Red Sherbert Punch

Alex's birthday party went off without a hitch! It was full of family, friends, fun, and good food. It was Dr. Seuss themed and the entire dining room was bright blue and red! For the adults, we made teal margaritas, and for those who couldn't have it (aka pregnant me) we made a special red punch!

It was delicious! I probably drank half of it (shame on me). It reminded me of the lime green punch Jaren specializes in, which was good because we really wished she could have been there :)

Kristin found the recipe online somewhere, but I have no idea where, and it took her forever to try and find it again, so we kinda just guessed and threw it all together from what we remembered after seeing it for the first time! Whether it was spot on or not, it tasted great!


Ingredients:
 * 1 package cherry kool-aid powder
 * 1 can frozen pineapple juice concentrate
 * 1 liter gingerale
 * 1 container sherbert of your choice (we used raspberry to keep with the red color theme)

To Do:
 * Thaw pineapple juice concentrate
 * Mix pineapple juice with kool-aid packet
 * Before serving, add gingerale and scoop however much sherbert you want on top of the punch, letting is slowly melt, and give it a stir! Easy peasy!

Random Fruit Smoothie

Fruit always sounds delicious to me when I'm shopping. I vow to eat better, I buy it, I eat a few pieces a day, and then I forget its there. That, or I buy way too much of it, completely underestimating how healthy I actually want to eat. Lets face it, more times than not, I'll pick a chocolate chip cookie over an apple. Shame. On. Me.

Today, I found myself in a conundrum- I had an obscene amount of fruit and knew it wouldn't last much longer. Smoothies. Bingo. The best thing about them, besides the fact that they are a satisfying tasty summer-time treat, is that you can basically do any combination of fruits and it'll turn out FABULOUSLY.

Berry Banana Breakfast Smoothie

I usually make my smoothies with a combination of fruit, yogurt, ice, and juice if its too thick. Today's combination was:

* 1 cup ice
* 1 cup strawberry yogurt
* 1 banana
* 1 cup mixed berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries (left over from the 4th)
* 1/3 cup watermelon liquid (stolen from my bowl of watermelon from the 4th  because I didn't have juice in the house- a good idea if you want to cut back on all the sugars in concentrated juices)

I sat on our back porch and sipped it slowly through a straw, enjoying its chilly contrast to the blistering heat we've had here in the south!