What makes a stay-cation during a pandemic any different than any other week during a pandemic? Well a Sunday LEMONADE CONTEST for one thing. We have fun with our cut-throat / chopped halloween contests or decorating parties. So since it was slated to be 114° (not the heat index the actual air temperature, the FEELS LIKE was closer to 117°) we thought it might be refreshing to have a drink making party. Everyone had several days to plan/prepare and we did our best to get ingredients included with our online grocery orders.
Karma is allergic to the world, so she didn’t participate in the tasting part of the judging but each entry was judged on four qualities … Presentation, Creativity, Taste and … Did it remind the judge of Lemonade? 😉
All in all it was a lot of fun and all of the entries were super tasty.
Lemonade Contest!
Ingredients
Cherry Berry Lemonade
Blue Raspberry Lemonade
Piña Colada-aid
Frozen Daiquiri Lemonade
Instructions
Cherry Berry Lemonaide
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Combine sugar with half cup boiling water and stir until dissolved. Combine half of the sugar water with the blackberries and blend on high. Strain. Combine remaining sugar water with the tart cherries and blend well. Strain. In a large mason jar pour the strained fruit purees and the lemon juice and add ice water. Garnish and serve.
Blue Raspberry Lemonade
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Place your 1/2 cup raspberries, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 1/2 tbs sugar, 1 TBL lemon juice in sauce pan over medium heat and reduce until thicken and you have about a half cup. Chill at least one hour. In large mason jar combine your chilled fruit syrup with fresh lemon juice, ice and water. Garnish and serve.
Piña Colada-aid
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Cut and puree a whole pineapple, mix with coconut milk, lemon juice and simple syrup and serve.
Frozen Daiquiri Lemonade
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Place the frozen raspberries and strawberries in blender and puree until liquid. Strain. Add lemon juice to strained berry mixture with equal parts ice and water and blend until frothy. Garnish and serve.
