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Summer Drinks Guide & Bella Pro Extract Blender Giveaway

June 1, 2015 · by munchiesandmunchkins · 16 Comments

Summer is coming..finally. I can smell it. The smoky scent of a BBQ close by, the light fragrance of cucumber diced ready for summer cups and strawberries with fresh cream. I’m sure most of you will have summer BBQ’s and picnics planned as well as maybe some camping or festival trips so I’m here to share with you my favourite drinks so far this season.

Starting with…

Alcoholic:

Marks & Spencer rise to the occasion as always with a great selection of seasonal drinks. Mojito Fizz is an absolutely delicious ready to serve cocktail. Add it a glass of crushed ice and a wedge of lime to take it up a notch. The Summer Cup is a combination of gin, cucumber, melon, spices & lemon peel with a lovely citrus hint of earl grey tea – great served in the same way as Pimms with berries, lemonade and mint of make it a bit different and serve as am iced tea or with ginger ale instead of lemonade. M&S also have some really delicious Farmhouse ciders, some traditional and others a little fruity.

Mojito fizz

Lindemans Rose – crisp, fruity and perfectly suited to a posh picnic or just lunch al fresco.

Lindemans bin rose

King Bloom are a new brand to me but one I will revisit over and over again I think! They make the most stylish ready to serve cocktails in glass jars which are perfectly on trend.. They taste incredibly good too. With flavours like Vodka, Raspberry & Kiwi or Vodka, White Cranberry & Coconut all with added milk thistle – make your party just a little bit cooler with these fashionable drinks.

King bloom cocktails

Alska Fruity Ciders are some of my very favourite drinks. I first tasted them about a year ago in my local Aldi and the price and flavour quickly sucked me in. My favourite is strawberry and lime but they come in a variety such as Nordic Berries and Lemon & Ginger..at a bargain £1.29 for a 500ml bottle you won’t get a better bargain.

Aldi Alska cider, gin and tonic in a tin, limoncello

On the subject of Aldi they have a great Limoncello which would be great to serve freezing cold at the end of a long summery meal.

Gin ..because who doesn’t need Gin. In a can of course for maximum flexibility when camping and at festivals. Aldi have cans of pre mixed Gin & Tonic ( for your convenience).

Finally if you have a special occasion it definitely calls for some bubbles and I’m a huge fan of Prosecco.. Apparently it’s in short supply 😉 this Casa Defra from Norton Wines promises a beautifully fruity frizzante.

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Some delicious recipe from fellow bloggers:

Rhubarb Gin
Gin Melon Slushie
Peach & Basil White Sangria
Polish Style Beer with Raspberry Syrup
Gin Cocktails
Mango Margarita
Summer Vodka Lemon Spritzer
Spiced Apple Cocktail
Strawberry & Elderflower Cocktail

Non Alcoholic:

M&S have a beautiful Rhubarb Presse which is just so so good. Mocktails need never be boring again. You could also turn this into a cocktail with a little vodka or rum 😉

M&S rhubarb presse

This wine alternative which has been around for years – Shloer, have a great strawberry punch which is perfect for friends who are pregnant or breastfeeding or just don’t like to drink. A great option to serve at a meal.

Shloer strawberry punch

Heartsease Farm also have a presse – this time an Elderflower one which is light and fragrant and rather delightful to drink. Serve very cold. Perfect with cucumber sandwiches and cupcakes for ladies ( and gents ) who lunch.

Heartsease farm elderflower

Pomegranate Juice from POM, wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice from concentrate! With its unique polyphenol antioxidant profile, which helps protect the body against free radicals*, the delicious ruby-red drink is a good source of potassium and naturally gluten free plus it’s pretty tasty:

pom

Juice from Mello the UK’s first and only range of raw, fresh melon juice and which is set to be the must have drink of summer 2015. It’s so refreshing and it’s always nice to know there are no nasties in your drink. Would make great slushies or smoothies too.

