Growing up, my mom made and us kids drank ALOT of Kool-Aid. It was cheap (less than 10 cents an envelope I think), it was easy (I was making it myself from about the age of 8 or so), it was kid-approved, and it was the 70s. Cut her some slack, ok?

Today, I don’t buy Kool-Aid. It really doesn’t jazz my adult palate, but I know that kids tend to like sweet, color, and fruitiness in a drink, so I do have some standbys for when I’m entertaining the under-10 set. This is one of them.

Mango Lime-Ade

2/3 to 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup lime juice
1 9.6 ounce can Goya Mango Nectar
Water

Dissolve the sugar in about one cup of boiling water (I boil the water in the microwave and then pour over the sugar in the bottom of a sturdy glass pitcher). Combine this with the lime juice and mango nectar in a 64-oz pitcher. Stir well to combine, then add water and ice to fill the pitcher.

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Hard to beat on a summer day! I know I’ve been posting a lot of beverage recipes lately, but it is HOT here in this urban jungle …