Monday, April 21, 2008

sip sip sip

I am a drinker...........

I should just leave that statement alone and end for the day, but goodness, that would mean the whole day I would wander around regretting that I didn't share............and since I seem to be adult conversation deprived, I type away and pretend I am having conversations.
I am a drinker........I always seem to have some sort of liquid going. I am a diet Coke drinker and if I can get the decaffienated gold can, then even better. I am into the Crystal Lite drinks too......especially the teas. Sadly I do have a problem with acid drinks........orange juice, lemonade, and limeade. At one point in my life I was totally addicted to grapefruit juice.....I mean I was drinking that liquid like crazy..........ended up with some severe problems in the stomach area............so sadly I have to watch the acid drinks. I Spearfish SD, the second or maybe it is the third week-end of the month, they have this wonderful arts and crafts show in the park............now there is a booth that makes this to die for lemon and lime ade..............you guessed it, the Rock of Gilbraltor just caves in and drinks that limeade like there is no tomorrow........well I usually have two, one there and one to go home on.............a very special treat for me.
I have no idea why I am writing this liquid saga................guess because I saw the graphic of the peach drink and it just looked yum-dilly-ious. So I looked up peach spritzer and the two sites that I looked on didn't have a particular recipe for peach spritzer, just fruit spritzers in general here it is

FRUIT SPRITZER

1 can unsweetened frozen juice concentrateClub soda
Mix frozen juice concentrate according to directions on the can, substituting club soda for water.



I am trying and doing a much better job of it too, of drinking water. I always try to have a container of water in the car when I drive and of course when I go to the gym I take water with me..............I am tryingto make it the drink of choice when I am beading too, just fill a glass up with a kazillion ice cubes and water and bead away.............so I think that would give me an "atta girl" mark in the good column..........don't you?

I've talked about my coffee drink............you know pretend grown-up coffee.
The one that I have 90% creamer, 2 artificial sweetner packets, and 8% coffee.............it's good. My grandchildren like it and all of thier parents think that I have ruined them for life............shoot, my Da did it to me, so I truly believe that I should and have introduced them to this wonderful drink.
No rhyme or reason for this particular topic today.........just rambling on and on and on and on.............

2 comments:

Tammie said...

Ms. Mary Ellen,
My momma is a peach lover so one summer I looked around the net and found these recipes. We have made a couple of them and they sure were yummy. I just thought I would pass them along.

Peach Cooler
Cold milk- 2 cups
Frozen unsweetened sliced peaches- 1 cup
Frozen orange juice concentrate- 2 tablespoons
Honey- 2 tablespoons
Fresh mint (Optional)
Method:
Put all ingredients in blender container. And blend at high speed until it becomes smooth and frothy. Serve immediately garnished with mint.


Peach Magnifico recipe
2 oz peach juice
1 oz mango juice
4 oz dry ginger ale
Pour ingredients into an ice-filled wine glass. Garnish with fruit, and serve.


Mango-Peach Fizz
1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, and cubed (1 1/2 cups)
1 large ripe peach, peeled, pitted, and cubed (1 cup)
1/2 cup peach nector
1 tablespoon(s) sugar
peach-flavored seltzer
Cold club soda, or seltzer

DIRECTIONS
In a blender, puree mango, peach, nector, and sugar (adding more sugar if puree is too tart). Puree can be made up to 1 day ahead and refrigerated.
For each fizz, fill tall glasses with ice cubes. Pour 2 tbsp each puree and peach-flavored seltzer into each glass and top with cold club soda, or seltzer.

Mary Ellen said...

Thank you........they all sound very refreshing