Healthy and delicious – this recipe for a Pineapple Cucumber Smoothie will have you feeling energized and ready to go! Growing up, my Mother would often make a smoothie for my brothers and I. It was the same smoothie everyday. It had a banana, Tang, milk, and yogurt; or something like that. There may have …
Southern Style Sweet Tea Recipe – here’s how to make the house wine of the South. Many many years ago I was living in Philadelphia where iced tea is served unsweetened with a side of sugar packets in most restaurants. While on a trip to California, I ordered a glass of tea at a sushi …
Fresh Strawberry Lemonade is a delicious spin on traditional lemonade and it’s easy to make at home! I can’t think of anything that’s more refreshing in the summer than lemonade. I decided to look up its history and learned that it originated in France as early as 1630, and was a blend of sparkling water, …
Tarragon Lemonade is a step up from generic lemonade, and can be served frozen or over ice. Perfect for a hot summer day. Tarragon is an herb that gets easily overlooked behind the more popular basil and cilantro plants. It’s power is very underrated which is a disgrace, since it can be used in a …
A deconstructed Arnold Palmer Tea is easy to make and is perfect for the hot and sticky summer weather. No watered down drinks here. I don’t know what screams summer more – iced tea? Lemonade? Lemonade iced cubes in iced tea? Or iced tea ice cubes in lemonade? Frozen lemonade and green tea? Options, options, …
This Starbucks Dragon Drink Recipe copycat is based on one of the most popular refresher drinks at Starbucks. It all started in 2012. Starbucks introduced the Cool Lime Refresher and an era of refreshing caffeinated summer drinks began. The Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher came next, followed by the color refreshers – pink, purple, orange, green, …
Seriously. This recipe for Homemade Strawberry Soda is so simple it’s embarrassing to even call it “homemade”. However, it’s so delicious and addicting I couldn’t help but share. It’s strawberry season here in Florida. And usually we’d be gearing up for the huge Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City. It’s 11 days of strawberries, carnival …
I can remember the cold winters growing up in Northern Virginia. I always looked forward to March when the weather began to warm in the South, and Spring for me officially started when I got my first taste of McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. Now that I am older, I rarely order anything from McDonald’s, and I …
The Mango Dragon Fruit Refresher is the latest creation of Starbucks famous Refresher beverages. Man, we Americans love our Starbucks drinks. Google searches indicate that Americans are caffeinated junkies more concerned with how to perfect a Starbucks Frappuccino at home than how to roast a vegetable, any vegetable. We are Starbucks obsessed (Dunkin’ Donuts obsessed …
A few years ago, a friend and I flew out to Northern California to visit some Brussels sprout farms in San Mateo County (for a work assignment). We added a few extra days to the trip to spend a little time in Napa Valley and also sightsee around the city of San Francisco. As before …