11 cooling refresher Recipes

yellow cake mix, eggs (or as called for by your cake mix), oil (or as called for by your cake mix), water (or as called for by your cake mix), instant coconut cream pudding mix, milk, cream cheese, block (at room temperature ), crushed pineapple, drained, cool whip

sugar, water, cubed watermelon (without seeds) or 3 cups other melon, ice cubes, lemon , juice of, plus grated rind, cooled strong-brewed tea , from a cherry or almond tea bag (you can try other flavors, too)

strong rooibos brewed tea, cooled, orange juice, lemonade, chilled, soda water, chilled, lemon, sliced, fresh mint leaves, crushed ice

cool whip lite, mandarin orange segments (can use 2 cans if you really like them), crushed pineapple in juice or 1 (16 oz) can pineapple chunks in juice, white cake mix (any brand works ), diet orange soda or 12 oz regular orange soda

yellow cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, mandarin oranges, frozen whipped topping, thawed (cool whip or store brand ), instant vanilla pudding

strawberry, plain yogurt, lemon juice, drops lemon extract (no more than 1/8 tsp or so), sugar, fresh mint leaves, crushed (dried mint just isn tsp the same for this!)

instant tea, sugar, warm water, pineapple juice, frozen lemonade, slightly thawed, vanilla extract, almond extract, ice water, vodka (optional)

chopped broccoli flowerettes blanched in boiling water for 3 minutes and then plunged in ice water to refresh., chopped celery, chopped green onion, green and white both, toasted slivered almonds, fried bacon , cooled crumbled-use more if you want, red grapes, green grapes, chunked chicken (taken from a rotisserie bird), mayonnaise, seasoned salt, sugar, white wine vinegar (or apple cider)

garlic, finely chopped, juice of a lemon, lemon zest, olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, broccoli florets, blanched and refreshed, red bell pepper, seeded and chopped, farfalle or bow ties, cooked, drained and cooled, northern white beans, drained and rinsed