4th of July Recipes: Last Minute Patriotic Party Favors, Drinks and Food
Get ready to fire up the grill. For those looking for fun and easy treats for a 4th of July party, check out these fun recipes.
Ingredients:
Strawberries, sliced
Blueberries
Pineapple, cut into star shapes
2 bottles dry white wine
1 cup Triple Sec
1/2 Cup berry-flavored vodka
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup simple syrup
Prepare:
Combine the ingredients in a large pitcher and stir. Chill in the refrigerator for at least four hours.
Not everybody loves hotdogs as much as Nathan's champion, Joey Chestnut. Cater to your health-conscious friends with fruit kabobs.
Ingredients:
1 container of strawberries, each sliced into three pieces
6 bananas, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
1 container of blueberries
Utensils:
1 package of short wooden skewers
cutting board
5 inch santoku knife
Prepare:
1. Slice the strawberries and bananas as noted above.
2. Follow the photo for the order and how many skewers to make the American flag.
You don't need a bunch of ingredients to make a crazy-looking cocktail. All this recipe takes are three simple ingredients for a red white and blue drink.
Ingredients:
3 ounces fruit punch 3 ounces blue Gatorade (not sugar-free)
3 ounces diet 7-Up or Sprite (must be sugar-free; so diet only)
ice
Prepare:
Fill glass 1/3 full with ice cubes. Pour fruit punch almost (but not quite) to top of ice cubes. Fill another 1/3 with ice cubes and slowly pour blue Gatorade almost to top of cubes. Fill final 1/3 ice cubes and slowly pour sugar-free Sprite. Add straw and voila
Makes 1 12-ounce (tall) glass.
