Well, that was kind of the case tonight except I went a little crazy and made homemade pesto, grilled up some chicken sausage, cut up some watermelon AND made a "Lemon-Ginger Tea Cooler" (which was actually the hardest part of the dinner but SO worth it). I have made this Kate before....like FOUR YEARS AGO. This recipe has been in hibernation for far too long.
Lemon-Ginger Tea Cooler
Ingredients
1 Lemon Thinly Sliced
1 1/2 cups of water
3 Regular size red zinger tea bags
3 (1/8th of an inch) slies peeled gingerroot
1/4 cup of sugar
2 2/3 cup of ginger ale, chilled
Ice cubes
Prep: 5 Minutes; Chill: 1 Hour
1) Reserve 4 lemon slices and set aside. Combine remaining lemon slices, water, tea bags, and gingerroot in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Let cool completely; chill at least 1 hour.
2) Strain tea mixture, discarding tea bags, lemon slies and gingerroot. Stir in gingerale. Place ice cubes and reserved lemon slices in glasses and poor tea over ice. Serve immediately.
So refreshing and kind of feels like an indulgent drink I'm not supposed to have right now---gin & tonic anyone? Anyone? I mean, it doesn't taste like a gin & tonic but its a fancy summer drink so a girl can dream, right?
1 Lemon Thinly Sliced
1 1/2 cups of water
3 Regular size red zinger tea bags
3 (1/8th of an inch) slies peeled gingerroot
1/4 cup of sugar
2 2/3 cup of ginger ale, chilled
Ice cubes
Prep: 5 Minutes; Chill: 1 Hour
1) Reserve 4 lemon slices and set aside. Combine remaining lemon slices, water, tea bags, and gingerroot in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sugar. Let cool completely; chill at least 1 hour.
2) Strain tea mixture, discarding tea bags, lemon slies and gingerroot. Stir in gingerale. Place ice cubes and reserved lemon slices in glasses and poor tea over ice. Serve immediately.
So refreshing and kind of feels like an indulgent drink I'm not supposed to have right now---gin & tonic anyone? Anyone? I mean, it doesn't taste like a gin & tonic but its a fancy summer drink so a girl can dream, right?
i love that cooler. whenever i make it i end up drinking it all. remember that killer berry pie we made, too?
ReplyDeleteoh, yeah! Pie, Ginger-Cooler. Nom Nom Nom. I am trying to figure out how to make the tea in bulk for a Father's Day dinner we're having...I WILL SUCCEED...I just don't know how that will happen.
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