Non-Alcoholic White Sangria

Well, it's hot and summer is here! What better way to celebrate than to make a nice pitcher of sangria and relax with your friends? Or whoever you want to relax with. I adapted this recipe from this yummy list of drinks.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup of sugar
1 cup of orange juice
1/2 a fresh lemon, sliced
1/2 a fresh orange, sliced
1 small apple, cut into wedges
1 peach, cut into pieces
4 cups of white grape juice
4 cups of ginger ale

How To:
1. Assemble all your ingredients and supplies. I don't have an orange squeezer, so I had to make-do with a lemon squeezer.

2. I decided to go all out and use freshly squeezed orange juice. The lemon squeezer was a bit small, but it worked.

In the end I needed just a little bit more juice, so I squeezed a quarter of an orange and ate the other quarter.  (note the other half of the orange waiting to be sliced)

3. Add the orange juice, grape juice, and sugar to the pitcher and stir until all the sugar dissolves. On a homemaking note, keep those orange peels and run them through your garbage disposal. It'll make your sink and kitchen smell nice and citrusy.

I wound up using this white cranberry peach juice in place of regular white grape juice because it was on sale when I went to the store this morning. Plus I figured it would go with the fruity/summery theme. 

4. Slice/dice/cube/whatever the remaining fruit and then add it to the pitcher. I started doing little wedges for the apples, but gave up and started cutting them into chunks instead. 

 Stir it all in if it needs it.

5. Chill in the refrigerator for several hours. 

6. Shortly before serving add the ginger ale. This is actually a one liter bottle, which is slightly over 4 cups. 

7. Enjoy!