Recipes

Strawberry-Almond Cream Cheese

Strawberry-Almond Cream Cheese

Serve this hearty cream cheese as a sweet topping for scones, bagels, or English muffins.
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Ingredients

Makes approximately 1¼ cups

Prep: 10 min., Chill: 1 hr.

  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon almond extract
  • ½ cup chopped fresh strawberries about 8 large strawberries

Instructions

  • Process first 3 ingredients in a food processor just until blended.
  • (Do not overprocess or mixture will be thin.
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  • Add strawberries; process just until blended.
  • Cover; chill at least 1 hour.
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Course; Cheese / Fruit

Ginger Beer

Ginger Beer

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Ingredients

Makes 5 servings

Prep: 10 min. Chill: 4 hrs.

Instructions

  • Stir together all ingredients until sugar dissolves.
  • Cover and chill 4 hours.
  • Pour ginger mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, discarding solids.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve over crushed ice.
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Course; Cold Drinks

Rio Grande Limeade

Rio Grande Limeade

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Ingredients

Makes 12 servings

Prep: 10 min., Chill: 8 hrs.

Garnish:

Instructions

  • Stir together first 5 ingredients.
  • Chill 8 hours.
  • Serve over ice, and garnish, if desired.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails / Cold Drinks
Cuisine; American

White Sangría Fizz

White Sangría Fizz

Stir up this fruity beverage ahead, and add sparkling water just before serving.
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Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

Prep: 5 min., Chill: 8 hrs.

  • 1 cup fresh orange juice
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 750-milliliter bottle dry white wine
  • 1½ cups sparkling water chilled

Garnishes:

Instructions

  • Stir together orange juice and sugar in a large pitcher until sugar dissolves.
  • Stir in wine; cover and chill 8 hours.
  • Stir sparkling water into wine mixture just before serving.
  • Garnish, if desired.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails / Cold Drinks / Fruit

Oklahoma Sunrise

Oklahoma Sunrise

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Ingredients

Makes 16 servings

Prep: 10 min., Chill: 1 hr.

  • 1 12-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
  • 1 11.5-ounce can apricot nectar
  • 3 cups water
  • 1½ pints strawberry or raspberry sorbet softened
  • 1 750-milliliter bottle Champagne, chilled
  • 3 cups crushed ice

Instructions

  • Stir together first 3 ingredients in a large container; cover and chill at least 1 hour.
  • Spoon sorbet into a punch bowl; pour chilled orange juice mixture over sorbet.
  • Add Champagne and ice; stir gently to blend.
  • Ladle into stemmed glasses.
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Course; Cocktails / Cold Drinks
Cuisine; American

Garden Sangría

Garden Sangría

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Ingredients

Makes 24 servings

Prep: 10 min., Chill: 8 hrs.

Garnishes:

Instructions

  • Stir together first 5 ingredients in a large container; cover and chill 8 hours.
  • Add club soda and next 3 ingredients just before serving; serve over ice, if desired.
  • Garnish, if desired.

Notes & Wine Advice

*Substitute ginger ale for club soda.
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Course; Cold Drinks / Fruit
Cuisine; European / Spain

Southern Breeze Punch

Southern Breeze Punch

Raspberry ice cubes can be made in advance and stored in freezer bags in the freezer until ready to serve.
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Ingredients

Makes 12 servings

Prep: 10 min., Freeze: 8 hrs.

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 0.22-ounce envelope unsweetened blue raspberry lemonade mix
  • 7 cups water
  • 1 6-ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
  • 1 46-ounce can unsweetened pineapple juice, chilled
  • 1 2-liter bottle ginger ale, chilled

Instructions

  • Stir together first 4 ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher; pour evenly into 5 ice-cube trays, and freeze at least 8 hours.
  • Combine pineapple juice and ginger ale; serve over raspberry ice cubes.

Notes & Wine Advice

For testing purposes only, we used Kool-Aid Twists Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade Unsweetened Soft Drink Mix.
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Course; Cold Drinks / Fruit

Pineapple Wassail

Pineapple Wassail

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Equipment

  • Dutch oven

Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

Prep: 5 min., Cook: 25 min.

Instructions

  • Bring all ingredients to a boil in a Dutch oven; reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes.
  • Pour through a wire-mesh strainer, discarding spices.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve hot.
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Course; Fruit / Hot drinks

Apricot Bellinis

Apricot Bellinis

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Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings

Prep: 10 min.

Garnishes:

Instructions

  • Process first 3 ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
  • Stir in Champagne, and serve immediately over crushed ice.

Notes & Wine Advice

Garnish, if desired.
*1 (17-ounce) can apricot halves, drained, may be substituted for fresh.
**1 (12-ounce) can ginger ale may be substituted for Champagne.
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Course; Cold Drinks / Fruit

Chocolate-Yogurt Malt

Chocolate-Yogurt Malt

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Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients

Makes 5 servings

Prep: 5 min.

  • 4 cups low-fat frozen vanilla yogurt
  • 1 cup 1% chocolate low-fat milk
  • ¼ cup chocolate-flavored instant malted milk

Instructions

  • Process all ingredients in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve immediately.
For testing purposes only, we used Ovaltine for chocolate-flavored instant malted milk.
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Course; Cold Drinks