Winter tea from hibiscus and berries

This fragrant tea drink made from summer berries and Sudanese rose petals will not only be a wonderful addition to New Year's desserts, but will also increase the body's resistance to colds, thanks to the significant content of vitamins and microelements.

Ingredients: hibiscus tea - 2 tsp; water - half a liter; raspberries, strawberries, currants, blackberries (or other berries to your taste) - a handful; mint - 2-3 leaves; sugar - 3 tbsp. l.; lemon - 2-3 circles; honey - 1 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

• Hibiscus is poured with boiled water, let it brew for 5 minutes.
• I stir the berries with sugar and mint, pour tea and mix.
• I let it brew for 10 minutes, strain and pour into cups.
• Before serving, I put in each mug a circle of lemon and half a spoon of honey.

The drink turns out to be very rich, pleasant and invigorating, and pronounced berry notes give memories of warm summer days.

spicy eggnog

Eggnog is a favorite Christmas drink of Europeans and Americans, based on raw egg yolks and milk, very reminiscent of our eggnog. The homeland of the dessert is Scotland. In the classic recipe, it is customary to add alcohol - rum, whiskey or brandy, but I decided to move away from this version and prepare a non-alcoholic version. It turned out very sincerely and unusually, relatives appreciated it. Now I make eggnog for every family holiday and, of course, for the New Year.

Ingredients: milk - 2 tbsp.; condensed milk - 1/4 cup; eggs - 4 pcs.; sugar - 1/2 cup; carnation - a sliver; ground cinnamon - 1/4 tsp; whipped cream (35%) - 100 ml; vanillin and grated nutmeg - to taste.

I cook like this:

• I mix milk, spices and condensed milk in a small saucepan.
• I put the resulting mixture on medium heat and, stirring constantly, heat it for 5 minutes, without bringing to a boil.
• The yolks, separated from the proteins, are rubbed with sugar to a creamy lush mass using a whisk.
• In small portions (1 tbsp each), I pour warm milk into the yolks, continuing to stir regularly;
• I pour the resulting mixture into a saucepan, put on a small fire and simmer until it thickens. The process usually takes 10 minutes.
• I remove the eggnog from the heat, add vanilla, let it cool and pour into cups.
• Before serving, I decorate the drink with whipped cream, sprinkle with chopped nutmeg.

This wonderful dessert, which is very easy and simple to prepare, will appeal to both adults and children.

Hot chocolate with honey and cinnamon

Hot chocolate is our family's favorite treat. The drink is easy and quick to prepare, warms the body and cheers up, even in the most inclement weather.

Ingredients: milk - 0.5 liters; dark chocolate - 1 bar; honey - 4 tbsp. l.; sugar - 3 tbsp. l.; cinnamon - 1 stick; vanilla extract - 1 tsp; cream (for decoration) - optional.

I cook like this:

• In a medium saucepan, combine milk, honey, sugar and cinnamon.
• I put the container on low heat, bring it to a boil and, immediately, remove it from the stove.
• I break the chocolate into pieces and throw it into the hot mass. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. After that, I remove the cinnamon and once again bring the contents of the pan to a boil.

Before serving, I decorate hot chocolate with cream cream, and sprinkle with ground cinnamon on top, it turns out not only tasty and healthy, but unusually festive.

Warming apple cider

On a cold New Year's Eve, apple cider with spices and citrus fruits will warm you up with its amazing aroma and fill your home with the spirit of celebration and magic.

Ingredients: fresh apple juice - 2 l; orange, pear, lemon - one fruit each; cinnamon - 1 stick; carnation - a sliver .; ginger - 2-3 slices.

Cooking method:

• Pour apple juice into an enamel pan, bring to a boil.
• I cut the washed fruits into slices and send them to boiling juice, stir. I also add spices and ginger.
• When the mixture boils again, reduce the heat and boil it for another 10 minutes. I let the drink brew for an hour.
• I filter warm cider through a sieve and pour into glasses, garnishing with orange slices and slices of fresh apples on top.

This delicious and healthy drink, prepared according to an old English recipe, will really please your guests, especially children.

Non-alcoholic mulled wine based on grape juice

Mulled wine, prepared on the basis of fruit juice without the addition of alcohol, is an excellent warming and tonic drink. It is prepared quite simply.

