Recipe- Welcome Summers With Refreshing Pineapple Cooler

Sweetened with fruit, this Pineapple Cooler is a delicious drink for kids without extra sugar! Skip the soda and make this for your kids at home. This Pineapple Coolers is not only super quick to make, but there is no added sugar or sweeteners. The pineapple itself is sweet enough to make a refreshing delicious drink. Pro pineapple tip: Turn your pineapple upside down on your counter to let it ripen and all of the sweetness will run through the pineapple. I find when my pineapple is really ripe, I don’t need to add any sweetener to this yummy drink. ⁠

Ingredients

1 small/medium pineapple cored, rind taken off, and coarsely cubed for the blender
2 cups water or combo ice and water if you wish for it to be slushie
1 tsp almond extract
juice of 1/2 lemon this is optional

Method

- For a Smooth Drink, put everything into a high powered blender and using the juicing option blend until smooth.

- For a Slushie Drink, put the pineapple, 1/2 cup of water, almond extract, and lemon juice into a high powered blender and using the juicing setting blend until smooth.

- Add 1 1/2-2 cups of ice to the blender and pulse until the ice is the size you want for the drink.

- You can blend a lot for small ice pieces or just pulse a little for more of a crushed ice.