5 Delicious Fruit-Infused Water Recipes To Drink Instead Of Soda
POSTED ON May 15, 2015 BY Drew Canole
Article source: Natural News Blog
By: Jeery Park
These healthy water recipes are a fantastic refreshment instead of sodas or nasty-store-bought vitamin water! Drinking water has some many health benefits from hydrating your body to keeping your skin looking good.
Strawberry, Lemon, and Basil
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- 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
- 1 tablespoon sugar, raw (or other)
- 6 basil leaves, fresh
- 5 strawberries, small (or 3 large strawberries, quartered reserve 1 thin slice for garnish)
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 3⁄4 cup soda water
- Combine fresh lemon juice, raw sugar, basil, whole strawberries, and salt in a pint glass. Muddle ingredients with a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon until sugar dissolves. Add ice cubes and soda water and stir until chilled. Strain into a 12-oz. glass filled with ice cubes and garnish with a strawberry slice.
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Strawberry, Lime, and Cucumber
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- 8 large strawberries
- 1 cucumber
- 2 limes
- Slice the limes, cucumber and strawberries
- Put them into a large container/pitcher of water
- Cover and let sit in the fridge over night
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Rosemary and Grapefruit
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- 1 cup chipped ice
- 4 slices fresh grapefruit
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1¼ cup cold water
- Place ice in tall glass; set aside.
- Combine grapefruit and rosemary in large cocktail shaker. Mash well with back of a wooden spoon or muddler.
- Stir in water; cover and shake.
- Strain into ice-filled glass and enjoy.
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Blueberry and Lavender
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- ¼ cup dried lavender
- 1½ cups boiling water
- ¾–1 cup white sugar (depending on desired sweetness)
- 10 lemons
- ½ cup fresh blueberries
- 2 Tbsp. water
- Place lavender in a bowl, pour boiling water over it and steep for 5-10 minutes, depending on desired strength (we steep ours for about 7 minutes). Strain the lavender, stir the sugar into the lavender water, then pour into a pitcher over ice. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice into the pitcher, add cold water and stir. In a blender, puree blueberries with 2 tablespoons of water. Add puree immediately to lemonade and stir well. Adjust sweetness and lemon strength accordingly. Garnish with a few fresh blueberries on a toothpick. Makes about 8 servings.
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Watermelon and Mint
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- 1 medium size watermelon, peeled, deseeded and chopped
- 1 or 2 tbsp mint leaves/pudina
- black salt as required
- chaat masala as required
- ice cubes (optional)
- In a blender, add the watermelon and mint leaves.
- no need to add water. blend well.
- pour the watermelon juice in tall glasses and sprinkle some black salt and chaat masala from top. add ice cubes if required.
- garnish watermelon juice with some mint leaves
- and serve watermelon mint juice.
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Sources:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/melissaharrison/fruit-infused-waters
http://bembu.com/detox-water-recipes
http://eatlocalgrown.com/article/13166-14-amazing-fruit-infused-water-recipes-to-drink-instead-of-soda.html
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