Ingredients: grape juice (preferably homemade) - 600 ml; water - 100 ml; lemon and orange zest - 2 tbsp. l.; half an apple; cloves - half a teaspoon; cinnamon - 1 stick; cardamom - a sliver.

I cook like this:

• Combine grape juice with water and heat over low heat.
• While the mixture is heating, I add the rest of the ingredients in turn: zest, sliced ​​\u200b\u200bapple and spices.
• Gently stir until the mulled wine is heated to 70 degrees. Celsius. Then I turn off the heat and let the mass brew for a couple of minutes.

Strained mulled wine is poured into transparent containers. And to make the drink much more pleasant to enjoy, I decorate the glasses with slices of lemon and orange.

spiced chai latte

Exquisite spiced chai-latte is appreciated by gourmets all over the world for its mild, light taste. This exotic drink is made at home with minimal cost and time.

Ingredients: large-leaf black tea - 2 tablespoons; water - 3 glasses; milk - 0.5 l + 100 ml for milk foam; sugar - 2 tbsp. l.; cloves and dry ginger - 1/4 tsp each; cardamom - 2 pcs.; ground nutmeg - a sliver.

Cooking technology:

• I pour boiling water over the tea leaves, let it brew for 10 minutes.
• I pour the tea into an enamel container, add sugar, milk, spices. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly until the sugar is completely dissolved, bring the mixture to a boil and remove from the stove. After that, I close the container tightly and wrap it with a terry towel.
• After 5 minutes, I pour the chai-latte into cups using a strainer.

Before serving, I pour milk foam into mugs, which I knock down with a coffee machine.

cranberry punch

A bright mix of fruits, cranberries and citrus fruits will delight your household and surprise guests with its freshness and unsurpassed aroma.

Ingredients: cranberries - 100 ml; cranberry juice - 100 ml; orange and apple juice - half a liter each; juice from one lime; orange and lime slices (for garnish)

I cook like this:

• In a medium saucepan I combine all varieties of juice, heat the mass over low heat, and, without letting it boil, remove it.
• I let the fruit mixture brew for 15 minutes.

I put cranberries, citrus slices in transparent cups and pour hot juice over them. A few minutes - and a delicious, vitamin punch is ready to serve on the festive table.

An old recipe for non-alcoholic sbitnya

Sbiten is a traditional Russian winter drink based on honey. Back in the times of Russia, it was an obligatory addition to national pastries - bagels, cookies, rolls, as now coffee and tea. Try to sentence sbiten according to my signature recipe - treat your family and friends to a delicious and very healthy drink.

Ingredients: water - half a liter; honey - 3 tbsp. l.; dried ginger - 1/3 tsp; half a lemon; mint - 1/2 tsp; cinnamon and cloves - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Gently rub the lemon on a grater - to get the zest. Next, I cut the fruit into two parts and, using a manual citrus juicer, squeeze the juice out of it (you will need one half).
• I pour water into a saucepan and put it to boil.
• I add seasonings, honey, lemon juice and zest, stir thoroughly until honey is completely dissolved and pour into a thermos.

I pour the real sbiten into earthenware mugs, and serve with desserts or pastries.

Non-alcoholic warming drinks prepared according to my recipes will become real culinary masterpieces on the New Year's table, make the festive evening cozy and sincere.

In the summer you always feel thirsty, and this is quite normal, because with sweat in the heat we lose up to a liter of fluid per hour! Many go the usual way and buy lemonades and other carbonated drinks, which - alas! - do not always bring the desired relief. And we again go to the store for another bottle of carbonated joy ...

In order to break this vicious circle, wise hostesses prepare refreshing drinks that bring real, not imaginary, relief. Along with old, centuries-old recipes, they invent new recipes for refreshing drinks, some of which the Culinary Eden website brings to your attention. For the preparation of refreshing drinks, it is better to use not ordinary sugar, but fructose - there will be incomparably more benefits. For more cooling of the drink, prepare an unusual fruit ice: freeze fruit juice in ice molds and add it to glasses with drinks. It will add extra flavor to your summer cocktails. If your family loves compotes of their dried fruits, do not boil them as usual, but pour boiling water and insist in a thermos. Cook fruit drinks more often - thanks to natural juices, all vitamins are preserved in them. And if the heat has driven you to the store, and you want to freshen up immediately, buy a bottle of tonic - it is believed that it is the bitter taste that cools the best (and not sour, as many people think).

