Copycat recipe: Starbucks Green Tea Lemonade

If you know me you know I have a thing for ice tea any kind of ice tea actually. So when I walked into Starbucks for the first time I was automatically drawn to the Ice tea drink and I noticed Green Tea Lemonade. I also love Lemonade so this was of course what I would order. It was so good I just had to figure out a way to make it. Because honestly it costs way to much for my liking.

5 bags of green tea

1 can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

Place tea bags in a glass measuring cup and fill to the 2-cup line with boiling water.

Let steep 3-5 minutes.

Discard tea bags and pour tea into a 2-quart pitcher.

Add 6 cups of cold water and lemonade concentrate.

Stir.

Chill or if you are antsy and want to drink it right away like I did, pour into a glass filled with ice.

Ice Cream Frosty

This tastes quite similar to a Wendy’s frosty!

For extra fun add in some Smarties or Oreo cookies, chop cookies before adding to mixture

Servings 1-2

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened

1/2 cup whole milk or half and half cream

1/4 cup Nestles Quik

1 teaspoon powdered egg whites

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a blender, blend all ingredients together until well mixed.

Mixture should be very thick.

Pour into a tall chilled glass/s.

Originally posted here at: Kittencal's Kitchen

Supermom’s Healthy Lemonade

The single most popular recipe I share with other moms is the one for my Healthy Lemonade. It’s super easy, and so good! There’s nothing to it:

Take two lemons and squeeze the juice out of them. (I just use a hand juicer that cost about $2 at the grocery store.)

Put the juice into a two quart pitcher, and then fill it the rest of the way with pure water.

Add 2-4 droppers full of Sweet Leaf Stevia. You can use the Lemon Drop flavor, which is very popular, the plain (which is great because it’s so versatile), or a fun flavor like Grape, Valencia Orange, or Apricot Nectar.

Stir and enjoy!

Stevia is an herbal sweetener that is much sweeter than sugar, but has zero calories, zero carbs, and a zero glycemic index! The calories from the lemon juice is approximately 25 calories for the entire pitcher of lemonade. The lemon water is great for cleaning your liver and gallbladder, for keeping your pH level healthy, and for fighting off kidney and gall stones. My whole family loves this lemonade, including the kids. We have been able to reduce our juice purchase by 50-75% thanks to drinking this sweet, tasty, and HEALTHY lemonade all the time. Try it–you’ll love it.

Copycat Starbucks Frappuccino drink

I made this tonight for my kids they all loved it. I might add for those Tim Horton's Ice Caps lovers this tastes just like them according to my daughter who totally loves them. :)

1/2 cup fresh expresso, chilled
- to make fake expresso from a drip coffee maker use standard grind coffee: use
1/3 cup ground coffee and 1 cup water... brew once and then put coffee thru
same grounds again. Just where the grounds are.
2 1/2 cups lowfat milk (I used 1%)
1/4 cup sugar

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher. Stir or shake until sugar is dissolved. Chill and serve.

To make Vanilla Frappuccino

• add 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

To make Chocolate Frappuccino

• add 1/2 tablespoon chocolate syrup