steamy summer day give-away
Now that summer is in full swing, we've got some great ways to stay refreshed on steamy evenings… 500 smoothies & juices recipe book, funny cocktail napkins, an amusing gurgle pot and ice kabobs ($70.35 value!)
So how can you get these fabulous summer goods for free?
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Iced coffee!!!
My favorite summer drink is:
Prosecco
Clementine Juice (Bolthouse Farms makes a yummy one)
and a splash of Pomegranate juice.
You can do equal parts juice/prosecco but I tend to go a little heavier on the prosecco than the juice.
So hard to choose a favorite, but iced tea with lots of ice and lemon is very refreshing!
Mine is either iced tea, OR Snapdragon beauty drink with vodka…. yummy!
McD’s SF Vanilla Iced Coffee’s (cheap & tasty)!
Blogged the contest!
http://bearabledeals.blogspot.com/2009/07/catching-fireflys-fantastic-firefly.html
Favorite summer drink is definitely fresh-squeezed lemonade!!! Add in some good vodka and it is the perfect summer-night drink too! :)
My favorite summer drink is a slurpee!!! yum!
I just love sitting outside on the patio on a warm summer night, sipping a margarita on the rocks!
Strawberry lemonade and ice tea with lemon and anything slushy…!!!
thanks for a chance to win.
My favorite drink is a Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frapaccino but with chocolate chips. Yum!
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I enjoy a nice glass of lemonade made with sparkling water. Yum!!!
Put it on facebook too!
Thanks!
My favorite summer time drink is either sweet peach tea or a mojito. Both just scream summer to me and require me sitting on the patio when I drink it.
Okay, posted on Facebook and on my blog. http://rebeccaredman.blogspot.com/2009/07/fantastic-giveaway.html
Fresh Sqeezed Lemonade for sure!
My neighbor and I invented a drink we like to call the “Pom-Pom”. It is vodka, diet 7-up with pomegranate, and a splash of cranberry pomegranate juice. It’s very refreshing and somewhat healthy!! HA!
Golden Margaritas!!
Mojitos!
Iced coffee is my daily choice, but I do love a nice homemade lemonade.
Frozen strawberry daiquiri, even better w/fresh from the garden strawberries! YUM!!
growing up my favorite summer beverage was my nana’s homemade lemonade. i’ve never been able to replicate it! now, i enjoy a nice mojito!
My favorite drink for summer is homemade sangria, you know the kind of drink that takes 1/2 a day to marry all the flavors. Start with a chianti, add some orange juice, slice an apple, an orange, a pear and let it ruminate together. ahh, nothing says summer better.
Blueberry vodka and lemonade… perfect for a hot summer day.
margaritas or lemonade. yum!
Fresh homemade lemonade! I’m an old-fashioned gal.
Sangria!!! With Chips, salsa and guac on a steamy summer day ~
skip ‘n go nakeds and strawberry daquaries
On a hot day for parties or sitting outside on a deck at a restaurant, nothing is more refreshing than a Seven and Seven! LOVE THEM!
My favorite summer drink is iced coffee not so much because of the taste but the memories it evokes. I can remember sitting on my grandmothers porch in the days before EVERYTHING was air conditioned. She lived in a beautiful old two story house with a great big front porch in upstate New York My family spent our summers there to escape the heat of the city until I was about 9 years old. We would all sit out there every night and pass the time. She made my iced coffee with much more milk and sugar than coffee and it was cold and sweet. Until this day, I love to share iced coffee with my own children and good friends on a warm summer night.
Sweet tea is my favorite or frozen drinks!
I still love grape or cherry Kool-Aid! It reminds me of summers as a kid.
Frozen Lemonade
Healthy Smoothies packed with fruit, ice, and “Naked” juice =)
My favorite this year is lemonade with vodka and a splash of amaretto. Yum and refreshing!
My favorite summer drink is lemondae…..mmmm so yummy!
Oberon with oranges! The summer beer of Michigan!
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Hmmm… At eight months pregnant, my summer drink-of-choice is lemonade. :o)
coconut rum and lemonade with a spash of cranberry! Yum. Actually, anything with coconut rum is good.
Ooh – blueberry vodka and lemonade sounds delicious. That might become my new favorite. Until then, I’m a big fan of cranberry juice and vodka, with a big squeeze of lime.
