Drinks

Fruity Lemonade Zing

 

By making this easy lemonade mix yourself, you can not only limit the amount of sugar and artificial additives your child consumes, you can also tailor it to his or her individual tastes.

Ingredients:
Juice from 4 lemons
4 1/2 cups water
3/4 cup sugar
Your child's favorite fruits, including mango, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, peaches, nectarines, and limes, sliced
Ice

Directions:
1. Combine lemon juice, water, and sugar and stir vigorously until mixed.
2. Add sliced fruits and ice.
3. Pour immediately into chilled glasses.

Serve with a wooden skewer to let your child eat the fruit after the lemonade is gone.

 

Banana Milkshake

 

This tasty drink is packed full of calcium, protein, potassium, and vitamins.

Ingredients:
1 fully ripe banana
1/4 liter cold milk
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla flavoring Kiwi slices for garnish

Directions:
1. Peel the banana and cut it into large chunks.
2. Put one half of the banana into a blender.
3. Add half of the milk and blend for about 15 seconds.
4. Add the rest of the milk, the vanilla flavor, and the sugar. Blend for about 10 seconds, or until smooth.
5. Pour into a glass.
6. Alternate remaining banana chunks and kiwi slices around the rim of the glass for decoration. Serve with a straw.