Editor's note: This recipe is from Brini Maxwell's Guide to Gracious Living. For Maxwell's tips on throwing a summer pool party, click here.
This drink is perfect for breakfast celebrations. It's light and fresh with the tang of citrus.
Recipe information
Yield
Makes 1 serving
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Shake all the ingredients (except the cherry) together in a shaker filled with ice. Strain into a martini glass, drop in the cherry, and enjoy!
Summer Breeze sans spirit
Step 2
For those of you out there who don't imbibe, here's a nice variation on the Summer Breeze that won't leave you three sheets to the wind.
Step 3
3 ounces pink grapefruit juice
Step 4
5 ounces lemon-lime soda
Step 5
1 orange wheel, for garnish
Step 6
1 Maraschino cherry, for garnish
Step 7
Pour the grapefruit juice into a tumbler or highball glass filled with ice cubes and top it off with lemon-lime soda. With a wooden skewer, pierce the orange wheel through both sides of the rind and add the cherry. Add to the drink and serve.
