Merry Minty Milkshake
A yummy minty milkshake for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 2 cups mint chocolate chip ice cream
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup milk (dairy or alternative)
- Whipped cream
- Christmas-coloured sprinkles
- Candy cane
Method:
- Add your ice cream, ice and milk to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour into a tall, chilled milkshake glass
- Top with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a candy cane
Rudolph Punch
Rudolph punch is a fun Christmas Drink for Kids that is easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
- Ice
- Blackcurrant juice (like Ribena) or cranberry juice
- Ginger ale or Sprite
- Fresh cherries
- Candy cane
Method:
- To keep your punch fizzy, it’s best to make this by the glass.
- In a tall glass, add your ice and fill to about half way with your blackcurrant or cranberry juice.
- Fill to the top with your ginger ale or Sprite (whichever you find yummier!).
- Finish it off with a couple of cherries and a candy cane
Magic slushies
WITH A BLENDER
Ingredients
- 1 and ½ cups of fruit – chopped and frozen (try strawberries, blueberries or mango)
- Half a cup of cold water
- Some soda water and a couple drops of food colouring (if you choose)
Method
- Add the fruit and water to a food processor, blender or mix with a stick blender Add a couple of drops of food colouring if you want to change the colour
- Blend until smooth and pour mixture into a glass
- Add some soda water into the glass for a bubbly treat if desired
Serve immediately!
WITHOUT A BLENDER
All you need is ice, salt, juice, and a couple of Ziploc bags
Ingredients
- 6 cups ice cubes (or enough to fill about half a large Ziplock bag)
- 1-2 tablespoons Kosher salt or table salt
- 1 cup of your favourite juice Some soda water and a couple drops of food colouring (if you choose)
Method
- Place ice cubes and salt in an large Ziploc bag
- Place juice, soda water and food colouring in a sandwich-sized Ziploc bag, press out all the air and seal tightly. Make sure it’s sealed properly – otherwise salt will get in and it won’t taste good!
- Place the small bag of juice INSIDE the larger bag of ice and salt and seal it up
- The larger bag will be holding the ice, salt, and the separate baggie of juice
- Shake the bag for about 3-5 minutes or until the juice gets slushy. If your hands get cold, wrap a tea towel around the bag or use gloves and continue shaking
- Pour slushy into a cup and serve immediately
Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
• 2 cups dairy milk or alternative milk such as soy
• 6 tablespoons chocolate
• ¼ cup smooth peanut butter
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
1) Add milk, chocolate, peanut butter and sugar to a small saucepan and heat over medium heat.
2) Whisk constantly until chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth.
3) Add cocoa powder and vanilla and whisk until completely combined and warm. Serve.
Hot Vanilla Milk
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
3 cups dairy milk or alternative
milk such as soy
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
Whisk milk and maple syrup together in a small saucepan.
Stir over low heat until the milk mixture begins to bubble.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
Serve.
Wonderful Watermelon
This quick and easy recipe makes fresh and delicious watermelon juice at home with just one fresh ingredient — watermelon!
Ingredients
Watermelon – that’s it!
Method
Cube the watermelon and discard the peel.
Put the cut up watermelon into a blender and blend on low speed.
Strain through a fine- mesh sieve and serve cold.
Berry Infused Water
Sometimes water can be a bit boring. Try adding some flavour to your water with some delicious fruit. You can use any fruit, but today we’re trying berries!
Ingredients:
Handful strawberries
Handful raspberries
Handful blueberries
One lemon, sliced
Method:
Gently wash the raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries.
Slice up the strawberries.
Drop the fruit into a glass bottle or jug a few pieces at a time, alternating between fruits so that they are well mixed.
Fill the bottle to the top with cold water.
Leave to infuse for 10 minutes then serve over ice and enjoy!
Once the water has all been drunk, you can continue to fill and refill the fruit-filled jug all day long.
Keep it in the fridge to keep it chilled.