Mello juice

Some alcohol free recipes from fellow bloggers:

Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie
Orange & Raspberry Detox Water
Guava Coconut Mocktail
Sunshine Grapefruit Smoothie
Strawberry and Watermelon Cooler

Now it’s easy enough to buy your own drinks ready made but how about adding them to a fruit concoction made by you in a Bella Extract Pro Blender – we have been trying one out at home and it’s great for crushing ice and extracting the maximum amount of juice out of your fruits. Just think of how good a freshly made strawberry daiquiri would be… The Extract Pro Blender comes with two separate blades: a unique Extraction Blade, designed to extract maximum goodness and nutrients from a multitude of foods; together with a Grinding Blade ideal for nuts, spices, herbs, chocolate, coffee beans. There’s also three lidded tumblers which can be used on the base in place of the jug blender attachment for smaller quantities, or for drinks on the go. If you read onto the end of this post you could even be in the running to win one of your own!

Bella extract pro blender

Then you have to decide how to serve it and how amazing would your cocktails look served up on a personalised cocktail paddle? I absolutely love this paddle and glass set I was sent recently from Getting Personal and can’t wait to show it off.

Cocktail paddle board

And if you feel like getting creative you could create your own flavoured vodkas using this Vodka Zinger. It’s a really cool product which helps you create flavoured vodka drinks in a short space of time. I’m thinking mango vodka sounds good? What would you try?

Vodka zinger

Now who wants to win a Bella Extract Pro? Hands up…

Just fill in my easy rafflecopter form below for your chance to win. Good luck!

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* Some items in this guide were gifted for the purpose of this feature.

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Comments

  1. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    June 2, 2015 at 11:32 am

    It’s a bit early in the morning but ………

    Going to be looking for that shloer!

    Thanks for linking to me 🙂

    Reply
  2. Helen says

    June 2, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    I could fancy any of these… if it wasn’t pouring with rain right now! Hope the weather improves and I can get stuck in 🙂

    Reply
  3. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche says

    June 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm

    Oh yum I’m in heaven. I’m usually much more into food than drinks, but as soon as the hot weather hits I’m all about the mocktails (and cocktails!!!) 😉 Thanks for including my peach sangria!

    Reply
  4. Choclette says

    June 2, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    You lush! Seriously, you have some very tempting drinks on offer here. The pro blender looks good, but I’m rather taken with the personalised cocktail set.

    Thanks for including my grapefruit sunshine 🙂

    Reply
  5. Laura @ KneadWhine says

    June 2, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Great roundup. I’ve seen those King Bloom cocktails on Instagram and definitely want one!

    I discovered Cawston’s sparkling rhubarb drink end of last year beginning of this – fantastic stuff.

    Reply
  6. Claire @foodiequine says

    June 2, 2015 at 10:58 pm

    I need to get me some of that M&S Rhubarb Presse for when I’m not drinking my Rhubarb Gin! Thanks for including my recipe.

    Reply
  7. Andrea @ The Petite Cook says

    June 3, 2015 at 12:42 am

    Im totally in love with the king bloom cocktails, they re so cute and I bet they taste incredibly good! Thanks for sharing so many refreshing drinks, i can feel summer already! And thanks for sharing my cocktails and detox water recipes too!! Xxx

    Reply
  8. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    June 3, 2015 at 9:05 am

    I really really want to try the Rhubarb Presse from M&S.

    Reply
  9. Sisley White says

    June 3, 2015 at 10:36 am

    Thank you so much for sharing my gin cocktails. I want absolutely everything on this list to drink this summer. The paddle and glass set is gorgeous too x

    Reply
  10. Jo Glasspool says

    June 3, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    Cocktails, mojito’s mostly x

    Reply
  11. Debbie says

    June 6, 2015 at 2:31 pm

    Something with vodka, but obviously fruit so it would be healthy too 🙂

    Reply
  12. Heather Haigh says

    June 8, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    I would have a go at some healthy mocktails

    Reply
  13. clair downham says

    June 9, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    something healthy with lots of berries

    Reply
  14. Natalie Crossan says

    June 21, 2015 at 11:48 pm

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    Reply
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