Smart Sips
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Smart Sips
Here are fabulous ideas for refreshing drinks with no added sugar.
Ingredients
- Cucumber Mint Thinly slice one cucumber. Add the sliced cucumbers to a ½ gallon glass jar, add 8 muddled fresh mint leaves, and fill with filtered water. Stir gently and place in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Citrus Blueberry Slice two organic oranges into thin slices (leave the rind on for better flavor). Add sliced oranges and 1 cup of blueberries to a gallon size glass jar. Add filtered water to fill the jar and stir gently. Store in refrigerator and allow at least 4 hours to infuse.
- Pineapple Mint Peel and thinly slice about 1/4 of a pineapple. The more thinly sliced the pineapple, the more flavor it will infuse. Add to a ½ gallon size glass jar with 10-12 leaves of muddled fresh mint. Add filtered water to fill and stir gently. Store in refrigerator.
- Watermelon Basil Add about 2 cups of finely chopped fresh watermelon (without rind) to a gallon-size glass jar. Add 15 leaves of muddled basil and filtered water to fill. Store in refrigerator and allow at least 4 hours to infuse.
- Strawberry Lemon Add 15 fresh strawberries, washed and finely sliced to a ½ gallon glass jar. Add one sliced lemon with rind on. Fill with water. Stir gently and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight and enjoy.
- Grapefruit Raspberry Add one grapefruit, thinly sliced with rind on, to a gallon-size glass jar. Then add ½ cup slightly muddled fresh raspberries. Add water and mix well. Store in refrigerator for at least 4 hours before drinking.
- Watermelon Aqua Fresca Add 3 cups seeded and chopped watermelon flesh, 3 cups cold water and juice of one lime to a blender. Pulse on high until thoroughly liquidated. Taste and add a drop or two of honey if needed. If there is a lot of fruit fiber in the aqua fresca, strain the liquid into a large pitcher. Then add lots of ice so it’s chilled.
- Sun Smart Sip Infusions Using any of the Smart Sip infused water recipes above, put the fruit/veggie/herb/water mixture out in the sun instead of the fridge. The heat of the sun will help the flavors be stronger.
- Inspired from wellnessmama.com