If you are looking for a refreshing drink this summer, I have found it! My mother-in-law found a wine slushie mix while she was in Amish Country last week. So of course I had to find a way to make one without worrying about having to find the mix :)
After doing some research on line I found a recipe that I slightly adapted. The wine slushies were easy to make but hard to wait on them to get frozen :)
This 4th of July weekend I also made another frozen treat.... Cally's favorite Ice Cream......... Cookies-n-Cream! The chocolate Oreo's were still crunchy and oh so good!
Cally was also in a Wedding. Bill and I attended Laura and Andrew's wedding. Everything was absolutely beautiful! These are Cally's best friends Janie, Laura and Nikki
Cally caught the bouquet............
Bill and I with our baby girl
Momma and Cally
Cally made the wedding cake. Laura chose a Naked Cake
Cally also made all the cupcakes. She made White Cupcakes with strawberries on top and Carrot Cake Cupcakes. The were awesome!!
I actually ran out of time to have my frozen slushies the night I made them. Bill was called out after hours for work so I thought I would surprise him when he got home. However after 3 hours in the freezer my slushies were not frozen enough. I left them in the freezer overnight and by morning they were frozen solid. I put them in the refrigerator while we attended a car show and 8 hours later they were perfect!
Since I mentioned the car show.... Here is the morning of the 4th and we were giving the car a bath for the show in Urbana later that morning.... 640 cars were at this show!
Here is a picture while we were at the show. It was a beautiful 4th of July day!
Frozen Wine Slushies
1 bottle of wine ( I used White Zinfandel )
1 wine bottle of water
1 1/2 teaspoons Citric Acid
1 3/4 cups sugar (less if using a sweet wine)
Put sugar and Citric Acid in a food processor or I used my Ninja blender and pulse until the sugar is powdery.
Pour wine into a plastic container.
Pour a full wine bottle of water into the plastic container.
Pour the sugar/citric acid mixture into the plastic container and stir to mix up.
Put the wine mixture into the freezer for about 6 hours or until frozen to desired consistency. You may also freeze overnight and then place in the refrigerator for 8 hours to thaw to the slushie consistency.
slightly adapted from Celebration Generation
