Instant Hot Cocoa Mix

From June Pieck, a friend in Willmar, Mn.

4  3/4 cup instant powdered milk
1  1/3 cup cocoa
2  1/3 cup sugar
1/4  tsp salt

Mix well.  We use the food processor,
Store in a dry container.
To serve, use 1/3 cup mix to 1 cup hot water.

Fruit Slush

From Shirley Evans

3 c. water
1 1/2 c. sugar
Mix together in saucepan. Bring it to a boil. Remove from heat to cool.

When cool, add:
1 -46oz can pineapple juice
1 1/2 c. orange juice
1/4 c. lemon juice
3 ripe bananas
Mix all together.

Pour into plastic container and freeze. Stir occasionally as it freezes.

Serve by scooping frozen mix into glass & top with ginger ale if desired.

Berry Smoothies

Makes 4 1/2 c. Enough for 4 servings.
Vary the amounts of sugar and lemon juice depending on the ripeness of the fruit.

1 medium ripe banana, peeled and cut into 8 pieces
3 1/2 cups berries, frozen
1/2 c. milk or non-dairy milk
1/2 cup white cranberry juice or apple juice
3-6 tsp. sugar
2-3 tsp. lemon juice.
3 ice cubes
Mix in blender to desired consistency. Add more sugar or lemon to taste.

Orange Julius

From Shirley Evans

1/3 c. frozen OJ concentrate (3 oz.)
1/2 c. milk or rice milk
1/2 c. water
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
5-6 ice cubes, crushed
Combine in blender

Serves 3

Frozen Hot Chocolate

Posted by Shirley Evans
From Serendipity 3, New York
Makes 2 servings

1/3 c. granulated sugar
1/3 c. nonfat dry milk powder
3 Tbsp. Ghirardelli (or other Dutch process) cocoa powder
1 Tbsp. Hershey's cocoa powder
pinch of salt
1 c. milk
3 c. ice

Combine the sugar, dry milk powder, cocoas and salt in a small bowl. Pour the milk into a blender. Add the dry mix and ice. Blend until all the ice is crushed and the drink is smooth. Pour into a large goblet or 2 16-oz. glasses. Optional topping: whipped cream and semi-sweet chocolate shavings.

Electric Lemonade (Blue Drink)

From Karl Schrader

Use Caution - Adults Only!

I'll try to avoid the quantity issues and just use generic quantities. This is an excellent drink in large quantities, but can be mixed individually.

1 part Bacardi Rum
1 part Bacardi Razz (Raspberry Flavored Rum)
1/3 part Blue Curacao
1/3 part Malibu Rum
1/2 part Lemon Juice
4 part Lemonade
2 part Lemon/Lime Soda (7 up, Sprite, Sierra Mist, etc...)
Lots of ice

For reference, the first time this was made, we made this using Liters as a means of measuring. I have made this using much smaller values as well.