Melon Cooler

By Christy Rost

Ingredients:

½		cup ripe cantaloupe, cubed
½		cup lemonade
		Ice cubes
¼		cup ginger ale
1		ounce mango nectar
1		ounce simple syrup

Purée the cantaloupe with the lemonade in a blender until the mixture is smooth, and transfer it to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Add ginger ale, mango nectar, and simple syrup. Cover, shake until the mixture is chilled, and strain it into a cocktail glass.

Yield: 1 cocktail