Hi everyone,
My favorite summer drink is not just one…I love ice cold water from the garden hose as well as sun tea made outdoors in a large jar. When the tea cools, add lots of ice and your favorite sweetener (if you use one). I like to try different types of tea or add a flavor tea to the regular black tea. Yummy – so refreshing. And I guess fruit smoothies are good too, more filling and tastier. It’s so hard to decide on just one, but I would choose water above all others!
Tazo Black Iced Tea – NO SUGAR – from Starbucks…or better yet buying the tea from them and their super cool insulated cold beverage cups and drinking it at home!
My favorite summertime drink is raspberry lemonade!!
Fresh Sun Tea, made in a glass jar on my deck!
If I don’t have to work the next day, it would be a Mike’s Lime – Hard Lemonade!
I’m taking notes on everyone else’s to try later!
:)
http://www.inkinalatte.blogspot.com
Homemade Sangria – dice 2 apples, 2 oranges, 2 peaches [nectarines or plums], a lemon, and a lime. Add simple syrup made from one cup of sugar, 2 bottles of Spanish red table wine and 4-6 ounces of brandy. Chill and let it set for at least two hours [or overnight if you can wait that long]. When ready to serve mix with equal parts sparkling water [lemon, lime or unflavored] and pour over ice in a tall glass. Garnish with citrus.
Hands down, iced coffee!
Sweet tea from Mcdonald’s has become my new favorite drink.
My favorite alchoholic summer drink is Sangria. The secret is to spike it with apple schnapps. :-) If I’m not in a drinky mood, then my beverage of choice on a hot day is icy cold green tea, with a double shot of mint syrup. It’s both cold AND cooling….how can you beat that!?
LOVE Mojitos in the summertime!
I put the contest on my blog- http://www.thedetroitsmiths@blogspot.com
Definitely margaritas!
Peach Fizz: 2 cups peach schnapps, 2 liters 7 up and a bottle of champagne, and frozen peaches floating in it. Yummy!
My favorite summer drink is lemonade! Also, shared on facebook and emailed 2 frineds.
I posted a link on my blog!
Iced green tea w. lemon OR watermelon martini!
Sweet Tea, Yum!!
My dad makes the best blended margaritas! Sounds weird, but the ingredients are limeade, cheap beer, ice, and tequila (of course). I’ve also taken to adding a splash of Triple Sec and 7-Up. Yummy! Be careful, though! They go down like Kool-Ade! =)
Definately margaritas or mojitos!
Yummm!
homemade raspberry lemonade with lemon flavored sugar crystals around the rim of the glass…or a mint chocolate chip milkshake…both are really refreshing!!
Oooh, mojitos with fresh mint from my garden.
Sangria!
Pink lemonade!
I love Skip & Go Nakeds, 2 cans of beer, 1 can of lemonade concentrate, I can water and 1 can vodka!
I love making fruit smoothies in the summer. I throw a banana, some vanilla yogurt, and frozen and/or fresh berries in the blender.
Mint Sun tea!!! I’m sipping on some right now :)
good ‘ole sweet tea!
Razzberry vodka & lemonade; plain old lemonade or iced tea! YUM! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies. :)
Frozen hot chocolate! (hot chocolate, a little water, ice cubes + blender). I love hot chocolate and I love it year round . In frozen form it is refreshing on those steamy hot July afternoons.
My favorite summer drink is fresh limeade on the rocks in a chilled sugar rimmed glass! It is the most refreshing drink I have ever had!
Always a fresh brewed Arnold Palmer (1/2 lemonade and 1/2 iced tea) perfect on a summer day!
traditional margartita on ice with salt rim!!
Homemade lemonade or Sun Ice Tea ~ YUM ! :)
Frozen Margaritas ~ DOUBLE YUM !! :) :)
My favorite summer drink is whichever flavor diet Slurpy is available. They are always super tangy and delicious.
OOooo Mango Margaritas made with fresh mangoes, Kern’s Mango Juice and Margaritaville Mango tequilla. Cool and refreshing!
I agree with homemade sangria. I can taste it now!
Favorite summer drink would have to be a fresh-fruit berry smoothie with bananas and lots of ice!
Raspberry lemonade. Or lemonade with raspberry vodka!
I just posted on FB and my blog
http://flytomywindow.blogspot.com
iced tea or iced tea mixed with lemonade
My favorite frozen drink recipe came from a close friend and is…
4 Cups Cranberry Juice
2 Cups Sparkling Water
2 Cups Vodka
1 Can Frozen Limeade Concentrate
Freeze for several hours or overnight, if possible.
