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Non-alcoholic cups of cheer are still fun
How can you avoid drink-driving?
There are several ways you can plan ahead to avoid drink-driving:
Drink zero-alcohol beers, mocktails, or regular soft drinks.
Make sure you’ve got some taxi numbers in your phone or know how to get home using public transport.
Nominate a designated driver who stays on the soft drinks and takes the group home at the end of the night.
And if you really don’t trust yourself – hand over your car keys to a trusted friend or colleague.
Some non-alcoholic mocktails:
Non-alcoholic cocktails can still be packed with plenty of cheer. Driver’s punch Ingredients: 100g cranberry 100ml/3½fl oz cranberry juice 500ml blood orange juice (Sanguinello) juice of 1 lime thin wedges of lime thin wedges of orange mint sprigs 600ml Appletise, sparkling apple juice drink To prepare: Put the cranberries into a medium size, rigid freezer container, cover with water (by about 2.5cm), freeze until solid.
Mix the cranberry juice in a large jug (about 1.5 litre) with the orange and lime juices.
To serve, smash the sheet of frozen cranberries into shards and put in the bottom of eight highball glasses.
Put a wedge of lime and orange and a mint sprig in each glass, then pour in the mixed fruit juices and top up with Appletise.
Non-alcoholic tropical fizz
A handful of strawberries, hulled and halved One kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped Two pineapple rings, chopped Sparkling apple juice Tropical fruit juice Soda water To prepare: Fill eight glasses with a mixture made up of strawberries, kiwi fruit and pineapple rings.
Fill the glasses with equal amounts of chilled sparkling apple juice, chilled tropical fruit juice and chilled soda water.
Serve immediately.