Orange Julius

It's been seven months since my last post?? Really?? Well, in celebration of me getting back in the swing of blogging, here is a recipe for the beloved Orange Julius drink! Back in the day, my favorite part about going to the mall was to get an Orange Julius and a warm, salty pretzel.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate

1/2 tsp vanilla

6 ice cubes

Instructions:

Put all ingredients in blender and blend for thirty seconds, or until you don't hear the ice clanging around in the blender anymore.

Yield:

About 1-2/3 cups. This would make a big glass (see above picture). If you make two servings out of it, each serving would be about the size of a small-ish coffee cup.

**For those of you following Weight Watchers, like yours truly SHOULD be doing, the entire recipe is 12 points.**

South Dakota Tea

In celebration of the first day of my favorite season, I came down with a sore throat. The ONLY good thing about a sore throat is that it gives me the opportunity to drink hot South Dakota Tea! But this is a good hot drink even if you don't have a sore throat, and it has a great orange/clove scent, which is one of my favorite cold weather scents... and the scent of one of my all time favorite candles, given to me by my friend Sherry! :)

8 oz Tang

1/2 cup lemon tea mix, sweetened (such as Lipton Sugar Sweetened Tea Mix w/Lemon Flavoring)

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. powdered cloves

Mix all ingredients together very well; store in air tight container. Add mix to hot water according to your taste... I use 2 Tbsp. mix with 1 cup hot water.