Food is the way into a college student's heart

It's true. If you had to live on cafeteria food every day, wouldn't you appreciate something home made? You know you would.

I had my first meeting with my summer RA staff today. They're necessary to keep the rowdy summer residents in line. I wrote their job descriptions out this week and realized I needed to sweeten them up with something. So I did. I gave one RA some.... very laid back (by the way of cleanliness) suite mates, and decided he needed sweetened up the most. I made his favorite strawberry lemonade.

You will need water, lemon juice, sugar, and a bag of frozen fruit (not the huge bags, mind you, just the normal sized ones).

Start by boiling one cup of hot water and two cups of sugar until its all dissolved and the water is clear. Add two cups of lemon juice to that (if you're feeling really ambitious you can squeeze it fresh, but I'm a lazy RD, I am. Meanwhile, put 7 cups of cold water into a pitcher and a handful of ice cubes for kicks and giggles. Mix your lemon juice/sugar mix into the cold water and add your frozen fruit. Let it sit in the fridge for a while. I like to mash up my strawberries a bit to really get the juice out of it. I've used this recipe with blueberries (I only use about half bag of those). I bet peaches and raspberries would be divine as well.

P.S. No one whined about the job description. Score!