Summer Drinks

June Bug

        ingredients

• 3
  cups ginger ale
• 4
  T. grenadine
• 4
  T. orange juice
• 3
  scoops orange sherbet
  
  
  directions
  Blend together ginger ale, grenadine, orange juice, and sherbet. Pour into ice-filled cocktail glasses. (To make a version with alcohol, add 1/2 white rum.)

Watermelon Martinis

        ingredients

• 5
  cups watermelon cubes (rind and seeds removed)
• 3/4
  cup lemon vodka
• 6
  Tbsp. lime juice
• 3
  Tbsp. Cointreau or triple sec
• 3
  Tbsp. sugar
  
  
  directions

  1.Place watermelon in blender. Cover; blend until smooth. Pour puree into a pitcher and keep very cold, even a little frozen to make it icy.

  2.For two martinis, add one cup of watermelon puree, 1/4 cup of lemon vodka, two tablespoons of lime juice, one tablespoon each of Cointreau and sugar to the blender with three to six ice cubes. Cover; blend until slushy. Makes 6 large martinis.

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