A little somethin’ to cool you down

It’s the middle of October.  It was 85 degrees here yesterday!  WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?  Not that I’m really complaining, but I wore shorts two days in a row!  In October in NYC, that just shouldn’t be!  (Tee hee rhyme!)

In celebration of the summer-like temperatures, I wanted to share this super refreshing, yummy Cherry Limeade recipe with you!  I pinned this awhile ago, and made it for an impromptu barbeque Dave and I threw one lazy day. It’s a super easy recipe, and you could definitely booze it up if you’re needing a little extra somethin’ somethin’ in your drink.  😉

Ingredients
– Grenadine
– 7UP/Sprite (Diet or Regular)
– Limes (lime juice)
– Cherries

There really are no super accurate measurements.  I wound up using 2 bottles of 7UP to fill my super awesome drink dispenser

That's about 1 bottle and some ice

Now here comes the really intricate, involved, time consuming part of the recipe… for every 8 ounces of 7UP add 2 tablespoons of grenadine and limes to taste.  Difficult, right?  😉

I need to paint my nails that style again ASAP

So basically just figure out how many ounces in your bottle(s) of soda, and go from there.  Now I used straight up lime juice from a bottle to flavor it, and tasted as I went.  I didn’t bother cutting and squeezing limes for the juice, because I’m lazy.  I did use the limes as a garnish of sorts with halved cherries, but I would probably leave them out all together next time, or leave them on the side for people to use on the rims of their cups.

Y-U-M! I loved this, and would definitely make it again to serve at BBQs, or just for myself!