Party Slush - various recipes

Various party slush recipes for me to try from ward cookbooks:


Party Slush

Slushy Limeade Punch
1 12 oz can frozen limeade
2 cups sugar
7 cans water
1 (2 liter ) 7 up

Mix limeade, sugar and water.  Put mixture in double bag zip lock gallon bags.  Freeze 3 or 4 days!  Take out of freezer 3 hours before serving.  Put in large bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Add 7 up and serve.  Great for wedding receptions

Summer Slush
1 lg can pineapple juice
1 12-oz can frozen lemonade
1 pkg raspberry Kool Aid
4 cups sugar
1 pkg frozen raspberries
Add water to make 2 gallons.  Mix and freeze.  Serve this with 7 up or just thawed alone.


Isla's Shower Slush
2 cups sugar
3 cups water
1 1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
46 oz can pineapple juice
1 box frozen strawberries that have been mashed or blended
3 bananas mashed
3 qt ginger ale

mix sugar and water and boil five minutes.  set aside to cool.  combine rest of ingredients.  add to sugar and water mixture.  Freeze in two 1/2 gallon milk cartons . set the mixture out an hour before using  Add 3 quarts ginger ale just before serving.  Yield: 2 batches that serve 30 to 35 nicely.

Best slushy punch
2 pkgs Kool Aid  (any flavor)
2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
1 46 oz can pineapple juice
1 qt cold ginger ale
Mix ingredients together, adding ginger ale right before serving.  if you like, freeze punch base in gallon freezer bags the night before and add ginger ale before serving to make a slush.  I put 13 1 cup servings into the first freezer bag and pour the rest into the second bag.  This slush is always a big hit.  Serves 25

Pina Colada Drink
1/4 cup cream of coconut
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2 tsp lemon juice
1 large cup ice cubes
Put all in blender and blend just until ice is small crystals.

Old Fashioned Lemonade:
Water
1/4 cup sugar
3 lemons
3 limes
Mint leaves or lemon balm
Fill a teapot full of water and bring to a boil.  In a small saucepan bring 1/4 cup water to a boil  Add 1/4 cup sugar and stir til dissolved.  Add zest of 1 lemon, juice of 3 lemons, zest of 1 lime, juice of 3 limes.  Stir and pour into a 6 cup container.  Add 5 cups boiling water.  Stir and chill.  Serve with lots of ice and garnish with mint leaves or lemon balm.

Wedding Punch Sauce
5 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 oz almond extract
1 oz lemon juice
ginger ale
Bring sugar, water and lemon juice to a boil.  Remove from heat and add almond extract.  Cool in fridge.  Make the night before it's needed.  Add 1 1/2 cups sauce to 2 liter bottle of ginger ale.

Strawberry Crush
4 pkg frozen strawberries
3 large cans pineapple grapefruit juice
6 mashed bananas 
1 lg can orange juice, frozen
1 large can frozen lemonade
6 cups sugar
2 qts water
7 up
boil sugar in water about 5 min.  add all other ingredients and stir until frozen juices are melted.  Pour into containers and freeze  spoon into glasses and cover with 7 UP

Homemade Root Beer

Homemade rootbeer is a favorite at Halloween and summer barbeque parties.

Homemade Root Beer

1 bottle rootbeer extract
5 lbs sugar
5 gallons water
5 lbs dry ice (can use 7 lbs)

Mix together in a 8 to 10 gallon water container (not metal) the water, sugar, and extract.  Stir all together.
Using gloves put in the dry ice small pieces at a time.  Stir with wooden or plastic spoon.
It takes about 30 minutes to carbonate.  Stir every few minutes

TIPS:
I was told to never use metal containers or utensils.
When you buy the dry ice, it comes in a big chunk, when you throw the whole big chunk in it tends to freeze to the bottom of the container, so if you can break it up buy banging the brown bag of dry ice on the ground or using an ice pick, try to break it up in small chunks!!
If it stops brewing and you need it to, when you pour water over the ice it starts it brewing again.


Yummy stuff!  Christy's favorite!

Pineapple Lemonade

I just saw this on facebook and it looks delish, I have not tried it yet but I am going to:

Pineapple Lemonade
1 cup country time lemonade mix
3 cups cold water
1 can (46 oz) chilled pineapple juice
2 cans sprite

Mix together and serve!

Starbucks Caramel Apple cider CopyCat

Starbucks Caramel Apple Cider Copycat

Me and Lacey love to get the caramel apple cider from starbucks, but it is expensive, I found this copycat recipe here:


First you need to make the cinnamon dulce syrup (or this lady on the site says you can buy it for $13 from starbucks) but it is so easy to make, I say just make this cinnamon syrup mixture:


1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
Bring to boil , stirring constantly
Add:
1 Tblsp cinnamon
remove from heat, stir til all combined.
(this made my kitchen smell so good too!)

Pour the  cinnamon water mixture into a glass mason jar so you can store in fridge when you are done.

Heat over the stovetop a bottle of  Tree Top Apple Juice (or any brand, that is what this lady says starbucks used) until just starting to boil.

