Three Cheers for Red, White and Blue!

There's only a few more days of work left before the long weekend and unofficial kick-off of summer, Memorial Day!   Time for firing up the grill and spending some time outside enjoying the weather with friends and family!

Here's a delicious, easy, festive and FUN drink you can make for your guests to cool them off and keep them smiling!

Miami Vice

You're going to want to use nice tall clear plastic tumblers. Pint glasses might work in a pinch, but if you're outside, and especially if you're entertaining around a pool, actual glass is probably a bad idea, for safety's sake!

Start by whipping up a batch of strawberry daiquiris in your blender, using a pre-made mix or with the following recipe:

-Ice
-Small can frozen lemonade
-Light rum
-10 oz. package of frozen strawberries (or fresh strawberries, if you prefer)

Fill blender to 2/3 full of ice. Add strawberries and lemonade, and then fill the lemonade can with rum and add that. Blend it up!

Fill the plastic tumblers halfway with the prepared strawberry daiquiris. Rinse out your blender, and then make a batch of pina coladas. There are plenty of pre-made mixes for this as well, or you could make up your own:

-Ice
-1/2 cup canned pineapple chunks
-1/2 cup cream of coconut
-1/2 cup Light rum

Fill blender 2/3 with ice. Add the remaining ingredients and a splash of the juice from the canned pineapple and blend!

Pour this into the tumblers so that it sits on top of the strawberry daiquiries. Float some Blue Curacao on top to give the drink a patriotic flair, and garnish with pineapple slices or strawberries! Enjoy!