"Give me an orange, Julius!"

That's how it all started back in 1926. Julius Reed had a succesful Orange Juice stand (shop?) in LA, but OJ made his friends tummy hurt, so his friend (who incidentally was also his real estate broker) figured out how to reduce the acidity in the juice, making the juice creamier, frothier, and better. Business quintupled overnight, and people would come and say "Give me an orange, Julius". And thus the Orange Julius was born, and the world is a better place because of it. I kind of forget about Orange Juiluses every once in a while, but Gwen has had a raging fever all day and we needed a treat for family night, so....ta da! There are approximately ten trillion different ways to make an Orange Julius, and here's one of them that's really tasty!

Orange Julius

1- 6oz can frozen orange juice concentrate (hint: orange juice concentrate comes in 12 oz cans, so double this recipe or only use half the can)

1 cup milk

1 cup water

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup sugar

10 to 20 ice cubes (I kind of like it heavy on the ice cubes)

Blend in blender and enjoy!

* I'd say if you are making it for four people to do the half recipe, any more than that do the full can of concentrate and double the remaining ingredients. Enjoy!

Sherbet slushy drink punch thingamaroo

I served this at a baby shower last night, people love it! Especially me.

Frozen lemonade concentrate- don't mix in any water
Raspberry sherbet
Package of frozen raspberries or strawberries- thawed
Ginger ale (or probably Sprite or whatever)

Mix it all together : )


this is a great base recipe for success. I got rainbow sherbet and frozen strawberries. Everyone loves it, especially me.

Smoothies

Kristi called for posts! So here's the only thing I've really made this week beside cold cereal and oatmeal (Aaron's been out of town and I dislike cooking for just me).

I love smoothies but always had trouble figuring out exactly the right ratio of ingredients. I always thought that you couldn't screw up a smoothie. But trust me, you can. I've finally figured it out and I will now share it with you. Even though I'm sure everyone else in the world knows how to make a decent smoothie.

1 cup yogurt (I like vanilla Dannon light and fit)
1/2 cup juice (I like cranberry)
1/2 cup ice
1/2 cup fresh or frozen fruit (current favorite: frozen blackberries)

We have a magic bullet (best. invention. ever) and this recipe just fits in one of the larger (16 oz, I think?) cups and makes the perfect single serving smoothie. I've made with tons of different fruit and juice combos and it comes out tasty every time.

Brazilian Lemonade ****

We served this with our Mexican dinner tonight. So easy. So good.

Recipe from: Ralphie www.bandralphie.blogspot.com

Brazilian Lemonade (Um, yah!)

2 limes, cut off the ends and cut into chunks
3 TBSP of Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/3 cup of sugar
2 cups of water.

1. Blend all the above ingredients for 5 seconds.
2. Add an additional 1 cup of water and blend again for 3 seconds.
3. Strain and serve over crushed ice. (Or you can add the ice along with the cup of water.)
Just a tip, you have to cut off the ends of the limes, and blend it for only
8 seconds or it will become bitter.

Comments: This is so easy and so good. Really a fun way to spice up your dinner. Instead of adding the additional cup of water I added half a cup of water and a bunch of ice.

For how easy and good this is I say FOUR stars.