Fresh Peach Sparkler

This summer, we started off our cooking series by whirling up a faux "mojito," a fresh peach cooler with mint, which the kids love to smush. The recipe is based on one I found in People magazine. This is so delicious! The kids loved it, and so did adult guests at two potlucks I attended. I'll use it all summer long, and with frozen peaches all year!

20 min

Breakfast, Drinks

Ingredients

2 – 3 ripe peaches or nectarines, unpeeled, roughly chopped
one ripe banana
scant 1/4 cup (or less) sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon or lime juice
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
2 cans chilled fruit-flavored sparkling water – we used lemon Spindrift

Instructions

Add the chopped peaches, banana, sugar and lemon or lime juice to a blender and puree about 30 seconds, or until smooth.
Smush mint leaves in the bottom of a large pitcher.
Add puree, and then slowly pour in the sparkling water. Stir.
Serve in ice-filled glasses and garnish with mint or fruit slices.

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