{"id":698,"date":"2014-11-24T05:52:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asyouwish.co.nz\/blog\/?p=698"},"modified":"2016-01-13T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T00:17:14","slug":"pretty-punch-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/asyouwish.co.nz\/blog\/pretty-punch-for-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Punch for Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>12 Days of Christmas Ideas 2014 &#8211; Day 8<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty drinks, with fancy garnishes and swizzle sticks are a perfect picture of summer.\u00a0 Whether it&#8217;s served by the glass or set up as a help-yourself drink station, you can guarantee your guests will appreciate it\u00a0on a hot summers day.<\/p>\n<p>For today&#8217;s idea I want to share a couple of pretty easy punch recipes.\u00a0 The first was introduced to me by a friend a few years back and it couldn&#8217;t be more Kiwi, as the main ingredient is the iconic NZ soft drink, L&amp;P.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_699\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-image-699 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asyouwish.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pineapple-Punch-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pineapple Punch\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pineapple Punch<\/p><\/div>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\">Pineapple Punch<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Ingredients:\u00a0 <\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>1L Pineapple Juice<\/li>\n<li>1.5L Bottle of L&amp;P<\/li>\n<li>2-3 Tbsp Canned Crushed Pineapple<\/li>\n<li>Mint leaves to garnish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix all of the\u00a0ingredients together, garnish with a few mint leave.\u00a0\u00a0Serve chilled (Makes approx. 2.5 Litres).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the second punch recipe I wanted it to be pink in colour and without any fizz &#8211; just to be different I guess.\u00a0 After a lot of trial and error I think I have a winner\u00a0in this Pink Lemonade recipe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_700\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-700\" class=\"wp-image-700 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asyouwish.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Pink-Lemonade-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Lemonade\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Lemonade<\/p><\/div>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #999999; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pink Lemonade<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups of Sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 cups of Boiling Water<\/li>\n<li>3 cups of Lemon Juice<\/li>\n<li>2 cups of Cranberry Juice<\/li>\n<li>12 cups of cold water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the sugar and boiling water into a large saucepan or heat proof bowl.\u00a0 Stir until the sugar has fully dissolved.\u00a0 Then stir in\u00a0the lemon juice, cranberry juice and cold water.\u00a0 If it is still too sweet for your liking, just\u00a0add more water.\u00a0 Serve chilled or over ice (Makes approx. 4.5 Litres).<\/p>\n<p>I hope this inspires to you enjoy a refreshing glass of pretty punch this summer.\u00a0 And if you have a favourite punch recipe that you&#8217;d like to share with us, we&#8217;d love to hear from you &#8211; either send us an email or type it into the comments box below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-663 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asyouwish.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sign-off-300x118.png\" alt=\"Sign off\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 Days of Christmas Ideas 2014 &#8211; 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