Home Made Drinks You will Enjoy Tasting To Satisfy Your Thirsty Desires!

I have made all of these drinks and they are all great!

If you love coffee and chocolate then you can have the best of both with this rich tasting, thick, and satisfying Mocha Freeze. My husband used to eat a bowl of ice cream every night until I turned him on to this! Mocha freeze (Light Version) is much lighter than ice cream.

In order to make this you will need to use a blender with a smoothie maker button and chop ice button, or buy a smoothie maker. Walmart sells one for about $20.00. But a good smoothie maker will run you about $40.00-$50.00. Believe me, after you try this drink it will be worth the investment! You can try making it in your blender that doesn't have these features. It will still taste good, but the ice won't get chopped up enough to make this drink as thick as it should be.

Mocha Freeze (Light & Healthy Version;

6-8 ice cubes

1 cup strong brewed decaffeinated coffee (refrigerate coffee until cold)

1 cup chocolate frozen yogurt

½ cup Almond Breeze milk, (regular not vanilla flavored)

2 Tablespoons Ovaltine

1/8 tsp. almond or vanilla extract

Reddi-Whip fat free whipped topping (in the can)

Put coffee and ice cubes in a blender and blend until all ice has been chopped up.

Add frozen yogurt, milk, Ovaltine and extract. Blend well. Top with a squirt of whipped cream. Makes 2 servings. Only about 120 calories per serving!

You can use any kind of coffee to make this drink, with or without the caffeine. I like to mix 2 or 3 different coffees together to get a nicely flavored brew. Try mixing together vanilla bean flavored coffee and regular decaffeinated coffee. I mentioned using Almond Breeze, but yesterday I found that Silk makes almond milk. Be sure to buy the regular almond milk, not the vanilla flavored almond milk. Vanilla flavored milks are too sweet for this recipe.

Alternate Version

Make this heavier version of the Mocha Freeze if you don’t care about the caffeine or calories, or if you just want to try it using the ingredients you have on hand. 6-8 ice cubes

1 cup strong brewed coffee (refrigerate coffee until cold)

1 cup chocolate ice cream (or try vanilla ice cream)

½ cup any milk

2 Tablespoons powdered chocolate milk mix

1/8 tsp. almond or vanilla extract

whipped cream

Put coffee and ice cubes in a blender and blend until all ice has been chopped up.

Add ice cream, milk, chocolate milk mix and extract. Blend well. Top with a dollop of whipped cream. Makes 2 servings.

Fruit Smoothie

Again, you should have a smoothie maker to make this drink but you can try using a blender if you don’t have one. You will have to stop the blender and stir the mixture a few times.

Ingredients

Place in smoothie maker or blender:

1/2 cup cranberry, pomegranate, grape, or cherry juice…or any juice combination you like

6 ice cubes

2 cups any frozen fruit, blueberries and strawberries and pineapple mix tastes great!

(if using fresh fruit then add 2 more ice cubes)

1 cup fat free vanilla yogurt. (strawberry yogurt works well with this recipe)

1 large ripe banana, cut up

Honey or Splenda to sweeten (optional)

Blend well and serve. Makes about 5 cups.

Terry’s Sweet Green Tea

2 quarts water

8 regular size green teabags

1 cup Splenda, or other sweetener

1/3 cup lemon juice

Boil two quarts of water. Add tea bags in the water and allow to steep for about 15 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Add the Splenda and the lemon juice. Stir until dissolved. It is a matter of personal taste for both the sweetener and the lemon juice. Taste the tea before adding more. Serve chilled.

Replace your electrolytes and sugar with this drink instead of buying expensive Gatorade

You will want to try this recipe if you work outside in hot weather, if you play sports, or if you exercise for long periods of time.

1 pkg. unsweetened Kool-Aid (cherry, fruit punch, orange or grape tastes best)

½ cup V8 Fusion Fruit Juice (or any grape, orange, or cranberry juice)

½ tsp. salt

½ cup sugar

2 quarts water

Mix all ingredients together until dissolved. Chill and serve.

Hot Cocoa with Marshmallows Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups powdered milk

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa powder

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Mini marshmallows

Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Take the bittersweet chocolate and roughly chop it up to give a chunky but consistent size. Mix well with a wooden spoon and then store in an airtight container.

To make the hot chocolate, simply add 1 cup of water per 1/3 cup of hot cocoa mix. Heat in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring with a whisk. Heat until hot, but do not boil, about 6 to 7 minutes. Or heat water in microwaveable mug, add cocoa and stir. Serve with mini marshmallows.

Tip:

Senelac powdered milk, found at Super Target, is superfine and dissolves fast. If using granular powdered milk, run it through the food processor to make it superfine.