Chocolate Milk Powder -Nesquik Knockoff-

Ingredients:

This is a ratio, so for every

1/2 C Sugar

1/4 C Cocoa Powder

pinch of salt

Method:

I mixed all of these in my Vitamix, to be sure the sugar granules mixed really well with the cocoa powder, but you can just whisk the ingredients together, too. 

 For every Cup of Milk, add 2 Tbsp of the Chocolate Milk Mix. Mix really well, let sit, then mix again. It can have little pockets of mix in the milk, but I find if I let it sit for a few minutes (just like you do with protein powders) then it dissolves in. 

This stuff is BOMB! We really like it! I don't know if it is all that more healthy or cheaper, but it really tastes good! 

 

Steve's Lemon Ginger Immune Booster

Ratio

5 Parts Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice

5 Parts Water

1 Part Ginger (I don't do even close to this)

4 Parts Honey

I have made this a few times, here are some of my notes:

-real fresh ginger is much more potent than 'crappy' ginger. I have gotten ginger at Winco and it was nice and fresh, so I needed much less of it in the drink to really taste the ginger taste. When I get my ginger at Walmart, it's crap. Not flavorful, and not potent. 

-I have used a lemon squeeze for the lemons and another time just blended everything in my Vitamix. The ginger was much more potent in the Vitamix

-I usually do my 'parts' as 'cups' except for the ginger, I usually use a knot or two... not a full cup ever! 

- Once made, I will half it with water in my daily drink. I actually really like this, even though I am not a huge fan of ginger 

-I also like this with a bit of coconut or pinacolada syrup, ha ha! 

 

Pina Colodas- Almost as good as Hawaii... almost!

At the Luau Todd and I went to in Hawaii they brought us endless pina coladas... they were amazing! When we got home we searched and searched for the recipe, no luck. So I 'made' this one... it's really close.  

1 Can of Coconut Cream (we have only used Coco Lopez 15 oz can, not sure how other brands would do)

150 g FRESH Pinapple Juice 

100 g Cream

2 C Ice (approx)

Put it all in the Vita and mix away! These are good! Not quite 100% like the ones we had in Hawaii, my guess is their coconut cream is fresh, rather than canned, but these will definitely not disappoint! 

Burley Bobcat

The local pop shop sells these, and they make them amazing! but this is a close second! 
 

Ingredients:
1-2 TBsp Blue Curacaon or Blue Raspberry
1-2 TBsp Pineapple
1-2 TBsp Coconut creamer
3 C Mountain Dew
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Optional: Add a bit of coconut
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Method: Mix all ingredients together and try. Add more of whatever you think it needs. I usually prefer my drinks coconut heavy, whereas the kids prefer their drinks raspberry heavy. 

Dirty Dr Pepper / Coke

 

Ingredients:
1 TB coconut syrup 
Juice of 1/2 a lime
1.5 C Dr Pepper or Coke (or a can)
Ice
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Place all ingredients in cup, add ice. 

Spripple

3/4 Apple Juice
1/4 Sprite​

3:1 Apple Juice to Sprite, just to give your AJ a little bit of a kick. 

Hot Toddy's Orite

 

3/4 C Sprite to every

1/4 C Orange Juice

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3:1 Sprite to OJ

Todd doesn't drink pop very often, but if we have OJ and we have diet Sprite, he will for sure make himself one of these. 

Ocean Wave

 Ingredients:

1-2 TBsp Blue Curacao

1-2 TBsp Blue Raspberry

1-2 TBsp Coconut

3 C Sprite

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Optional: Add a bit of cream, but I prefer it without

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Method: Mix all ingredients together and try. Add more of whatever you think it needs. I usually prefer my drinks coconut heavy, whereas the kids prefer their drinks raspberry heavy. 

Orange Cow

 Ingredients:

Vanilla Ice Cream

Orange Juice

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Method:

Fill cup with ice cream, then top with Orange juice. This one tastes like a creamsicle to me! 

