Beverages
A drink can refresh, warm, or provide a sweet finish to a meal. This beverage collection includes tea, coffee, hot chocolate, smoothies, milk drinks, and cocktails, with both nonalcoholic and spirited choices. Browse by the temperature, texture, and flavor you have in mind, then choose a recipe for the moment you want to serve it.
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Bubble Tea
Bubble tea pairs a tea-based drink with the distinctive texture of tapioca pearls. This small collection focuses on preparing the drink and bringing its contrasting elements together.
Cocktails
Coffee liqueur, a tomato cooler, and spiked chocolate milk show several directions for a cocktail. These alcoholic drinks offer recipes with contrasting flavors, from savory refreshment to a richer sweet serving.
Coffee & Espresso
Coffee can be served over ice, combined with liqueur, or poured into an affogato. These coffee and espresso preparations bring bitterness, sweetness, and temperature into different balances.
Hot Chocolate & Warm Drinks
Hot chocolate ranges from an ancho-seasoned mix to champurrado and drinks made with Mexican chocolate. Warm milk, cocoa, and contrasting seasonings give this collection its variety of body and flavor.
Lemonades, Limeades & Refreshers
Strawberry, blueberry, cucumber, and mint offer different companions for citrus in these refreshing drinks. Lemonades, limeades, and coolers provide options when you want brightness in the glass.
Milk & Specialty Drinks
Golden milk, horchata, chocolate milk, and warm malted drinks bring different flavors to a milky base. This collection offers smooth drinks served with varying levels of sweetness and spice.
Milkshakes & Frozen Drinks
Mint, chocolate, pretzel, and cherry flavors take a cold milkshake in different directions. These frozen drinks put texture at the center, with recipes that range from simple blends to richer combinations.
Smoothies
Banana, peanut butter, chocolate, and other ingredients give these smoothies their flavor and body. Browse blended drinks for breakfast or another occasion, checking each recipe for its particular ingredients and serving size.
Tea
Tea offers room for both warm infusions and chilled drinks. Ginger with lemon and honey, mint tea, Thai iced tea, and bubble tea provide different approaches to aroma, sweetness, and serving temperature.
In this collection
Phyllo Cups with Cappuccino Cream
The creamy filling can be made in advance and refrigerated until ready to serve. Try adding a tablespoon of liqueur, like Kahlua or Baileys, before whipping the cream.…
Banana-Blueberry Smoothie
1 ripe banana 1 cup frozen blueberries 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt In a blender, combine banana, blueberries, and yogurt. Blend on high speed until smooth. Pour into…
Tim Horton’s Frozen Cappuccino
1½ cups strong brewed-coffee ½ cup sweetened condensed milk; not evaporated milk ½ cup half-and-half ½ teaspoon vanilla Ice cubes In an electric blender, combine coffee and milk.…
Peanut-Butter Hot Chocolate
2 cups whole milk 3 Tablespoons chocolate syrup 2 Tablespoons creamy peanut butter Whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles In a medium saucepan, combine milk and chocolate syrup until…
Strawberry-Orange Quick Breakfast Beverage
1½ cups orange juice 1½ cups frozen unsweetened strawberries 1½ cups nonfat vanilla yogurt 2 Tablespoons sugar, if desired Place all orange juice and strawberries in blender jar.…

Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Shake
1 pint nonfat vanilla yogurt 1½ cups skim milk 4 medium bananas, broken into 4 pieces each ¼ cup peanut butter Place all ingredients in blender jar. Cover…

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
½ cup low fat buttermilk 1 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries 1 cup skim milk 3 medium bananas, broken into 4 pieces each 3 Tablespoons orange marmalade Place all…
Banana-Peach Buttermilk Smoothie
If you don’t have time to cook, blend it! This smoothie combines fresh fruit and juice into a quick meal in a glass. Pour some to take with…
Vanilla Pecan Liquor
1 quart brandy 2 vanilla beans 6 ounces pecan pieces 2 cups sugar syrup 1 pinch of cinnamon Pour brandy, pecans, cinnamon, and vanilla beans (extract may be…
