Hot Chocolate Mix

3 cups powdered milk

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

dash of salt

Sift together the ingredients.

To serve, add 4 T of mix to 1 cup boiling water.

~V.L.S.

Perfect Lemonade

1 C sugar
1 C water (for the simple syrup)
1 C lemon juice (fresh squeezed from REAL lemons!)
3-4 C cold water (to dilute)

Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small sauce pan until the sugar is completely dissolved.

While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4-6 lemons, enough for 1 cup fo juice.

Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher.  Add 3-4 cups cold water, more or less to the desired strength.  Refrigerate 30-40 minutes.

Serve with ice and sliced lemons on a hot summer day!

Mommarie's Iced Tea...

Here is a nice cold drink for you and your family to enjoy!!!

~Mommarie's Homemade Iced Snapple Tea~

To make a gallon of Iced tea you will need...

6 tea bags of Lipton or Green Tea
1 Cup Honey or sugar (whichever you prefer) or half of each.
1 Cup of lemon juice

If you would like you can also add some peppermint and spearmint herbs as well!
Cut 2 stems of the peppermint and 1 stem of the spearmint.
Or add two tea bags of peppermint if you do not grow your own.

Steep the tea bags in a bowl with four cups of hot water, for about five minutes.

Note for herbs: Cut up your herbs into the bowl before adding the tea bags; steep for 5 minutes then after add your tea bags. Do not strain your herb clippings 'til you pour your mixture into the gallon container.

Next remove the tea bags and add the one cup honey or sugar, stir until dissolved. Next add the 1 cup of lemon juice, stir and pour into your one gallon container. Then add your ice and cold water until it reaches the top.

Put the lid on and stick it in the refrigerator to enjoy some yummy iced tea!!!

K.J.V.