Let's try to make such a delicious and refreshing drink, such as kvass. Thanks to yeast, kvass contains a lot of B vitamins.

Kvass

Ingredients:
½ loaf of black bread
25-30 g dry yeast,
½ stack Sahara,
raisin.

Cooking:
Cut the bread into small slices and place to dry in a low-heated oven. Put the finished crackers in a 3-liter jar and fill with hot water up to the shoulders. Add 3 tbsp. sugar and cool to 35-38°C. Dilute the yeast in a glass of water and add to a jar of cooled water. Stir, cover and put in a warm place for 2 days. Then strain and add the remaining sugar and raisins, cork and refrigerate overnight. Kvass is ready! Do not throw away the thick, use it as a starter for the next portion of kvass or homemade bread.

Berry kvass

Ingredients:
800 g berries,
250 g sugar
4 liters of water
25 g yeast
1 tsp citric acid.

Cooking:
Mash the berries slightly, pour hot water and bring to a boil. Leave to infuse for 2-3 hours. Strain, add yeast, sugar, citric acid and leave to ferment for 6-10 hours. Strain and refrigerate before use.
Cumin kvass. Seeds of cumin pour boiling water, boil and cool to body temperature. Strain, add yeast and sugar and leave for 6 hours to ferment. Then remove the foam, add citric acid and cool.

Drink "Royal"

Ingredients:
1 water
1 lemon
½ stack Sahara,
2 tbsp honey,
1-2 tbsp raisins,
5 g yeast.

Cooking:
Squeeze out the juice from the lemon. Slice the lemon peels and cover with water. Put on fire and boil for 2 minutes, cool, strain and add raisins, honey, juice and yeast. Put in a warm place to ferment for a day or two. After fermentation, remove the foam, pour into a container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for three days. Serve with a lemon wedge.
Kvass can be prepared not only with pressed yeast, but also with bread sourdough (if you like to bake homemade bread). Don't want to mess around with sourdough and want a refreshing drink right away? Get the lemonade ready!

Fruttini. Dilute fresh juice of berries or fruits with cold water and add sugar and lemon juice to taste. Serve over ice or frozen fruit juice.

Kiwi lemonade

Ingredients:
6 pcs. kiwi,
1 stack Sahara,
¾ stack. freshly squeezed lemon juice,
1 liter of sparkling water.

Cooking:
Make kiwi puree. Combine lemon juice with sugar, add kiwi, mix and dilute with sparkling water.

Mojito (non-alcoholic)

Ingredients:
½ lime
3 tsp Sahara,
200 ml sparkling water,
a few sprigs of mint, ice.

Cooking:
Remove the zest from the lime. Cut a lime into 4 pieces and squeeze into a glass. Add sugar and zest, crushed mint leaves and ice. Top up with sparkling water or Sprite.

Currant julep

Ingredients:
100 ml fresh currant juice,
80 ml raspberry juice
20 ml mint syrup
strawberries, ice.

Cooking:
Combine all liquid ingredients and add ice. Decorate with strawberries. Such drinks can be prepared from any juices, as long as they are fresh, and not from boxes.

Honey "Laymed"

Ingredients:
1 stack fresh lime juice
5 stack water,
2/3 stack. Sahara,
2 tbsp honey.

Cooking:
Stir sugar in water until completely dissolved. In a pitcher, combine sugar water, lime juice and honey. Cool down in the refrigerator.

Cocktail "Lemon"

Ingredients:
1 liter of mineral water,
2 lemons
1-2 tsp aloe juice (or pharmacy aloe essence) for each glass.
Cooking:
Pour mineral water (preferably still) into glasses, add freshly squeezed lemon juice and aloe juice.

Cocktail "Northern"
Ingredients:
1 kg carrots
500 g cranberries
500 ml of water
sugar.

Cooking:
Prepare juice from carrots and cranberries, mix, add water and add sugar to taste, if necessary. Add ice.

Cold tea is a foreign invention. But it took root with us only in the form of an advertised bottled drink. And you try to make cold tea yourself, because it is much healthier.

Cold green tea

Ingredients:
2 tsp green tea,
4 tbsp liquid honey,
4 grapefruits,
mint, ice

Cooking:
Brew tea, wait until it cools slightly, stir the honey and pour into glasses. Put them in the refrigerator. Squeeze the juice from grapefruits and also cool in the refrigerator. Before serving, pour grapefruit juice into tea, put ice and mint leaves. Any citrus juice can be added to iced tea instead of grapefruit juice. Don't want extra acid? Try adding berry or fruit juice, experiment more boldly with flavors!

