Choco Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

1 cup skim milk
1 medium banana
1 tbsp. peanut butter
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
6 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Start slow to break up the ice cubes then work up to liquefy.

1 serving
319 calories
Fat: 9.1g
Sat. Fat: 1.5g
Sodium: 20.3mg
Carbs: 46.6g
Fiber: 8.1g
Sugars: 27.4
Protein: 15.4g

Green Apple Martini

Today's recipe is a fantastic cocktail that is girly but really packs a punch.

Green Apple Martini

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2 oz. of your favorite Vodka

1 oz. Sour Apple Pucker (use Green Apple Schnapps if you want it sweet)

Pour the alcohol in a shaker over several ice cubes.

Shake it!

Strain it into your favorite martini glass.

Garnish with a maraschino cherry or a thin slice of green apple.

You can also rim the glass with sugar if you want to make it extra "fru-fru."

Washington Apple

One of my favorite cocktails is a Washington Apple.  I love the cranberry, apply flavor with the whiskey punch!

Washington Apple

Ingredients:

2 oz Crown Royal® Canadian whiskey

2 oz DeKuyper® Sour Apple Pucker schnapps

2 oz cranberry juice

a splash of Sprite®

Directions:

Serve over ice in a highball glass.

You can also make this as a shot - but why on earth would you want to make such a tiny drink??

:)

Matty's Not-Too-Sweet Tea

My husband loves Iced Sweet Tea.  We live in the south and here it is sickly sweet.  Here is his adaptation.

Matty's Not-Too-Sweet Tea

Ingredients:

1 family size tea bag (whatever your preference) or 4 single serving tea bags

1/2 cup sugar

Coffee maker

1 gallon of water

A container to keep the tea in your fridge

Directions:

Fill your coffee pot almost full of water and place in the water reservoir on your coffee maker.

Place 1/2 cup sugar in your coffee pot. Add a splash of water so it doesn't harden while the tea is brewing. Put the tea bag in the coffee hopper and run the coffee maker.

Pour the tea into your container (do this in the sink - seriously - tea stains counter tops!)

Run an additional pot of water through the coffee maker (leave the tea bag in the hopper)

Pour the tea into your container.

Fill the rest of the container with cold water and stick it in the fridge!

Enjoy until it runs out and then ask your wife to make more.

Tony's Jack and Coke

I am adding a new section for cocktails.  Here is the first one. Tony is an awesome Sound Designer that I work with on Norwegian Cruise Lines. He almost always drinks the same thing. He thought he was being funny when I asked for new recipes, but I think this classic deserves to be reposted.

 

Tony's Favorite Drink
2 oz Jack Daniel's® Tennessee whiskey
10 oz Coca-Cola®

(You can substitute Vanilla Coke® if you like.)