Mocktails - Non-alcoholic Drinks Recipes: Part 2

Mocktails - Non-alcoholic Drinks Recipes: Part 2


GRENADINI

1/2 cup lemonade
1 oz. grenadine
2 tsp. Rose's lime juice

Combine ingredients in a shaker half filled with ice, shake well and strain into two chilled glasses. Add a cocktail olive or martini on a toothpick to each drink.

You can substitute Raspberry (Raspbini), Strawberry (Strawbini), Peach (Peachini), Mango (Mangini), or any flavored syrup for the grenadine. Grenadine is made from pomegranates.


FAUX MARTINIS

In a shaker place 8 oz. lemon-lime soda, 1 Tbsp. Rose's lime juice, and 1/2 cup crushed ice. Shake well. Strain into chilled martini glasses. Add a cocktail onion or olive on a toothpick to each. Serve.

You can use either gingerale, club soda, white grape juice, white cranberry juice, or flavored seltzer water instead.


VICTORIA'S SECRET

4 oz. strawberry nectar
2 oz. orange juice
2 oz. lemon juice

Mix the ingredients with 1 cup crushed ice. Blend well. Serve in chilled cocktail glasses.


LEMON FIZZ

2 mint leaves, stems discarded
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 cups Club Soda
2 scoops lemon sherbert
2 mint leaves, for garnish
Combine 2 mint leaves without stems, lemon juice, sugar and 1/2 cup of Club Soda in a blender. Blend on high until mint is liquified. Divide mixture between 2 tall glasses. Add 1 scoop lemon sherbet to each glass and top each with 1/2 cup of club soda. Garnish with fresh mint and serve.


ORANGE FIZZ

1/3 cup orange juice with pulp
2 packets Splenda
1-1/2 cups Club Soda
2 scoops orange sherbert
2 orange slices, for ganish
Combine orange juice, Splenda, and Club Soda in a blender on high until well mixed. Divide mixture beteen 2 tall glasses. Add 1 scoop orange sherbert to each glass. Garnish with a slice of orange.



LIME FIZZ

1/3 cup lime juice
2 packets Splenda
1-1/2 cups Club Soda
2 scoops lime sherbert
2 slices lime, for garnish
Combine lime juice, Splenda, and Club Soda in a blender on high until blended well. Divide mixture between two tall glasses. Add one scoop lime sherbert to each glass. Garnish with a slic of lime.

You could also use raspberry sherbert instead of lime to make a Raspberry-Lime Fizz.



GOLDEN SPARKLERS

3 cups orange juice, chilled
3 cups apricot nectar, chilled
2 cups crushed ice
1 bottle Ginger Ale or sparkling water
Mix all ingredients and serve from a clear glass pitcher.



GATORADE

1 package lemon-lime unsweetened Kool-Aid
1 gallon cold water
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup orange juice
Mix all ingredients together in a gallon pitcher and serve. This recipe looks and tastes like Gatorade and equals the electrolyte replacement found in many popular drinks on the market. It is said if you have a headache, to get rid of it, just drink 2 glasses of green Gatorade.
You can make this for pennies whereas the name-brand Gatorade costs about four dollars for same amount.



SPICE CHAI

2 cups cold water
2 tea bags or 2 tsp. loose-leaf tea
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. black peppercorns
1 tsp. ground cardamom
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk, heated
honey, sugar, or Splenda to suit your taste

In a teapot, bring the cold water to a full boil. Turn off heat, add the tea and the vanilla to the infuser. In a coffee filter, combine all the spices, securing the top closed with a staple. Add the spice bag to the infuser and let the tea steep for five minutes. You can adjust the spiciness if you like more or less. Add heated milk to tea. Strain tea into two mugs, and add Splenda, honey, or sugar to suit your tastes.



VIRGIN SANGRIA PUNCH

4 cups white or red grape juice
1 cup pink grapefruit juice
1 cup orange juice
1 Tbsp. Rose's lime juice
1 liter chilled club soda
1 orange, thinly sliced
1 cup seedless green or red grapes, stems removed
1 lime, thinly sliced
Combine grape, grapefruit, and lime juices in pitcher. Chill for one hour. Add chilled club soda and fruit. Stir and serve.


HURRICANE

3 oz. passionfruit juice
3 oz orange juice
3 oz. lime juice
2 tsp. Splenda
1 Tbsp. Grenadine
Lime or orange wedge for garnish
Mix all ingredients except fruit wedges in a cocktail shaker. Fill hurricane glass half-full with crushed ice. Add shaker ingredients and garnish with lime or orange wedge.