Bottoms Up Ya'll!

In honor of FTLOB’s Thirsty Thursday Blog Hop, I have decided to post something for this upcoming holiday. Labor Day weekend is right around the corner and though it may mark the end of summer, the beginning of school and the changing of seasons, its a great way to take the summer out with a BANG! So get yourself to a BBQ or host one yourself but whatever you do, please make sure you have some super tasty drinks for all of your guest!

Take a look at this yummy drink; doesn’t the photo just make you want to run out and buy the ingredients to make it?!?! I know I sure want to! This is definitely an end of summer kind of drink!

Ingredients: Original Source - Mom Mag

• 1 12-ounce can frozen pineapple juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 6-ounce can frozen limeade concentrate, thawed
• 4 cups cold water * 1 liter club soda, chilled
• Ice cubes
• Fresh strawberries (optional)
• Short (6-inch) wooden skewers
• Assorted fruits such as halved orange slices, halved lime slices, orange sections, raspberries, strawberries, sliced kiwifruit, and mint sprigs

Directions

In a large pitcher combine pineapple juice concentrate, limeade, and water. Chill for at least 30 minutes. To serve, transfer fruit juice mixture to pitchers; add club soda, ice cubes, and fresh strawberries.

Serve with Fruit Swizzle Sticks, if desired.
Makes 14 (6-ounce) servings.

Fruit Swizzle Sticks: On short (6-inch) wooden skewers, thread assorted fruits and mint sprigs. Make-Ahead Tip: Up to 24 hours ahead, prepare the juice mixture and chill well. Proceed as directed.

Sit back, soak in the last days of summer and sip your cool, sweet drink and enjoy.

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Tasty Tuesday and A Bunch of Blog Hopping!

So I’ve spent a large portion of my morning visiting other blogger sites and checking out a lot of new and cool ideas on blogging. In doing so I ran across a lot of cool blogs that I hadn’t had time to visit and so I’m glad I decided to blog hop today!  

One think I cannot emphases enough or stress the importance that blog hopping can do for your blog readership and relationship building is! Of course you can join blog hopping sites and hope within the community but I like to think outside the box, though please don’t get me wrong, I am part of a few wonderful blog hopping group, one of my favorite is FTLOB’s. In fact today is Tasty Tuesday over there so I will be posting a yummy recipe below this entry. Being a member of FTLOB’s has really allowed me the opportunity to meet some other great blogger and build some great relationships with those bloggers so not only is blog hopping good, so is joining blog hopping sites! There are tons, just go out and look around a bit!

Now back to blog hopping; this morning between emails, phone calls and a meeting or two, I was able to do some long needed blog hopping around blog land. Believe me, you can get lost in there if you aren’t paying attention! There are literally thousands and thousands of blogs; you just need to shift through the bad to get to the good!

                                                                                   

So after all my digging, I found some really great blogs that I want to share with you all! Check out these links below!

http://www.elleandblair.com/cat/fashion

http://www.nicolerichie.com/

http://www.jazzimcg.com/blog/

http://www.lifestylelemonaid.com/

Then go take a look at my yummy recipe for Tuesday’s FTLOB blog hop! 

Caramel Apple Pie A La Mode Bites: 

For the recipe, visit: The Nifty Foodie

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