Cinnamon Coffee

10 cups of water
4 whole cinnamon sticks
3 heaping teaspoons brown sugar
1 cup ground coffee (unflavored)
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Pour 10 cups of water into your drip coffee machine. Put 4 whole cinnamon sticks and 3 heaping teaspoons brown sugar into the glass pot. Put 1 cup ground coffee and 1 teaspoon cinnamon into the brew basket. Brew and stir it well. (the longer it sits, the better it gets!)

source: Cheerios and Latte

Italian Cream Sodas

Syrup for Italian sodas can be purchased at most grocery stores and at many coffee shops. There are hundreds of flavors and many brands. Not all are created equal. The first key to a great Italian soda is to find a great tasting high quality syrup. So, shop around and try a few.

3-4 tablespoons Italian syrup for soda 
1/2-3/4 cup Cream, half and half, or milk
ice
club soda
whipped cream

Start with a large glass. Pour syrup into the glass. Next add the cream, half and half, or milk. Stir them together. Now fill the glass with club soda and ice. Top with whipped cream. Drink with a straw. Enjoy!

source: Amazing Easy Recipes

Pineapple Julius

2 c. cubed pineapple, canned or fresh
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. pineapple-orange or any other similar combination such as pineapple-orange-banana
Juice of 1/2 lime
3-4 Tbsp. honey
1 c. ice

Combine all the ingredients except for the ice in the jar of your blender. While the blender is running, add the ice and puree until smooth. Add more ice and honey to taste.

El Submarino- Argentinian Hot Chocolate

The idea for this originally came from here.

In Argentina they serve mugs of hot vanilla milk with a thick rectangle of dark chocolate served alongside. The chocolate is the submarine and should be sunk into the hot milk. As you stir, the milk becomes hot chocolate, and a treat of melted chocolate "sludge" awaits you at the bottom of the cup. 4 cups whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces bars of good quality dark chocolate,broken into 1 ounce pieces

You can make this one of two ways. You could pour the milk into a saucepan, stir in the sugar and the vanilla and heat the milk until it is just about to boil. Or you could heat 2 1/2 cups of water until boiling, Add the vanilla and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add 1 can of Evaporated Milk to the water and, stir.

In either case, when you are finished with warming the milk, divide milk into 4 mugs. Serve each mug with the blocks of chocolate. Enjoy!

Lemonade or Raspberry Lemonade: August 20th is National Lemonade Day

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons -Alfred E. Newman Forgive me if I am posting a recipe that everyone knows, but I make this all the time during the summer and I am surprised at the amount of people that don't know how to make lemonade. It is almost as easy as Country Time and oh, so much better! Perfect for National Lemonade Day on August 20th.

1 cup lemon juice either fresh squeezed or Real Lemon in the green bottle (no substitutes or store brands -they are different)

1 cup sugar

Put these two ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher and fill it up with water or water/ice combination. Serve ice cold. That is all there is to it.

For Raspberry Lemonade: Add 1 cup of fresh raspberries to the above recipe by crushing them in a sieve.

Tropical Punch

2 cans of frozen juice concentrate: your choice of flavors

one 2-liter of light colored soda: Ginger ale, Sprite, 7-Up, etc.

Maraschino Cherries and/or frozen fruit of your choice, we had strawberries
and of course a paper umbrella (parasol)