3 simple summer sippers

Today I have rounded up 3 yummy summer drink recipes for you, that I have collected from my pinterest. These are literally making my mouth water as I am typing and I seriously cannot wait to try each of them!

Grapefruit Salty Dog

Ingredients // 

1/3 cup fresh squeezed grapefruit

2T vodka

course sea salt for rim

grapefruit slice for garnish

cup of crushed ice

Instructions //

wet rim of glass with grapefruit slice and dip in salt

add ice to glass

mix vodka and juice in shaker 

pour into glass

Blackberry Lemonade

Ingredients //

1 C fresh squeezed lemon 1/2C fresh squeezed lime 1t fresh grated lemon peel 3C water 1 C sugar 3+ C blackberries Instructions // puree 3C blackberries in blender in a large pot add water and sugar and heat until reaches a boil continue to boil add lemon & lime juice and grated peel allow the combo to simmer for 1 minute remove the pot from heat and allow to cool strain the above mixture into a pitcher add pureed blackberries to the pitcher store well add ice and serve pour into glasses and garnish w/ lemon wedge & sugar rim and cute straw

4th of July Firecracker Jell-O-Cups

Ingredients // 1 Blue Jell-O Gelatin (like 3 oz package Berry Blue)
1 Red Jell-O Gelatin (like 3 oz package Cherry)
1 envelope Unflavored Gelatin (like Knox)
1 1/3 cups boiling Water
1 C Milk
1/4 C Sugar
Maraschino Cherries drained
Instructions //

BLUE // If you can find tall shot glasses they will work best, but any clear glass will do

Place blue gelatin in a bowl and add 2/3 cup boiling water

Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool

Fill each cup 1/3 full of blue and place in refrigerator

WHITE // Add 1/3 cup of milk to another bowl and sprinkle unflavored gelatin over top

Heat remaining 2/3 cup of milk to a boil

Remove from heat and stir in sugar to dissolve

Add heated milk to gelatin/milk mixture and stir until blended

Allow to cool

Gently fill all cups the next 1/3 of the way with white mixture and return to refrigerator

RED // Place red gelatin in a bowl and add 2/3 cup boiling water

Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool

Place a cherry on top of each glass and add about 1/4″ of red gelatin to each

Place in refrigerator for 5 minutes

Pull from refrigerator and try to adjust to get stems to point upward

Fill each cup the rest of the way with red and place in refrigerator

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