Watermelon Crush

Ingredients:

• ½ a watermelon

• Juice of 1 lime

• 1 tbsp honey

• 500ml water or tonic

• 5 Mint leaves

• Crushed ice

Method: Cut the watermelon into cubes, add to a blender with other ingredients and a generous amount of crushed ice. Blend in short bursts to ensure you get a lovely slushy consistency. Save 1 or 2 mint leaves to garnish.

The Blueberry

Ingredients:

• 6 mint leaves

• 10 fresh blueberries

• 50ml lime juice

• 50ml of simple syrup

• Splash of club soda or lemonade

• Ice cubes

Method: Mash blueberries and mint in a mocktail shaker. Add all the other ingredients then shake, shake, shake (you want the mocktail to come out a lovely lilac colour)! Pour over ice and garnish with a few blueberries.

Ginger & Tonic

Ingredients:

• 200ml ginger beer

• 100ml lemonade

• Ice cubes

• Juice of half a lime

• 25ml Grenadine

• Handful of pomegranate seeds

• Slice of ginger (for that extra kick)

Method: Add a slice of ginger to a tall glass and crush with a spoon. Add ice cubes, pour in the grenadine, ginger beer and lemonade then finally squeeze in the lime juice and throw on the pomegranate seeds. Don’t forget your paper straw!

Bloody M

Ingredients:

• 50ml lime juice

• 50ml agave

• 100ml blood orange puree

• 100ml of soda water or lemonade

• 4 fresh mint leaves

Method: Muddle the mint, lime juice and agave into a tall glass. Throw in the rest of the ingredients and garnish with fresh mint and lime. Refreshing and tangy.

Dark Not Stormy

Ingredients:

• A quarter chopped pineapple

• Lime cordial, to taste

• 200ml ginger beer

Method: You’ll need a tall glass for this one. Pop your chopped pineapple at the bottom, fill to the brim with ginger beer and sweeten to taste with a lovely lime cordial. Aaah!

Submitted by: Suzanne Robinson

Spooning On The Beach

Ingredients:

• 100ml tonic water

• 100ml orange juice

• 100ml cranberry juice

• 40g fresh kiwi

• 40g fresh strawberry

• Crushed ice

Method: Pop your fresh fruits in the bottom of a tall glass. Fill to the top with juice. Serve over crushed ice. Mocktail umbrella optional.

Basil Berry Blast

Ingredients:

• 4 sweet strawberries

• 1/2 lemon

• 3 basil leaves

• 200ml sparkling water

• Teaspoon sugar

• Crushed ice

Method: Toss your strawberries in a tall glass. Spritz with lemon. Sprinkle with sugar. Muddle. Add ice and water. Sweeten to taste.

Mango Donkey

Ingredients:

• 50ml mango puree

• 100ml mango juice

• 50ml fresh lime juice

• 200ml ginger beer

• 1 tbsp set honey

• 1 mint leaf

• Crushed ice

Method: Muddle the mint leaf and honey in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add all other ingredients and give it a good shake. Pour into a short glass and garnish with a slice of lime.

Primm’s Cup

Ingredients:

• 4 sweet strawberries

• A couple of slices of cucumber

• 250ml lemonade

Method: Get your strawberries in a muddle in a tall clear glass. Top up with lemonade. Garnish with some fresh slices of cucumber. And enjoy.

Tropical Punch

Ingredients:

• 100ml coconut and pineapple juice

• 100ml orange juice

• 100ml sparkling water

• Squeeze of lemon

• Dash of lime

Method: Find your largest, most fabulous glass and bung all the ingredients in. A quick stir, and Bob’s your uncle.

Pina ‘no’ Colada

Ingredients:

• Crushed ice

• 250ml pineapple juice

• 100ml milk

• 100ml heavy cream

• 2 tbsp brown sugar

Method: Throw all ingredients into a blender until mixture is smooth. Pour into a tall fancy glass and add a slice of pineapple or cherry to decorate.

Nojito

Ingredients:

• 250ml soda water

• A splash of lemon cordial

• Fresh mint

• Squeeze of lemon

• Dash of lime

Method: How much cordial you use is up to you, but served in your favourite goblet over a block or two of ice is refreshing and fun.