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2. Push mangoes and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into a blender, and add simple syrup, rum, and ice. Blend for 30 seconds, and pour juice into two glasses.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with lime wedges if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch. If using a blender or food processor, add simple syrup, rum or rum extract mixture, and ice along with other ingredients.

Juicy Jive

There are nifty ways to dress up these cocktail juices. Use a stemmed wine glass or a margarita glass, and dip the rim into water and then into granulated sugar or sea salt. You’ll have a dramatic presentation and an ingredient to add its character.

Sangria

2 oranges

1½2 pt. strawberries

¼ lemon

1½4 lime

1 cup red wine or nonalcoholic red wine

Ice cubes

2 orange slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

193 calories

0 calories from fat

0 g fat

0 g saturated fat

2 g protein

26.5 g carbohydrates

1. Peel oranges and cut into quarters. Rinse strawberries and remove tops. Peel lemon and lime.

2. Push oranges, strawberries, lemon, and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into two large glasses, and stir ½ cup wine into each. Add ice cubes.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with orange slices if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, remove seeds from oranges, lemon, and lime, cut tops off strawberries, and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1 inch.

Juicy Jive

You can also make this drink with white wine, and add any fruit-flavored liqueur such as triple sec (orange flavor), crème de cassis (black currant flavor), or Chambord (raspberry flavor).

Sparkling Pineapple Sangria

1½4 ripe pineapple

2 oranges

¼ lime

⅔ cup very chilled sparkling wine or non-

alcoholic sparkling wine

2 to 3 oz. light rum (optional)

2 pineapple spears for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

275 calories

0 calories from fat

0 g fat

0 g saturated fat

2 g protein

31 g carbohydrates

1. Cut pineapple off rind and into 2-inch cubes. Peel and quarter oranges. Peel lime.

2. Push pineapple, oranges, and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into two large glasses. Stir ⅓ cup sparkling wine into each glass.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with pineapple spears if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, remove seeds from oranges and lime, and cut all ingredients into pieces no larger than 1-inch.

Liquid Lingo

Sparkling wine is the overall term used to describe wine that contains bubbles of carbon dioxide. It is produced by the French méthode champenoise during which the wine is given a second fermentation that takes place in the bottle, which creates the carbon dioxide. You should only use the term Champagne for those sparkling wines from that specific region of France.

Sparkling Spiced Papaya and Banana Sangria

½ large papaya or 2 small papayas

1 orange

¼ lime

1 banana

⅔ cup very chilled sparkling wine or non-

alcoholic sparkling wine

¼ tsp. ground cinnamon

2 orange slices for garnish (optional)

Serves 2

Prep time:

less than 10 minutes

Each serving:

275 calories

9 calories from fat

1 g fat

0 g saturated fat

3 g protein

55 g carbohydrates

1. Peel papaya, discard seeds, and cut into 2-inch cubes. Peel and quarter orange. Peel lime. Peel and slice banana.

2. Push papaya, orange, and lime through the juicer, and process until juiced. Pour juice into a blender, and add banana, sparkling wine, and cinnamon. Blend for 30 seconds, and pour juice into two glasses.

3. Serve immediately, garnished with orange slices if desired.

Variation: To pulp this recipe in a blender or food processor fitted with a steel blade, remove seeds