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A hot summer weekend


What's a girl to do when's it way too hot to venture outside all weekend. This girl set to make some pina coladas. Not the real McCoy with rum, mind you! This one is a nice girl version.

I chilled 100 ml of coconut milk and 200 ml of sweetened pineapple juice in the freezer for half an hour, then blended them together until frothy. Some recipes say to add a scoop of vanilla icecream and I guess it would make your drink creamier and colder, but freezing did the trick well enough for me.

Pina Colada is my first entry for Srivalli's Thanda Mela. With sun blazing the next two months, you got plenty more coming.
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notyet100 said…
perfect for the weathe rhere,..
April 19, 2010 at 9:06 AM
poonam said…
hey! this sounds great!how've u been? :)
April 19, 2010 at 12:18 PM
suma said…
Perfect summer cooler!! Even I prefer to semi-freeze my cool drink and then blend to make a creamy cooler sans the calories!!
April 19, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Srivalli said…
That's looking awesome Simmy..will wait for your entries..:)
April 19, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Srividhya Ravikumar said…
looks awesome.. do drop in at my site whenever.. following you
April 19, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Lebouffe said…
Thats so yummy! -Naina
April 20, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Anonymous said…
soooo nice and refreshing :)
April 21, 2010 at 1:42 AM
TREAT AND TRICK said…
Hi...this drink sounds interesting, love the combo and perfect for the weather...
April 21, 2010 at 8:18 AM
CurryLeaf said…
Yum yum Yum.I too have tried this thgh without ice cream.must add it next time
April 21, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Unknown said…
I could do with a good BOTTLE of this, considering how hot it's become :(
April 29, 2010 at 4:13 PM
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