Refreshing Skinny Beverages

Looking for a refreshing beverage to kick off your fourth of July celebration or any Summer gathering. Here are two of my favorites:

Refreshing Skinny Beverages

Refreshing Skinny Beverages

Ingredients

  • Watermelon Martinis
  • 5 Cups of Watermelon Cubes (rind and seeds removed)
  • ¾ Cup Lemon Vodka
  • 6 Tablespoons Lime Juice3 tablespoons Cointreau or Triple Sec
  • 3 Tablespoons Sugar
  • Iced Almond Coffee
  • This iced coffee recipe is heavy on the milk, and the subtle flavors of the vanilla and almond are not overpowering.
  • 2 Cups of Coffee
  • 2 Cups of Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (I prefer to use ½ teaspoon of the Pampered Chef’s Double-Strength Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract)
  • ½ teaspoon Almond Extract
  • 3 teaspoons Sugar

Instructions

  1. Watermelon Martinis:
  2. Place the watermelon in blender.
  3. Cover; blend until smooth.
  4. Pour puree into a pitcher and keep very cold, even a little frozen to make it icy.
  5. For two martinis, add one cup of watermelon puree, ¼ cup of lemon vodka, two tablespoons of lime juice, one tablespoon each of Cointreau and sugar to the blender with three to six ice cubes. Cover; blend until slushy.
  6. Iced Almond Coffee:
  7. Combine all the ingredients, serve over ice.
  8. Makes 4 deliciously, refreshing tall glasses.
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(Recipe courtesy of www.coffeetea.about.com/od.icedcoffee/r/iced_almond.htm)

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