Homemade Non-alcoholic Drinks

The sun is shining and I'm waiting for my husband to cook tea on the barbecue. In my hand is a glass of home-made iced Elderflower cordial, lovely. It is very easy to make your own elderflower cordial especially for me as I live very rural, so I just take a summertime stroll around the local fields and come home with a carrier bag full of elderflower heads. What you need for 3 litres of Cordial: 50 Elderflower Heads - Free from your local countryside 2.4 litres of water - free from your tap 1.8 kg granulated or caster sugar £1.70 or 1 kg of Silverspoon light granulated sugar (£1.50) 4 oranges sliced - Tesco Value £1.00 for ...

I love drinking homemade smoothies in summer. I'm working full time at the moment (stupid university tuition fees) and the fruity drinks are a quick and delicious way to contribute to my 5-a-day. Smoothies are easy to make, you need fresh fruit, ice and some fantasy. These are my favourite recipes - not all are healthy though. -------------------------------- The Rainbow Mix -------------------------------- This is my favourite smoothie, mostly because you can use all the fruit you find in your fridge. I'll normally take: - 3 Strawberries (red) - 3 plums (Yellow) - 1 kiwi (green) - 3 blackberries ...

Last year for my birthday I decided to throw a Hawaiian themed do! I don't normally go for celebrating my birthday with a party, normally a nice meal and drinks with friends, however last year was an impressive year for me and felt that I need to really celebrate with friends and family! I had it all planned the decor and food but when it came down to the drinks, this proved a difficult point, most people drive and therefore I wanted to give them interesting drinks, as the alcoholic drinks which I had planned were cocktails. I didn't want the people who couldn't drink to feel left out!! So after a few hours extensive research (i'm an obsessive ...