My Happy Meals: Frozen Fruit Smoothie

I love smoothies.  Freaking love them.  But I've never been able to create one I like at home as much as when I buy one.  Until now.  You should know I don't like yogurt based smoothies.  I'm and ice and fruit kind of gal.  If you share my affinity for ice and fruit smoothies, check this one out!

Ingredients:
3 Cups of your favorite frozen fruit- I use a Dole blend of strawberries, pineapple, mango & peaches
3/4 C Orange/Mango/Peach Juice- it's by Dole by the regular orange juice
1/2 C Water
1 Ripe Banana

Blend all the ingredients in a blender until you reach a smooth consistency.  If you like it sweeter, use more juice, or less sweet, use more water.


Yield: 2 Smoothies

Party Punch

Who doesn't love a good punch? I mean really. Raise your hand if you don't like a good punch. See, everyone loves a good punch. So I made a big ol jar full of it to dispense at the Mother's Day party, and it was a huge hit! I thought for sure I would be drinking punch for a week, but it's actually almost gone. I'm enjoying the last glass right now. I found it on Shelly's Blog and apparently her mom is the punch queen. That's a good sort of queen to be in my book. Thanks Momma Gail!

Party Punch
Serves: about 20

Mix together the following:
+1 bottle cranberry pomegranate
+1 can frozen lemonade
+1 can frozen orange juice (I used a large can of orange juice- in the warm juice aisle)
+3 cans water (from juice cans)(I omitted all water)
+1 bottle (can) pineapple juice
+1/2 bottle 7-Up

To keep it cold in the bowl, make a pretty ice ring! Get a cool jello mold or a bundt cake pan and fill with the blended punch or just plain 7-Up. You can add slices of fruit too. Make sure to freeze overnight. Don't make the ring too big to fit in the bowl! Enjoy.