In a mug, put in 3 to 4 Tblsp of the cinnamon syrup, then fill your mug with the heated apple juice.  Then put on top
2 Tblsp caramel ice cream topping (she used hersheys) and stir that in until it melts.

Now after you stir it all together in your mug you can put some whipped cream on top (and more caramel syrup drizzled over that)

I just made this and it is really good.  Mine turned out a little too sweet, so I think you can maybe just start with 2 Tblsp of the cinnamon syrup.  And I put in 2 tsp of caramel ice cream topping.

It is sooooooo good!  Make some today and warm your pretty self up!  LOVE IT!

LEMON WATER

My friend Julie Clark has a really good recipe for the lemon water that everyone serves at weddings and special occasions, there are many different recipes out there, but this one seems to get the most compliments!

Lemon Water
1 gallon water (16 cups)
2 1/2 cups sugar
Stir to dissolve sugar, then add:

1 Tblsp lemon extract
1 Tblsp citric acid

Stir well, then add lots of ice!
Float lemons
(and/or limes!)

You can find citric acid at Kitchen Kneads or specialty stores, it is also found in grocery stores but you have to pay more for it!

A nourishing thought for the soul:
Since talking about lemons which are known to be sour, sometimes in life our experiences can be sour as well.  I found a really good book called "A glimpse of Heaven" by Joanna Oblander.  She shares her experience of going to the other side and she was shown how in the pre-existence we attended classes to learn about what earth life would be like.  she says "Nobody worried about whether they would be rich or famous, beautiful or handsome, tall or short.  We did not even worry about whether we would be healthy or well.  Instead, decisions were being made based on which experiences would help us become perfect like Heavenly Father.  Great concern was given to furthering talents, improving strengths, obtaining greater intelligence, and refining our ability to  love. 
So when we have trials, or hard times, it is to help us to become perfect, and to be more refined.  Only sour things can refine us!
so. . .yay for sour, I guess!

Limeade and Lime Ricky Raspberry Lemonade

For upcoming summer months, nothing is as good as refreshing drinks!  Try this one , it is yummy

Limeade
1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar
8 cups cold water
1 cup fresh lime juice (or lemon juice for lemonade)

IN a small saucepan combine sugar and 2 cups water.  Boil for 2 minutes until sugar is completely dissolved.  This forms a syrup.  Allow to cool before using (this can be made ahead of time and kept in fridge)

In large pitcher add the syrup and 6 cups water and the fresh squeezed lime juice.  
Can keep in the refrigerator up to a week!
To make lemonade, just substitute the lime juice in recipe for lemon juice! yum

To make raspberry lemonade or limeade,  go here and click on Flavors and click on Flavor tab and it will show you all the flavors, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Raspberry syrup, you can order one bottle and they deliver it to your door in like 3 days!
I also buy the GRAPE SYRUP and you can make this limeade drink a LIME RICKY by adding grape syrup to it!

TO. DIE. FOR!

My Daily Green Smoothie

I took for granted that everyone knew what I drank in my green smoothie.  I have had a request to post it.  I got this from www.greensmoothiegirl.com, I love her, bought her book green smoothies and she has several other recipes, while I do not eat as healthy as her, she inspires me to want to eat better.  My green smoothie has more fruits than hers, but here is how I make mine:

My wonderful kids did get me a blendtec blender last year for Christmas, so I do use that:

3 cups cold filtered water (I just have a Brita pitcher in my fridge)
Fill the blender with spinach ( I am guessing 3 to 4 handfuls)
I add a couple leaves of collard greens
I add a couple leaves of kale
I pulse that, or blend until it is all blended down
I cut one apple (any kind of apple I have on hand, I do not peel it, I just cut the seeds out) and put apple pieces in
2 bananas
1 to 1 1/2 cups frozen blueberries
1 to 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries
1 to 2 Tblsp honey
1/2 of an avocado, no skins, optional if you have one on hand!

(you can add flax seed oil, coconut oil, and any other healthy additions you would like!)
(and lately I have added a tsp of mexican vanilla as well as the honey to flavor it so my little girl will drink it)

I push the smoothie button and it blends for about 35 seconds, but just blend til smooth!
I can usually fill 3 of my special 2 cup containers with lids.  Ideally you should drink 4 cups of this stuff a day, but I usually only get my 2 cups in , my goal is to drink a quart a day!
According to green smoothie book, 2 cups of this stuff is equal to 7 1/2  servings of fruits and veggies and 4 cups equals 15 servings of fruits and veggies!  Easy way to get your fruit and veggie in for the day.   It is yummy stuff and in green smoothie girl's book she has several other good drinks as well, I have tried her Pink Smoothie and liked that, but not everyone likes that one, it has cashews in it, yum!

And now for the nourishing of our souls:
Here is my favorite song, I may have shared it on another recipe, but whenever anyone feels they are struggling, turn up this song and sing as loud as you can, and you will feel better, you can find it here It is called Just hold on by Jesse Clark Funk