Tropical Slush

When I was a kid one of my favorite things to do was to walk up town to get slushies. I think even then I would have preferred this over those cloyingly sweet, convenience store ones. It may not give you an excuse to walk up town, but if your like me you wouldn’t mind putting your feet up in the back yard with one of these instead. And, since it makes such an enormous batch you can drink it all day long. Now that makes for one relaxing summer day!

I made this yummy slush while I was still at home. “Home” being the place I grew up. I find myself referring to both there and here as home. And, they both are, in there own way. This is one of my all time favorite drinks. Unfortunately I can’t make it while I am here in Norway because I have yet to find frozen fruit juice concentrate. Perhaps one day when I am feeling adventurous I will try to come up with my own version. Do any of you have a good slush recipe that does not use concentrate or other “american” ingredients? In the mean time make this one, for me, and enjoy it!

Tropical Slush

adapted from Taste of Home

• 6 cups water, divided
• 5 medium sized, ripe bananas
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cans orange juice concentrate
• 1 can lemonade concentrate
• 1 liter unsweetened pineapple juice
• 3 (2 liter) bottles lemon lime flavored soda

1. Place 1 cup water, bananas and sugar into blender. Process until smooth. Pour into very large container and mix in the rest of the ingredients except soda. Separate equally into 3 container (aprox. 6 cups each) and freeze
2. Remove one container from freezer and let thaw 1.5 hours. Stir and mash to break up, poor into large pitcher and add 1 (2L) bottle of soda.

Individual containers serve 12. The entire recipe serves 40.

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