Cold flavored tea

Ingredients:
4 tea bags
4 stack water,
½ lemon
mint oil,
sugar, ice

Cooking:
Squeeze the juice from half a lemon, cut the rind into small cubes. Brew tea bags in boiling water, add lemon peels. Then remove the tea bags and place the bowl of tea in ice water to cool quickly. Cool the tea in the refrigerator. Before serving, pour lemon juice into tea and drip mint oil. Add sugar to taste.
Iced coffee also looks good in hot weather. And besides, it invigorates!

Cappuccino "Cooler"

Ingredients:
1 ½ stack cold natural coffee,
1 ½ stack chocolate ice cream,
¼ cup chocolate syrup
1 cup whipped cream.

Cooking:
Whisk all ingredients, except for whipped cream, in a blender until smooth. Pour into glasses, garnish with whipped cream.

Cold coffee (quick way)

Ingredients:
2 tsp instant coffee,
1 tsp Sahara,
3 tbsp warm water
150-200 ml of cold milk.

Cooking:
Pour warm water into a jar with a tightly screwed lid, put instant coffee and sugar. Close the lid and shake the jar until the coffee is frothy. Pour into a glass with ice and add milk. Add sugar to taste.

cold mocha

Ingredients:
1 ½ cup natural cold coffee
2 stack milk,
¼ stack. chocolate syrup,
¼ cup sugar.

Cooking:
Cool freshly brewed coffee, pour into ice molds and put in the freezer overnight. Place the iced coffee, cold milk, syrup and sugar into a blender bowl. Whisk until smooth.

vietnamese iced coffee

Ingredients:
4 stack water,
2-4 tablespoons dark roasted natural ground coffee,
½ stack condensed milk,
16 ice cubes.

Cooking:
Brew coffee. Add curd and stir. Place 4 ice cubes in each of 4 glasses and pour over coffee. Stir the coffee with ice with a long-handled spoon until it has cooled.

A smoothie made from fresh berries and fruits perfectly refreshes and nourishes with vitamins. "Culinary Eden" offers only a small fraction of smoothie recipes, as there are a lot of options for preparing this drink.

"Cold Watermelon"

Ingredients:
2 stack chopped watermelon pulp without seeds,
5-6 ice cubes
1 tsp honey.

Cooking:
Crush ice in a blender, add watermelon and beat for 1 minute. Then add honey and beat for 10 seconds. Instead of watermelon, you can use overripe melon in this cocktail, and replace honey with lemon juice.

Citrus Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
4 oranges
3 bananas
1 grapefruit
ice.

Cooking:
Squeeze juice from citrus fruits and pour into a blender. Add banana pieces and ice and beat until smooth.

Lemon Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:
⅓ stack. lemon juice
1 stack water,
1 stack strawberries,
¼ stack. Sahara,
a handful of ice cubes.

Cooking:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Pineapple-orange smoothie

Ingredients:
1 stack orange juice
½ stack pineapple juice,
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 stack crushed ice.

Cooking:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until fluffy and smooth. Serve immediately.

Milkshakes are not only refreshing, but can also replace an after-dinner snack. Just do not get carried away with ice cream cocktails, if you follow the figure, they are quite high in calories.

Smoothie "Pina Colada"

Ingredients:
2 stack chopped pineapple,
1 ½ cups pineapple juice
¼ stack. coconut milk,
1 stack ice,
1 stack fat-free natural yogurt.

Cooking:
Freeze pineapple cubes and yogurt. Allow to thaw slightly, put all the ingredients in a blender and beat.

orange sherbet

Ingredients:
200 ml orange juice,
½ stack milk,
½ stack water,
½ stack Sahara,
½ tsp vanilla extract,
handful of ice.

Cooking:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into chilled glasses and serve.

Fruity Amy

Ingredients:
1 stack strawberries,
1/3 cup frozen blueberries
2 bananas
½ stack orange juice
1 ½ stack natural yogurt.

Cooking:
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

strawberry mousse

Ingredients:
500 g strawberries,
2-3 tbsp Sahara,
milk - optional (if you want a thinner drink, add more milk),
whipped cream for decoration.

