

-½ cup sugar
-3 cups pineapple juice
-½ cup lime juice
-1 liter sparkling water, chilled
-Lime slices, if desired

Mix sugar and juices in large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, stir in sparkling water. Serve over ice. Garnish with lime slices (I just let the lime slices float in the pitcher).