Thanks again to all who stopped by during Cupcake Diaries' big blogiversary week and helped celebrate! It was great being able to share it with you.
Today we have three winners of the giveaways!
Today we have three winners of the giveaways!
$30 to Headchefs winner:
#25 - kimt
who said,
I love all the tools...but I think I would first get the kids spoon, fork, and knife...and the bowls for the grand kids. They are so cute. I also love the spoon and spatula. Thanks for letting us discover the site!
Hello, Cupcake! winner:
#9 - Ray Ball Fam
who said,
I would make cute little cupcakes for all my kids' birthdays! :) We have three in October, it'd save me a bundle!
What's New, Cupcake? winner:
#64 - Amber
who said,
Well I have already thrown a Harry Potter party so that's out ha ha. But I would throw the biggest Halloween party ever!!!
Congratulations to the winners! E-mail me within 48 hours at cupcakediaries1@hotmail.com to claim your prize.
Now on to the recipe for today! When I was a bar tender back in the day at Carino's Italian we had a whole bunch of random drinks we had to make, if you can imagine. And not all of them were alcoholic. We made some fun virgin beverages too, like Italian sodas, strawberry daiquiris, and pina coladas.
One of my favorite nonalcoholic fruity drinks was a mix between a strawberry daiquiri and a pina colada called a Strawberry Blonde. (It could be made with alcohol too but we all loved to make these for ourselves with the recipe coming up.) My friend, Che', (pronounced "chay", who is now my brother-in-law and married to my twin) made the best Strawberry Blondes EVER. So today I bring you his version of one of my favorite drink treats. Making these takes me right back to those fun days with my friends where we were all servers and got to hang out all the time because we all worked together. I miss and love you all! :)
(PS This picture is from a Food Network strawberry daiquiri because I forgot to take a final picture of the drink and couldn't find a picture online that looked like a Strawberry Blonde. The drink is more of a pink color than red! You'll see below.) :)
Non-Alcoholic Strawberry Blonde
Che' Miles
makes 2 drinks, or 1 big drink
Begin by choosing the glass you want to serve your drinks in. Fill it with ice. This will help you measure so you get just the right amount of beverage in each glass. (You only need to put ice in one cup and just use that.)
Put the ice in your blender then take your pina colada mix and pour it over the ice about halfway up.
Then pour some of the thawed strawberries right over the ice to cover up the other half.
Finally, pour in that splash of orange juice for a little extra somethin'.
Blend it up, serve, and enjoy!
We made these for our FHE treat the other night and Brycen loved watching them come together.
who said,
I love all the tools...but I think I would first get the kids spoon, fork, and knife...and the bowls for the grand kids. They are so cute. I also love the spoon and spatula. Thanks for letting us discover the site!
Hello, Cupcake! winner:
#9 - Ray Ball Fam
who said,
I would make cute little cupcakes for all my kids' birthdays! :) We have three in October, it'd save me a bundle!
What's New, Cupcake? winner:
#64 - Amber
who said,
Well I have already thrown a Harry Potter party so that's out ha ha. But I would throw the biggest Halloween party ever!!!
Congratulations to the winners! E-mail me within 48 hours at cupcakediaries1@hotmail.com to claim your prize.
Now on to the recipe for today! When I was a bar tender back in the day at Carino's Italian we had a whole bunch of random drinks we had to make, if you can imagine. And not all of them were alcoholic. We made some fun virgin beverages too, like Italian sodas, strawberry daiquiris, and pina coladas.One of my favorite nonalcoholic fruity drinks was a mix between a strawberry daiquiri and a pina colada called a Strawberry Blonde. (It could be made with alcohol too but we all loved to make these for ourselves with the recipe coming up.) My friend, Che', (pronounced "chay", who is now my brother-in-law and married to my twin) made the best Strawberry Blondes EVER. So today I bring you his version of one of my favorite drink treats. Making these takes me right back to those fun days with my friends where we were all servers and got to hang out all the time because we all worked together. I miss and love you all! :)
(PS This picture is from a Food Network strawberry daiquiri because I forgot to take a final picture of the drink and couldn't find a picture online that looked like a Strawberry Blonde. The drink is more of a pink color than red! You'll see below.) :)
Non-Alcoholic Strawberry Blonde
Che' Miles
makes 2 drinks, or 1 big drink
- one small bag of frozen strawberries, thawed
- one bottle of liquid pina colada mix
- splash of orange juice
- ice
Begin by choosing the glass you want to serve your drinks in. Fill it with ice. This will help you measure so you get just the right amount of beverage in each glass. (You only need to put ice in one cup and just use that.)
Put the ice in your blender then take your pina colada mix and pour it over the ice about halfway up.
Then pour some of the thawed strawberries right over the ice to cover up the other half.
Finally, pour in that splash of orange juice for a little extra somethin'.
Blend it up, serve, and enjoy!We made these for our FHE treat the other night and Brycen loved watching them come together.