Cooking:
Cool the strawberries in the freezer. Blend in a blender with milk and sugar, pour into glasses and garnish with whipped cream.

Milk shake

Ingredients:
½ stack cold milk,
¼ stack. soda water,
3 tbsp dry milk,
½ tsp vanilla extract,
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Cooking:
Combine milk, milk powder, sparkling water and vanilla extract in a blender bowl. Whisk. Add ice cream and beat again.

Speaking of refreshing drinks, low-alcohol cocktails cannot be ignored. A summer evening in a pleasant company with a glass of perch is just a pleasure ... The main thing is not to overdo it with alcohol, otherwise the pleasure will turn into suffering. And, of course, such drinks should not be given to children.

"Peacock"

Ingredients:
500 g apples
200 g cranberries
100 g sugar
200 ml of water
1 stack dry white wine
vanillin on the tip of a knife.

Cooking:
Squeeze juice from apples and cranberries. Prepare syrup from sugar and water and let cool. Combine both types of juice, syrup, vanillin and wine. Pour into a pitcher and leave to cool in the refrigerator. Serve with ice.

"Russian Forest"

Ingredients:
1 kg cranberries,
1 liter of water
100 g sugar
5 g cinnamon
100 ml cherry liqueur.

Cooking:
Mash the cranberries with a wooden spoon and squeeze out the juice. Pour the pulp with water and boil for 5 minutes along with sugar and cinnamon. Let cool, strain, combine with juice and cherry liqueur.

cherry crunch

Ingredients:
1 bottle of white wine
120 ml rum or cognac
500 g cherries,
sugar, ice

Cooking:
Remove pits from cherries and place them in a bowl. Sprinkle with sugar and refrigerate to release the syrup. Try not to crush the berries! When all the sugar has dissolved in the berry juice, pour the chilled wine and cognac into the jug. Serve in a bowl with ice cubes next to it.

"Cherry Fiz"

Ingredients:
½ stack cherry juice
½ stack ginger ale,
ice.

Cooking:
Slowly pour the ginger ale into the glass of cherry juice. Serve with ice.

Cocktail with ginger beer and ice cream

Ingredients:
250 g vanilla ice cream
1 bottle of ginger beer
½ cup whipped cream
4 cherries for decoration.

Cooking:
Place 1 scoop of ice cream into tall glasses. Carefully pour the beer down the side of the glass. When the ice cream is hidden under the beer, put the ball back in and fill it with beer. Garnish with whipped cream and cherries.

And let the summer be hot, and refreshing drinks will cheer you up!

Larisa Shuftaykina

Hand-made non-alcoholic drinks from natural raw materials - this will be our answer to manufacturers of synthetic drinks. We drink coffee and tea regularly, because waking up without an invigorating hot drink is simply unrealistic. Home-made cold drinks, fruit drinks, juices and fresh juices from fresh and dried berries and fruits, various compotes and jelly, kvass, original homemade cocktails can enrich your taste experience in an extraordinary way. Preparing hot and cold drinks is easy. Soft drinks at home are an opportunity to forget about plastic bottles with incomprehensible contents, it is the joy of an experiment in preparing unusually tasty drinks, which contain not only vitamins, but also a great mood.

cold coffee

To get started, prepare coffee in any way possible. Then pour the coffee into ice molds and place in the freezer until completely solidified. Then make yourself a cup of coffee and throw in a few coffee ice cubes. Cold coffee is ready. Bon appetit!

Blueberry and raspberry smoothie

Cocoa

Pour milk into a small saucepan, put on a slow fire. Wait until the milk warms up (no need to bring to a boil) and add cocoa. Then sugar. Stir everything until dissolved. Add cinnamon to milk, stirring. Cover the pan with a lid, turn off the heat and let the drink brew for a couple of minutes. Serve warm. The cocoa is ready. Bon appetit!

Berry compote

Rinse all the berries, taking a handful of each for compote. Wash the apples and cut into large slices. Put the water in a saucepan on the fire and put the apples. In a handy, high-rimmed bowl, combine hawthorn and chokeberry. Sprinkle the berries with sugar. Mash...

Dried fruits compote

Put a pot of water on the fire and dissolve the sugar in the water. Once the water boils, add the figs and cook over medium heat, covered, for about 20 minutes. After this time, add prunes and dried apricots. Continue cooking for another 15 minutes. And finally...

