Sangria

  Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we all know what that means:  family time.  Whether they are your family by blood or your family by marriage, time together is something to be treasured.  While cooking up the feast, you all might enjoy this tasty treat.  Easy to make, plenty to share, this sangria can be whipped up in no time from ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen and bar.

Sangria
recipe and pictures from Prudent Baby

INGREDIENTS:
wine (red or white)
fruit (strawberries, grapes, melon, oranges, apples, pears, etc.)
sugar
carbonated mixer (ginger ale, Sprite, Fanta, Fresca)
pitcher
glasses

DIRECTIONS:
Pour the wine into the pitcher until it is about 3/4 of the way full.  Add cut up fruit, just a little sugar (if you like things sweet) and stir.  The longer the sangria sits the sweeter it gets so don't sweeten it too much in the beginning (unless of course you're planning on drinking it all right away).  This mixture is really strong.  Think of it like a concentrate, so when you pour it into the glass to serve you will want to mix it with a carbonated beverage (about 50/50).

NOTE:  Because the wine is all mixed up, it does have to be expensive wince.  Actually, this is the one time you can buy bargain wine and no one will be the wiser