Home-made summer drinks
By SugarPlumPosts - 12:47
Recently I've been
experimenting making home-made drinks like iced coffee, smoothies and milkshakes. The measurements are all to taste and it depends on how
many people you are serving so don't be afraid to experiment!
Iced Coffee
Ingredients:
Cup of coffee (This can
be instant or ground coffee. I made mine with Costa Rican Fair Trade ground coffee. I don't have a cafetière or proper coffee filter so I
just drained my coffee through a tea strainer. Works well!)
Splash of milk
Sugar (if preferred)
½ cup of ice,
preferably crushed
Cream (if preferred to
top)
Method:
Put the coffee and
sugar into a glass and pour over boiling water.
Stir and leave to cool
to room temperature before placing in the fridge.
Leave to cool for
around 2-3 hours.
When the drink is cool,
pour the liquid into a blender (or strain it first if you used
grounds).
Add as much milk as
desired and the crushed ice. Blend until mixed well.
Pour into a glass and
serve topped with whipped cream if preferred.
Summer fruits smoothie
Ingredients:
This is what I used in
my smoothie but obviously you can chuck in anything you want! Adding
in a handful of oats is nice. And as much fruit as you want! You can
also use all different kinds of fruit juice.
Cup of orange juice
(either from or not from concentrate)
½ cup of berries (I
used frozen summer fruits for mine but any will do)
Handful of grapes
Slice of melon
1 banana, mashed
Crushed ice (if
preferred)
Method:
Now this is pretty
simple....
Throw (not literally of
course) everything into a blender and whizz until smooth!
If the mixture is too
thick for your taste then add more juice and if it is too thin add
more fruit.
Voilà! Fruity
goodness!
Peanut butter –
chocolate milkshake
Ingredients:
Cup of milk (I use soya
milk but you can use any milk substitute you like)
3 teaspoons of cocoa
powder
2 teaspoons of sugar
(or more to taste)
2 teaspoons of peanut
butter
Method:
Again this is just as
simple as above.
Just put it all into
the blender and whizz away! Give it a taste and add in more things to
taste.
And there you have it!
3 very simple and easy drinks you can make at home in minutes!
Have you got any at
home drink recipes to share?
8 comments
They look so delicious. I will definitely making them:)
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Thanks for the comment! :)
DeleteWow! These look really fun and different. The peanut chocolate one looks really yummy! Great post x
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Yeah the peanut chocolate one is so good! I think peanut butter and chocolate go together really well. Thanks for the comment! :)
DeleteThe peanut butter and chocolate milkshake looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to try one of these out, thanks!
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Yeah they mix really well! I LOVE peanut butter chocolate so that's where I got the idea :) Thanks!
DeleteThe summer fruit smoothie looks so nice the picture has made me thirsty haha!
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Haha! Yeah it's fun to experiment with lots of fruit. Thanks for the comment :)
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