Vitamin cocktail

Squeeze juice from oranges. Pour it into a shaker. The same with lemon. Pour lemon juice over orange juice. Add apple juice to the juice mixture. Honey. Close the shaker and mix everything thoroughly. Drop ice cubes into pre-chilled glasses. Fill glasses with cocktail. Serve immediately. Vitamin cocktail is ready.

Honey basil drink

Finely chop the basil. Put the basil in a saucepan, add the juice of one lemon, sugar, water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Then remove from heat, add honey, stir and leave to infuse for 20-30 minutes. Then strain and refrigerate. Honey-basil drink is ready.

Fruit and berry cocktail

Peel the bananas, remove the stems from the strawberries and cut everything into small pieces. Place in a blender, add ice cubes. Pour in coconut milk. Grind until smooth. Serve immediately. Fruit and berry cocktail is ready.

The summer heat is unbearable. There is nowhere to hide from it and nothing to escape. Although there is one excellent remedy that allows you to temporarily forget about constant thirst and give your body a feeling of saving coolness. We are talking about summer soft drinks - the benefit of recipes is countless. The best recipes for soft drinks are in our today's article.

Refreshing teas

Tea can not only warm in the winter cold, but also serve well as an excellent thirst quencher. Here are some cold tea recipes:

Tea "Fruit Boom". Brew strong black tea, add sugar (3 teaspoons per 200 ml of tea), a few ice cubes (to taste). Top with finely chopped citrus fruits: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Wait for the ice to melt and pour in 3 teaspoons of pomegranate syrup. Garnish with a sprig of mint and your tea is ready!

cocoa egg tea. Mix the yolk of one egg, 30 g of cocoa syrup and 20 g of milk. Pour unsweetened strong tea to the full volume of the glass. Refrigerate before use.

Tea with fruit syrup. Mix 50 g of any fruit or berry syrup (apricot, peach, strawberry, raspberry, pineapple, etc.) with 20 g of milk. Pour the resulting mass to the full volume of the glass with unsweetened strong black tea. Refrigerate before use.

honey tea. Mix 30 g of milk and 30 g of honey. Pour strong black tea to the full volume of the glass. Refrigerate before use.

Cooling fruit drinks

Banana strawberry ice cream drink. Take one banana and 150 g strawberries, 50 g ice cream, a few ice cubes (to taste). Finely chop the banana, mix with strawberries and ice, finally grind using a blender. Pour the mixture into a container (glass, glass), put a scoop of ice cream on top.

Coffee drink with ice cream. Put 50 g of chocolate ice cream in a glass, pour in half a glass of milk, 30 g of coffee syrup and 2 teaspoons of whipped cream. Serve with straws without stirring.

Egg drink with ice cream. Put 50 g of creamy ice cream, the yolk of one egg, 2 teaspoons of whipped cream into a glass. Pour in 100 g of milk. Serve without stirring, with straws.

Lemonade

Drink from childhood - lemonade - you can cook yourself. And the fact that lemonade is a real summer drink is out of the question.

Lemonade classic. For 5 liters of lemonade you need to take 6 lemons, 2 cups of sugar, half a cup of lemon juice, 6 cups of water, mint leaves, a few ice cubes. Cut the lemons into circles, arrange them on a baking sheet, sprinkle with sugar and sprinkle with water. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees and place a baking sheet with lemons in it. Bake for half an hour. Grind the baked lemons in a blender, put in a jar, pour cold boiled water with lemon juice diluted in it. Insist for 4 hours. When serving lemonade, add ice and mint leaves to glasses.

strawberry lemonade. Take 100 g of fresh strawberries (or any other fruit or berries), 2 lemons, a glass of water and a few ice cubes (to taste). Scald the lemons with boiling water, cut off the peel. Remove the white flesh from the peel, which can give lemonade a bitter taste. Pour the zest with water, add sugar, put on fire and bring to a boil. Let it brew for 3 hours. Squeeze the juice from the lemons into the drink. Grind strawberries in a blender, add berry (fruit) puree to lemonade. Add ice cubes.

French Lemonade. Mix one egg, 3 ice cubes, 30 g lemon juice and 30 g vanilla syrup in a shaker or blender. Strain the resulting mixture, add sparkling water to the full volume of the glass.

