Welcoming Summer - Festive Juice Drinks

"That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. "

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Summer is here and you can always find a pitcher of iced tea and one of iced coffee sitting in our fridge next to the usual bottles of juice and water. A few years ago I found an Al Roker holiday cookbook at the library, and he had some fantastic ideas for juice drinks. They were in his Thanksgiving section, but I think they're perfect for summer! If you'd like to look for the cookbook, I think the name of it was "Al Roker's Hassle Free Holiday Cookbook".

Here are some of the delicious treats he suggested. Wouldn't they look pretty in an attractive carafe with some frozen juice cubes to keep the beverage chilled, and a pretty floral or tropical tablecloth on the table... perfect with some homemade muffins or scones!

FESTIVE JUICE DRINKS

~ Equal parts chilled grape juice, orange juice, and seltzer

~ One part chilled cranberry juice cocktail to 2 parts chilled ginger ale or champagne

~ Equal parts chilled apple juice, cranberry juice, and lemon-lime soda

~ Two parts chilled pineapple juice, 1 part chilled orange juice, 1 part chilled, brewed black tea with sugar and a squeeze of lemon

~ Equal parts chilled grape juice and lemon-lime soda

~ Equal parts chilled orange juice, apple juice, and seltzer

~ Equal parts chilled orange juice, pink grapefruit juice, and pineapple juice