The last time Alan and I visited our son, Stephen, he made a wonderfully refreshing specialty drink for us while we waited for their gourmet dinner. It was so yummy I “just had” to have his recipe to share with you!
Stephen with his cousin Dawn and me
Coconut-Lime Cooler
(per glass)
Just 4 ingredients: limes, Cream of Coconut, cold Seltzer water and Rose Grenadine Syrup
1 fresh lime, cut into about 8 chunks
2 tablespoons “Real Gourmet Cream of Coconut“
Mash together until the lime juice has been well squeezed, but leave the lime in the drink.
Add enough cold seltzer water to fill your glass (12-16 oz.).
Pour 1 tablespoon Rose Grenadine gently into the mix at the end, which provides a sunset glow to the bottom of the glass as well as another pleasant taste point.
Stephen made ours one at a time in 16-oz. glasses, but it only takes about 3 minutes per glass, and it was a refreshing way to keep our appetites in check as we anticipated other great things to come!
“Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do,
do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
P.S.—As an alternate to store-bought grenadine, you can make your own syrup using equal parts of the juice from mashed pomegranate with the seeds strained out and sugar with about 1 tablespoon of lemon or lime to preserve the color [or rose water]. Simmer until ALL the sugar crystals are gone (to keep crystals from reforming later), about 10-15 minutes if you use 1 cup each of the juice and sugar. Cool and store in a capped bottle in the refrigerator.
Summer Setting 