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Banana Daiquiris

I made these Banana Daiquiris during Memorial Day weekend when I was testing out a few frozen drink recipes (the other recipe I tried was one for Strawberry Daiquiris.)   These were creamy, refreshing and a little boozy,  all good things in my book.  I found the recipe on a whim while I was at the grocery store getting the ingredients with my little sister M and my boyfriend.   The boyfriend was pushing for Banana Daiquiris because they are one of his favorites.  When claiming his receipts for all his work trips to Costa Rica over the summer, his accounting office asked him why he had all these “girly drinks” on his restaurant bills.  He proudly responded to them that they were his drinks and he enjoys a fruity frozen beverage.  Feel free to test this recipe out for yourself and let us know if you are on the banana daiquiri boat!

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Banana Daiquiris
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Ingredients
  • 2-3 ripe bananas
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons of lime juice
  • ½ cup of sugar
  • 6 cups of ice
  • 4-8 ounces of rum (depending on how strong you want them)
Instructions
  1. Place half of each of the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve. Repeat with remaining ingredients for second batch.
  2. *Can easily be made without alcohol by omitting the rum. My mom enjoyed them this way.

Source– adapted from Food Network Recipes by Sandra Lee
Three Banana Daiquiris

Strawberry Daiquiri

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I have never really been in to making mixed drinks, though but not because I don’t like them.  Usually I keep it simple with a nice glass of wine or a beer.  There is something about mixed drinks and frozen drinks that instill an “I’m on vacation!”  kind of feeling in me.  Over Memorial Day weekend, I was striving to relax on my vacation and instantly thought about making some fun mixed drinks I had seen on all the blogs I read.   I made a different drink each night and served them to my family.   The drinks were a lot of fun and a bit of a mess to clean up after.  (Thanks Mom!)

One of the favorites that I made was the strawberry daiquiri. The timing was perfect since strawberries happen to be the produce of the week at 2 Sisters 2 Cities.  I found this recipe on the Food Network website on my phone when I was at the grocery store determining what I needed to buy.

This recipe called for fresh strawberries, which I thought sounded awesome since there is an abundance of fresh strawberries for such a great deal at the groceries stores this time of year.  Wegman’s (the most amazing grocery store ever) happened to have 2-quart containers of  strawberries for $3.49.  Then, at the liquor store I bought a bottle of rum which was recommended as the brand they use in Puerto Rico,  DonQ Cristal.  It was cheaper than the Bacardi  I had planned on buying.  I am all about a good deal and since I was mixing this in a frozen drink, I wasn’t too hung up on getting the best or most expensive rum.

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Strawberry Daiquiri
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Recipe type: Beverage
 
Ingredients
  • Ice Cubes
  • 2 parts Light Rum
  • 1 part Triple Sec
  • ¾ cup Fresh Strawberries, cleaned and tops cut off
  • 4 small strawberries, cleaned with a slit cut in the side
  • 1 tablespoon Lime juice
  • Lime wedges
  • 1 tablespoon of Granulated Sugar, plus more for rims
Instructions
  1. In a blender pour in rum, triple sec, strawberries, lime juice and 1 tbsp. of sugar. Blend together. Gradually add in ice to your liking (I added about 1 cup of ice.) Take a lime wedge and rub along the rim of the glass. On a small plate spread some sugar and then swirl rim of glass in sugar. Pour the strawberry daiquiri and serve with a straw.

Source- Adapted from Food Network

 

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