Soda Swizzler

Favorite can of soda pop
Fruit popcicle

On a hot summer day, take a can of your favorite soda pop and cool it down while giving it some flavor. Choose a cola or a lemon-lime (even diet). Pour the can into a pint glass. Take your favorite fruit popcicle (whole or half-bar style) and stick it upside-down into the glass of soda. Use it to stir and add flavor to your soda as it melts and cools your soda instead of ice.

Try these flavor combinations:
Cola soda & lime popcicle
Lemon-lime soda & cherry popcicle
Root beer soda & coconut popcicle
Orange soda & orange creamcicle
Cola soda & fudge popcicle

Cider Brats

1 package of your favorite brats
1 bottle of your favorite cider
sliced adequate amount of fruit corresponding to the cider

put brats, fruit and cider in pan and cook over medium-high heat until brats are done. serve brats and cover with cooked fruit.

variation:

replace fruits with vegetables like onions, bell peppers, eggplant, tomatoes. put the veggies in the pan with some olive oil and brats. cover and cook on medium-high. stir occasionally and when the brats are slightly browned or the veggies start to carmelize.