Tuesday, June 26, 2012

LIME-onades

Hello!
How much are y'all enjoying Summer so far? Feeling a little perched?
I have two neat drink recipes for you to quench your thirst.
Super easy, as usual, sugar free and tasty. Made with 100% fresh ingredients!

First off, I have a Strawberry, Mint LIME-onade.
Why Lime-onade? Well because it's made with limes and not lemons!
When life hands you limes...

Here is what you will need (for one glass)

  • the juice of 1 lime (about 1/4 -1/3 cup)
  • 6-7 mediums size ripe strawberries, rinsed (the dark red ones)
  • 5-6 leaves of fresh mint
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of agave nectar (you can also use about 1 to 2 tablespoons of splenda, honey, stevia)
  • ice cubes
  1. Using a blender or Mortar and pestle, grind the strawberries to get the juices out. It should give you about 1/3 cup of juice. Whether you use the mortar or the blender, filter the juice from the flesh using a strainer.
  2. In a tall glass, drop in the mint leaves. Using the pestle or the end of a wooden spoon, grind the mint directly in the glass, just as you would for a mojito.
  3. Add the lime juice, the strawberry juice, the agave nectar and mix well. You can add the sweetener little by little and taste along the way. That way you can sweeten it to your liking.
  4. Fill the glass with cold water, leaving about an inch at the top. Put in 2-3 ice cubes and garnish with a strawberry and fresh mint leaves. Voila!


Next up, it's a blueberry LIME-onade.

The ingredient go as such:
  • the juice of 1 lime (about 1/4 -1/3 cup)
  • 10-15 blueberries
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of agave nectar (you can also use about 1 to 2 tablespoons of splenda, honey, stevia)
  • ice cubes
The steps are the same, minus the mint crushing. Pop in a few blueberries to make it pretty and you are done!
So delicious and so easy!

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