Make your own cool beverages to refresh you in the summer's heat
2009-07-22
Start to Finish: 15 minutes
Ingredients
* 2 cups orange juice, chilled
* 1 cup unsweetened white grape juice, chilled
* 1 cup reduced-calorie cranberry juice
* 1 1-liter bottle diet lemon-lime carbonated beverage, chilled
* Ice cubes
* 2 cups assorted fresh fruit (such as oranges, cut into wedges; thinly sliced and halved lemons and/or limes; pineapple wedges; seedless red or green grapes; sliced, peeled and pitted peaches; and halved strawberries)
* Fresh mint sprigs
Directions
1. In a large bowl or pitcher, stir together chilled orange juice, white grape juice, and cranberry juice.
2. Add the lemon-lime beverage; stir gently. Fill each of 10 glasses about two-thirds full with ice. Divide fruit among glasses. Pour juice mixture into glasses. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs. Makes 10 (about 6-ounce) servings.