Stop The Junk Food

Summer celebrations are the most waited occasion for everyone. These celebrations are mostly in the form of large family gatherings with lots of food, fun, enjoyment, music, pool time and dance. If you have a family with strict schedule daily nine to five routines or even later than that then you must plan for a wonderful relaxing weekend family celebrations. Make these summer celebrations amusing and entertaining for your kids and adults alike.

Here the problem arises that is “how to make the summer family celebrations wonderful?” Some of my ideas or you can say a checklist is as follows:

1. Keep your menu as simple as it could be, but never forget to make it healthier, refreshing, delicious and tempting.

2. First of all gather every possible family member, discuss about the venue or just arrange the most suitable one and invite everybody.

3. Sit back and plan for the food; more specifically refreshing, delicious summer food. Start from the fresh fruit smoothies and fruit juices like mango juice, pineapples juice, and fresh orange juice, orange, strawberry and pineapple smoothies.

4. Next ask your close family members to bring a salad or dessert of fresh summer fruits if they offer to contribute.

5. Another wonderful idea is to arrange for a fresh summer fruit bouquet or fresh summer fruit basket made up of fruits like mango, kiwi fruit, pineapples, cantaloupe, grapes and orange wedges.

6. Also try to get fresh bouquet of chocolate dipped strawberries and bananas for your kids and chocolate lovers. 7.Making of summer Gift Baskets with Fresh Fruits.

8. Arrange a BBQ grill, but try to marinate the meat one night before you leave.

9. Always pay special attention to the arrangements like seating, dancing, dinning and relaxing.

10. Most important is “Never forget to take extra spoons, folks, cups, napkins and plates”.

11. For your safely purpose always take a first aid box with you.

12. Arrange some music system and outdoor games for fun time.

13. Giving Summer Gifts to kids.

These are some of the points I wanted to share with you to make your summer celebrations memorable with your beloved family.

A coffee is just a coffee, right? … But then why so many kinds of coffee? Just leave your coffee machine at peace for a couple of days and try these traditional recipes of coffee,  just to start your day better!!!

1) COFFEE WITH MILK

4 tbsps  coffee

3 cups milk

3 tbsps sugar

In a pot, boil the milk with the sugar. Add the coffee and leave it to cool a little bit. Serve with cocoa powder on top.

2)COCOA COFFEE

3 tbsps cocoa powder

3 tbsps powdered sugar

3 cups milk

3 cups  coffee (already made, concentrated)

100 g whipped cream

a pinch of salt

Boil the milk. In a bowl, mix well the sugar and the cacao powder, and add bit by bit the hot milk, stirring carefully. Continue until all the milk is incorporated, add a pinch of salt and start boiling the mixture at a small flame. After 10 minutes remove the pot from the fire and whip it well until it has a foam texture. Add the hot concentrated coffee, stir well, and serve in big cups with whipped cream on top.

3) MOCCA COFFEE WITH MIL K

3 cups milk

3 tbsps coffee

3 tsps grated chocolate

4,5, tsps sugar

Prepare 3 cups of very strong coffee. While it is still hot, mix it well with 3 cups of the grated chocolate melted in hot milk. Add sugar to taste. Serve hot.

4) CHOCOLATE COFFEE

150 g chocolate

1 cup coffee (already made, very strong)

3 cups milk

100 g whipped cream

sugar to taste

Melt the chocolate in the microwave until it becomes creamy. Add it to the hot coffee, stirr well, and then add the milk. Add sugar to taste and serve it  hot with whipped cream on top, and a chocolate chip cookie.

5) COFFEE CREAM

500 ml milk

150 g sugar

2 cups of coffee (already made, very strong)

4,5, tbsps cream