The Sarasota

     There is nothing better than family barbecues.  And usually along with that comes beer.  But I had just bought a bottle of my favorite Michigan wine, so I really wanted to drink that instead.  Now anyone that knows my mom knows she never drinks more than a sip of alcohol.  So since she drank an entire glass of this, I think its safe to say it is pretty good!

1 bottle of Riesling wine
1 can raspberry lemonade frozen concentrate
1 can of Sprite
handful of crushed raspberries

Make Ahead Smoothies

     I have become accustomed to eating breakfast in the car on the way to work in the morning.  Even cereal! I eat it out of a plastic cup at the stoplights!! Anything that is quick and portable is a good breakfast for the weekdays!  So when I saw The Tidy Nest's blog about make ahead smoothies I was interested!

vanilla yogurt

fresh or frozen strawberries (or any fruit - I want to try kiwis and bananas too!)

¾ cup milk

honey

     Spoon the vanilla yogurt into an ice cube tray.  Place in the freezer for a few hours until solid.  

     Place 2 yogurt cubes and about 4 strawberries in each plastic sandwich bag.  Place all of the sandwich bags into a gallon size freezer bag.

     When you are ready to make a smoothie, simply remove one sandwich bag from the freezer and dump into a blender (I used the magic bullet single cup blender).  Add the milk and a spoonful of honey and mix until smooth.  Enjoy!