The Most Refreshing Ways to Cool Down This July 4th
It's July 4th, and it's hot outside! Cool off in patriotic style with these fun red, white, and blue refreshers, including flavored ice cubes, ice pops, infused water, and smoothies.
Fun Ice Cubes
When you're looking for a refreshing kick to a simple glass of water, these berry-flavored ice cubes are a great choice!
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Colorful Ice Pops
STRAWBERRY AND WATERMELON SMOOTHIES AND POPSICLES
Enjoy making these with kids, including the fun flavor variations.
Soy yogurt and fruit are the only ingredients needed to make these delicious pops.
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Groovy Smoothies
BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE MILKSHAKE
Homemade blueberry preserves and Temp Tee whipped cream cheese come together to create a delicious blueberry cheesecake milkshake. You can make this with your favorite fruit preserves and enjoy with breakfast...or at any time of the day!
Jamie created this absolutely delish Pina Colada Smoothie. Get yourself a cocktail umbrella, don your Ray Bans and hit the beach.
Deliciously smooth for breakfast or a refreshing afternoon snack.
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Flavored Waters
Having a hard time ditching soda or liking plain water? Try Infused Water. Drinking 8 glasses of water seems hard for some people, so adding cubed cucumbers, watermelons or citrus fruits and allowing the flavors to infuse can be a good solution. But if you don’t feel like washing, peeling, cutting, etc, just use frozen fruit like any kind of berry, pineapple, peaches or mangoes instead of ice.
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How will you cool off this Independence Day? Tell us in the comments below!
