Freshly Squeezed Lemonade

 Nothing says summer like freshly squeezed lemonade!

1 cup lemon juice, about 6 - 7 lemons
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 cup cold water

Squeeze the juice out of the lemons, enough for 1 cup of juice.  In a medium saucepan, bring 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar to a boil.  Cool to room temperature.  Combine lemon juice and simple syrup.  Add 1 cup cold water.  Mix.  Serve in glasses with ice.  If it's too tart, you can dilute it with more water, or more ice.

Spencer's Peach Smoothie

In the fall we like to freeze fresh peaches!  One of our favorite things to do with them is make peach smoothies.  Spencer came up with his own recipe and it is fabulous!  It tastes more like a shake!  With just 3 ingredients it's quick to blend up!  Our family loves this quick and delicious dessert!

5 cups frozen peaches
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup sugar

Put all ingredients in a blender.  Blend until smooth!  Enjoy!

Homemade Slurpees

These homemade slurpees are totally just like the real thing!  Yum!  They're so refreshing on a hot summer day!  The great thing about this recipe is that you can change up the flavor, using whatever flavor of Kool-Aid you like!

4 cups cubed ice
2 cups Sprite
1/2 cup sugar
1 package Kool-Aid

Put ingredients in a blender and blend until ice is broken up and slushy!  Serve immediately!

Raspberry Lemonade

2 cans (12 ounces each) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed 

2 packages (10 ounces each) frozen raspberries, partially thawed
4 tablespoons sugar
2 liters Sprite
Ice cubes

In a blender, combine lemonade concentrate, raspberries and sugar.  Cover and process until blended. Strain to remove seeds.  In a 4-1/2-qt. container, combine raspberry mixture, Sprite and ice cubes.  Serve immediately.