Arnold Palmer (the drink!)

This Summer our family found a new favorite drink.  We mixed iced tea with lemonade and it was good.  Josh explained to me that it was a well known drink called Arnold Palmer.  Ok, so we like Arnold Palmer:)  You can look up the back story of why it is called that-I am too lazy to tell you in my blog!  After all, that is what Wikipedia is for!

Anyway, I am continuing my efforts to replace all things that we consume with homemade things.  Mostly more "pure" things.  I was trying to think of different things we could drink other than bottled juice and pop.  These are what I experimented with this week in addition to the orange juice4.

Sliced up strawberries in a pitcher of water.  Sure looks pretty and is pretty tasty.  Though this flavored water is fun and nutritious, I think we will stick with plain water.  You know the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - well we are already lovers of water so we shall stick to that.  I think the water with fresh fruit of your choice would be pretty and fancy for a luncheon or shower though:)

The other new drink I made this was home made Arnold Palmer.  Well, I boiled (now I want a tea pot!) 7 cups of water and added 7  organic green tea bags to that and let it steep.  Then Emma, with the help of little brother Joshua fresh squeezed 7 lemons for me in our citrus juicer.  I mixed the tea and the lemon juice in a pitcher and tasted it.  WOW!  A little lemon goes a long way!  A bit too lemony!  I added a couple more cups of water and tea bags.  That helped!  While I am enjoying this, next time I make it I will cut the lemon way back!  It's good though and green tea is super good for you!  Google the benefits of green tea and learn all about it!