Vodka Mint Lemonade Food

VODKA MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients, except soda, and refrigerate about 2 hours.
• Try to kindof crush the mint with a wooden spoon to release its flavors.
• Strain (you don't have to do this).
• Add soda and serve over ice.
• (note: you don't want your soda to go flat, so you might want to top off each glass with a good splash of soda rather than mixing it with the entire mix) (depends on how fast you will drink this).

MINTED VODKA LEMONADE

Steps:

• Combine chopped mint and sugar in large bowl. Stir in lemon juice and vodka. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Strain mixture into pitcher. Fill six 6- to 8-ounce glasses with crushed ice. Pour mixture over. Garnish with mint sprigs.

LEMON-MINT VODKA SPIKED WATERMELON

Steps:

• Dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice. Pour out 1/4 cup vodka and add the lemon mixture and the mint sprigs to the bottle. Cap, shake, and let sit from 1 hour to overnight for the flavors to develop.
• Cut a plug from the watermelon about 3-inches deep and as big around as the top of the bottle. Upend the bottle into the hole and let it sit for a couple of hours or until most of the vodka lemonade has been absorbed into the watermelon. Re-plug the watermelon and refrigerate it for a few hours. Slice and serve.

VODKA LEMONADE WITH MINT

Steps:

• Combine chopped mint and sugar in a large bowl. Stir in vodka and lemon juice. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours.
• Strain lemonade into a pitcher. Fill six 6- to 8-ounce glasses with crushed ice; pour lemonade over.

ICED VODKA WITH CUCUMBER, LEMON, AND MINT

Steps:

• Mix sugar, mint, and lemon slices in pitcher, mashing slightly with back of spoon. Mix in cucumber. Let stand 30 minutes. Add lemon juice, vodka, and 1/2 cup water; stir to dissolve sugar. Chill at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. Mix in ice and serve.

SPIKED GINGER-MINT LEMONADE

Steps:

• Bring mint, ginger, sugar, and 2 cups water to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat, whisking to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and let sit 1 hour. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring glass or a small bowl; let ginger-mint syrup cool completely. Cover and chill until cold, at least 30 minutes.
• Combine vodka, lemon juice, ginger-mint syrup, and 4 cups water in a punch bowl and stir well.
• Ladle spiked lemonade into ice-filled glasses and garnish with lemon wheels and mint leaves.
• Syrup can be made 1 month ahead. Keep chilled.