Heavy Drinkers

At the Ladybug Cafe, we are heavy drinkers! When we moved from Texas to Smalltown, GA, Gran said that she thought it might be time to get rid of the stadium cups...I cannot imagine living without stadium cups. When I go places and they are serving drinks in 8 oz glasses, I am not sure what to do - except refill my glass, numerous times. When you come to the Ladybug Cafe, there are 8 oz glasses, if that is what you prefer, but if you really need a drink, we have a wide variety of stadium cups that all come with a story!! So, while all of us should be drinking more water and less Coke Zero - or whatever :) it is that we need to get us through the day - here are a few beverages that we mix-up to keep us going and beat the heat!

Lemonade Iced Tea (adapted from Southern Living Magazine)
6 cups water
4 family size tea bags
1 cup sugar
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
Additional ice and water

Boil the 6 cups of water, insert tea bags and remove from heat. Steep for 10 minutes. Add 1 cup of sugar to the "hot" tea, stir to dissolve the sugar. In a one gallon pitcher, add ice and can of frozen lemonade concentrate. Pour the tea and sugar mixture into the ice and lemonade concentrate. Mix. Add additional water to fill the pitcher.

Pampered Chef Punch (from Diane - my wonderful Texas Friend)
6 cups cranberry juice (I use diet or lite), chilled
4 cups Sprite (I use diet store brand), chilled
1 can frozen pineapple, orange, banana concentrate (I use whatever my grocer has that is close)

Combine, stir, and ENJOY!! I am not sure if this really is a Pampered Chef recipe, but I think I had it for the first time at Diane's house for a PC party - so fun and delicious!!

Homemade Starbucks Passion Iced Tea (from Gran)
TAZO brand passion tea at Target
Simply Lemonade
Truvia sweetner
Ice and water

Gran just sent this to me - I haven't tried it, but it looks DELISH! Here is the link to the recipe and details: http://vickidesigner.com/2012/05/21/homemade-starbucks-passion-tea-lemonade/

Happy Drinking!