Yellow Cow

 Ingredients: 

Vanilla Ice Cream 

Lemonade 

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Method: 

Fill cup with ice cream, then top with lemonade. A great summer treat! 

Brown Cow

 Ingredients: 

Vanilla Ice Cream 

Chocolate Milk 

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Method: Fill cup with ice cream, then top off with the chocolate milk. This one is bomb!

Purple Cow

 Ingredients:

Vanilla Ice Cream 

Welches Concord Grape Juice

Method:

Fill cup with ice cream, then top off with grape juice. 

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I prefer more ice cream to grape juice and Todd and the boys prefer more grape juice to ice cream. You do you! 

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We also really like this blended up in the blender. 

Rootbeer Float

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Ingredients:

Vanilla ice Cream (although cookies and cream ice cream with this isn't bad)

Root Beer (this is one of those times when a good tasting root Beer is best)

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Method:

Fill a cup with as much as ice cream as you like, then top with root beer! Enjoy! 

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Hot Toddy's Mountain Aide

 Ingredients:

Lemonade 

Mountain Dew 

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Method:

Pour Lemonade and Mountain Dew into a cup in a 3:1 ratio (Lemonade 3, Mountain Dew 1) This is one of my favorite treats after a long Costco run. 

Pink Drink 1 & 2

 Ingredients:

1 Crystal Light Wild Strawberry individual pkg

1/2 C Coconut Milk

Freeze Dried or Fresh Strawberries

Ice

Place Crystal Light Wild Strawberry package into the bottom of a cup, fill with approximately 3:1 juice to milk ratio. Add desired ice. I like this one, the boys and Todd aren't fans

#2

Ingredients:

1 C White Cranberry Strawberry Cocktail (Ocean Spray makes it)

1/4-1/2 C Coconut Milk 

​Freeze Dried or Fresh Strawberries

Ice

​Pour White Cranberry Strawberry Cocktail into cup, then add coconut milk. Then add your ice. The boys liked this one a lot more, but it has quite a few more calories. 

Orange Julius

 2 C Orange Juice
1 C Whole Milk
1/3 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk*
1 tsp Vanilla
2-4 C Ice
​Place all ingredients in blender. Mix until your desired consistency is reached. This is one of Koen's favorites! 
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* you can add 1/2 C sugar instead of sweetened condensed milk, but it will make it a bit gritty, and I don't like that. 

Raspberry Dream

 1 Can (12 oz/ 1 1/2 C) Dr. Pepper 
1 TBsp Gourmet Cream of Coconut
2 TBsp Raspberry Syrup
Ice
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This. is. amazing! You might need to get the ratio of sweet right for you. I think that this is just right, but if you want it a bit sweeter add more cream and raspberry syrup. 

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Tropical Strawberry Paradise

 1 C Sprite 
1 TBsp Strawberry Purée 
1 TBsp Coconut Syrup
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1 TBsp Heavy Whipping Cream (Optional)
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Ice
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Mix all together. This one can also be used in water instead of Sprite for a yummy flavored water. When I mix it with Sprite, I like the cream, when I mix it with water I don’t like the cream with it. 

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Fuzzy Dr

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1C Dr Pepper

2 TBsp Peach Fruit Purée

1 TBsp Coconut Cream Coffee Creamer

ice

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Fill a cup with ice, put in your fruit and coconut cream then add your Dr Pepper. Yum! I get this one at the Soda Barn all the time. 

Chocolate Base Protein Smoothie

 

Fill Vitamix Cup in Order
1-2 C Milk
1-2 TBsp Peanut Butter or PB Fit
1-2 Scoops of Chocolate Protein Powder
1 small Banana 
4 C Ice (you make need more or less depending on the amount of ingredients you use)
1/2 tsp Salt (optional)
1/2 tsp Vanilla (optional)
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Place all in blender and blend. Enjoy.