I am not a drinker as far as alcoholic type drinks. In fact, the drink I love most is water, I know, I’m weird. But once in a while I like a couple of other types of drinks, so I thought I would share those today.

My favorite drink without a recipe would be lemonade. I mean real lemonade, not water with lemons in it. I really do not like lemon slices in my water. I love tart and I love lemons. Limeade is a pretty close second, with orange juice coming in third. Actually, I think I could go for any one of those juices. I think I have a thing for tart and citrus.

Consequently you won’t be surprised by my favorite drink recipe. If I am going to make some sort of punch for a gathering or party (which I usually forget about and just have water), I will either have some sort of citrus like the above, or I will do one or the other of the two below (I have no idea of the name of the first).

I love to have lemon-lime soda and orange sherbet ice cream. Scoop the ice cream into a punch bowl in about 1/4 cup scoops and then pour the soda over top of the ice cream. This is my favorite drink. I don’t really like soda all that much, so I like the addition of the sherbet.

If you have lime sherbet then you can make one called a Yoda Soda. At least that’s how it was introduced to me in one of my kids elementary school classes. Using the lemon-lime soda again as the base. I actually think the lime one is more my favorite than the orange, but they’re both really good.

And lastly, along the same lines, at least once a year I have a root beer float. I rarely drink all my soda, but I love that crusty edge of ice cream where the soda made bubbles and the flavor of creamy root beer. Weirdly enough, I don’t like cream soda at all. Maybe it’s nostalgia from childhood, I don’t know, but I do love a root beer float on occasion.

I really do think that water is the best drink, but for special occasions I like some sort of punch. The more tart the better. What is your favorite non-alcoholic drink?