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Entertaining With Fall Flavored Drinks

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Fall and winter make consumers think about sandwiches, burgers, chicken, salads, soda, and smoothies when entertaining for sports events, holidays, or business. It’s a great time to try new recipes in the kitchen that are simple and very tasty. Syrups can add flavor to recipes and drinks with or without alcohol.

Fall Drink Recipes
Try some great fall recipes from Monin Canada that really utilize their tasty syrups, concentrated flavors, and purees. These products can be used in recipes for sandwiches, burgers, chicken, and salads. The Bacon Pear Raspberry Grilled Cheese uses cream cheese blended with Raspberry Fruit Puree. It has Muenster cheese, sliced pears, whole wheat bread, and unsalted butter. Grill sandwiches separately and add cream cheese and fruit puree last. A very tasty fall or winter sandwich.

Another tasty choice is the Brie Pomegranate Pickled Onion Burger. It has red onion, apple cider vinegar, warm water, Pomegranate Syrup, ground beef patty, olive oil, roll, butter, brie, and mayonnaise. This recipe serves four. More fall recipes can be found on their site.

Pan-Roasted Chicken with Spiced Rum and Mango Butter is another recipe that uses Mango Fruit Puree. It has chicken breasts, butter, spiced rum, fresh ginger, coconut rice, sliced almonds, butter, and cayenne pepper. Serve with Smokey Bacon and Bleu Cheese Macaroni Salad with rotini, mayonnaise, Hickory Smoked Syrup, apple cider vinegar, blue cheese, bacon, scallions, parsley, and their concentrated flavors.

Homemade Flavored Sodas
Concentrated flavored syrups and purees with natural ingredients. They are relatively low in sugar, and when mixed with club soda, they make a delicious soda. Some of the soda recipes are Watermelon, Strawberry, and Mint Soda, Black Currant Italian Soda, Blood Orange Passion Fruit Soda, Black Cherry Ginger Soda, Cherry Cola, and Grapefruit Sage Soda.

They are made with sparkling water, ice, flavored syrups, concentrated flavors, and purees. They go well with snacks and sandwiches. Add slices of fresh fruit to beverages or frozen fruit for garnish and added flavor. When consumers make their own soda, they control the ingredients that go into it.

Store-bought soda uses sugar, artificial flavors, and colors. The ingredients in diet sodas are not much better than regular soda. Homemade soda uses carbonated beverages and seltzer. It is creative to try recipes at home and older children can learn to make them. All you need is simple syrup, carbonated water, and sliced or frozen fruit.

Smoothies and Frozen Beverages
Flavored syrups are a good way to get kids to drink milk. Just add to cold milk and stir. Milk is described as the perfect food to start off on. It tastes good and has many vitamins and nutrients. Milk, paired with flavored syrups, goes well with lunch, dinner, or snacks.

When adults or children are allergic to milk, it can be mixed with soy milk, rice milk, or almond milk. Soy has similar protein and fat content to milk. It has potassium and calcium and mixes well with flavored syrups. It can be used in the coffee recipes and smoothie drinks.

Rice milk is light and creamy. It is made from rice, starch, and syrup. It is the best alternative for those with allergies. It helps bones, skin, and digestion. It goes well in coffee or tea. Almond milk is another milk alternative. It is made from almonds and water. It has a creamy nutty flavor with vitamins, minerals, iron, and protein.

Some smoothie and shake recipes are made with flavored syrups, milk, ice cream, and ice. Put ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Other recipes use fresh fruit and yogurt too. Would you like a milkshake without ice cream? Use two cups of milk, ice, and flavored syrup. Blend in blender. Don’t add sugar because they are low in sugar and this is healthier.

Milk Shake Recipe
2 cups cold milk
4 ounces of favorite flavored syrup
Frozen or fresh fruit
Ice cubes
Two eight-ounce glasses
Measuring cup

Blend cold milk in a blender, add your favorite flavored syrup and fresh fruit pieces or use frozen. Blend well in a blender. Pour over ice in two eight-ounce glasses. Drink immediately. Serves two.

Use flavored syrups such as peach, peppermint, pineapple, caramel apple, cherry, chocolate fudge, dark chocolate, or caramel to make a milkshake without ice cream. It has fewer calories and sugar. Enjoy!

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