Summer Cooking

Today for the North East Bloggers August Challenge, the theme is "Summer Cooking."  To me, in the summer, both food and drink are what comprise "summer cooking," so I thought I would share one of each with you:

The Food:

My absolute favorite thing to make in the summer is a Strawberry Pretzel Salad.  You can find the recipe here.  

Last night, I went to an end-of-summer camp staff party.  We had a great barbecue, tons of dessert, and lots of laughs.  Of course, I brought the Pretzel Salad and it was a huge hit!

 

All of the amazing food /// the ladies of summer camp

The Drink:

When I went up to Boston a few weeks ago, my amazing college roommate [who I just found out reads my blog - hey, girl!!] gave me the best souvenir ever from her recent trip to Texas.  

A McAlister's Deli reusable cup!!!

When we were in college, our little college golf team [from Massachusetts] played in the Big South Conference.  Every year, we traveled to South Carolina to play against all the other schools in the conference [that were all from North and South Carolina - do the geography on that one!], and there was a McAlister's right in front of our hotel.  We went there for almost every meal, and I fell in love with Sweet Tea [and The South].  

 Me and roomie on top and our whole team [with Big South proof in the background] on the bottom

Well, I thought it would be fun to make my own version of alcoholic sweet tea as my first drink in the cup. 
Here's the recipe: - 1 cup water - 4 tablespoons Sweet Tea Vodka - 2 tablespoons dry Lipton iced tea mix - 1 teaspoon lemon juice Mix, add a big scoop of ice, and enjoy!

It was delicious! Thanks, roomie!