Scoop out into cups and top with 7UP or Sprite.
Posted to my book club blog: http://www.thebookclubblogspot.blogspot.com/
Long Island Iced Tea!
mojitos!!
I love summer! My favorite drink, any time of the year, is sweet tea!
What can beat a glass of strong sun tea with lemon?
Margaritas or sangria for sure!!!
Homeade Sangria..I know the traditional Sangria is made with red (chianti); however, I found a recipe using white wine, mangos and melon)!! A sweet summer treat!!
Vodka Ginger Lemonade! Recipe from Cottage Living- you can find it on myrecipes.com
Love red wine sangria also with pomegranate juice.
mmm… dunkin donuts iced coffee w/ cream and sugar
LOVE sangria and margaritas in the summer. then again, i love them year round. but they taste better in the summer for sure.
Lemonade from any kid lemonade stand. It may not always taste the best but the smile on their faces when you stop and buy a cup makes it taste just right!
Gin & Tonic
with lime wedges and lots of ice!
or
Chilled L.Mawby Fizz Sparkling Wine, made in Travers City Michigan!!!!
Vodka, sparkling lemonade and mashed up frozen strawberries! Yum!
I love virgin margaritas…mmm…
The 15th is my birthday, so this would be an awesome present. Love the site and blog!
Green Tea Bubble Tea – with LOTS of Bubbles!!!!
Sangria! deeee-lish!
I Love Arnold Palmer Iced Tea and Lemon Vodka . . .omg . .to die for!:P)
My favorite summer drink is Raspberry Lemonade!
mexican martinis (margaritas)
i <3 <3 <3 passion tea lemonade from starbucks!!!!!!!
Mine is a homemade Strawbery Freckled Lemonade with Absolute Raspbery! Yum!!!
An Arnold Palmer – 1/2 lemonade, 1/2 iced tea, lots of ice!
Definitely iced tea.
:)
my favorite summertome DRINKS are as follows, makers mark bourbon, lemonande W/pulp and fresh lemon slice, vanilla vodka and diet rootbeer (or not) diet that is W/ a sasparilla candy stick stirrer, And carolina sweet tea vodka, nonpulp lemonade, and fresh mint sprig. 1 more…brut champagne, dash of caravella lemon liquir, dash pom juice, and fresh pomegranate seeds. its all about the garnish!! pass it on.
My favorite summer drink is a white sangria, loaded with fruit!
My favorite summer drink is iced tea – although pina coladas are always good too.
You CAN’T beat a Margarita with fresh squeezed lime juice in the summertime! Or the winter for that matter when you are in need!
A good ol’ frozen Margarita with salt on the rim.
non-alcoholic bootlegs with lots of mint!
berry fruit smoothies!
strawberry, mango, blueberries,banana and if available pear, plus 3tablespoons of sugar
My favorite summer drink is definitely a frozen Margarita is the hot summer sun!
My favorite drink year round is ice cold water, and most days it is all I drink. But on a hot summer day, after playing tennis or large amounts of walking, my husband and I refresh ourselves with a big slurpee.
Sweet tea!! very cold!!!
My favorite summer drink would definately be a nice tall glass of sparkaling lemonade.
I also posted on my Facebook!
fresh squeezed lemonade , followed closely by a Mike’s Hard Cranberry Lemonade! :)
Nothing says summertime like sun tea and lemonade!
Berry fruit smoothie…refreshing and delightful!!!
Ingredients:
Fresh or frozen mixed berries – 1 1/2 cup
Milk – 3/4 cup
Low fat yogurt – 1/8 cup
Orange juice – 2 tbsp, freshly squeezed
Honey – 1 tbsp
Flaxseed or wheatgerm – 1 tbsp
Sugar – 2 tsp (Or to taste)
Directions
Add all the above ingredients to a blender. Blend until smooth. Check for sugar, add more sugar or honey if required.
Pour into glasses and serve cold.
CF link posted on my blog here: http://familyostuff.blogspot.com/2009/07/fantastic-firefly-giveaway-at-catching.html
I’m going with Margaritas. My second choice would be a Sonic Lime slush.
It’s a toss up: Strawberry lemonade or a cold diet coke over ice…with a straw!
margaritas or a banana strawberry smoothie from baskin robbins