Kvass

Originally a Russian soft drink, kvass has long been one of the most popular summer thirst quenchers. To taste it, it is not necessary to stand in line at a barrel of kvass - you can cook it at home.

Home kvass. For 5 liters of kvass, take 4 liters of water, half a kilogram of rye crackers, a glass of sugar, 40 g of yeast, 1 tablespoon of raisins, mint leaves and black currant. Pour boiling water over crackers, let it brew in a warm place for 4 days. Strain the wort thus obtained, add sugar, yeast (previously diluted in a glass of wort), currant and mint leaves. Cover the bowl with the must with a cloth. A day later, when the wort ferments, strain it again, pour into bottles, on the bottom of which put a few raisins first. Cork the bottles, put them in the refrigerator. Kvass will be ready for use in 3 days.

Kvass from malt. Boil a liter of water in an enamel pan, pour a glass of malt into boiling water, let it brew for 3 hours. Drain the infusion into a jar, add half a glass of sugar and 10 g of diluted yeast, put it in a cool place for 7 hours.

Sherbets

Quite popular in the summer are sherbets, which are based on ice cream. Any sherbet has the following cooking order: ice cream is first placed in a glass (200 ml), and then the rest of the ingredients required by the recipe are poured. Sherbet is not stirred, served with a spoon.

Raspberry sherbet. Put 50 g of fruit and berry ice cream in a glass. Mix 20 g of raspberry syrup and half a glass of milk in a blender, pour the resulting mass into a glass of ice cream.

coffee sherbet. Put 50 g of ice cream into a glass. Mix 20 g of coffee syrup and half a glass of milk in a blender, pour the resulting liquid into a glass of ice cream.

Hawaiian sherbet. Put 50 g of strawberry ice cream in a glass. Mix in a blender 30 g of pineapple juice, 10 g of lemon juice, the yolk of one egg and half a glass of milk. Pour the resulting mass into a glass of ice cream.

Nut sherbet. Put 120 g of ice cream in a glass, add 20 g of nut syrup and 50 g of orange juice.

Refreshing drinks will help to cope with the summer heat, invigorate a tired body, give strength and energy.

Non-alcoholic soft drinks flooded our stores and many people buy them for the festive table, and just like that, in the heat of summer. But the composition of these drinks includes all sorts of additives and harmful substances that are undesirable to use not only for children, but also for adults.

You can make non-alcoholic soft drinks yourself at home, according to the recipes below, using juices, leftover jam syrups and pure sparkling water. The resulting drinks are not only tasty, but also healthy. You can also watch a video on how to decorate drinks.

Soft drink "Peach"

Wash ripe peaches, remove skins and pits. Knead them until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Squeeze out the lemon juice here. Add sugar and mix everything well. Pour in sparkling water and mix everything with a shaker. Pour into glasses and serve over ice.

Ingredients: 2 peaches, 1 lemon, carbonated non-mineral water - 700g, sugar to taste, ice.

peach nectar

Fill 6 glasses halfway with ice cubes. Pour ½ cup of peach nectar into each glass and add sparkling water. Garnish each glass with a few peach slices. Serve immediately.

pineapple drink

Pour 100 g of pineapple juice into a tall glass, add 1 tbsp. lemon syrup, and pour in 60 g of carbonated non-mineral water, put ice.

Drink "Aragvi"

Pour sugar into boiling water, add raspberry or cherry syrup, pour pomegranate juice. Cool and pour into glasses.

Ingredients: 100 g pineapple juice, 100 g cherry or raspberry syrup, 2-3 tbsp. sugar, 1 liter of water.

Soft drink "Firuza"

Cut the melon pulp into cubes (about 1x1 cm). Finely crush food ice and fill a tall glass halfway with it. Add the grape and pomegranate juices, add the diced melon pulp, and carefully pour in the sparkling water. Garnish with a sprig of mint. Serve to the table.

Ingredients: 25 g pomegranate juice, 25 g grape juice, 50 g melon pulp, 75 g carbonated non-mineral water, ice.

cherry bengal drink

Place a few ice cubes in each of 4 glasses. Pour ¾ glass of cherry juice over ice into each glass, then top with about ¼ glass of sparkling water. Garnish each glass with a cherry and serve immediately.

For 4 servings: ice cubes, 3 cups of fresh cherry juice, 1 cup of sparkling non-mineral water, 4 fresh cherries for decoration.