Boost Your Glass Of Water With A Jolt Of Summery Goodness
, Sunday, July 12 2009, 02:20 PM
Everyone is always looking for ways to stay cool and refreshed during the summer months and chugging water is one way to achieve that, but sometimes it needs a little sprucing up.
Ever thought about plunking a few pureed fruit cubes into your plain glass of water?
Although we've all probably seen "fruit ice cube" ideas throughout the years in various different magazines, it's a nice idea that bears repeating.
Personally, I love the concept but I've never bothered to try it -- HOWEVER, I think that it's a perfect way to use up a bumper crop of fruit or cucumbers from your garden...or if you find a great produce sale and you just don't know how to use it all before it spoils, then whiz it through the blender using one of the recipes below.
These cube recipes are courtesy of the latest issue of Body & Soul, but I have no doubt that there are tons of other combinations online.
I really don't think that it's rocket science -- I'd just use these recipes as a guide and just go a little crazy in the kitchen using whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand.
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CUCUMBER BASIL PUREE
Combine 1 cup water, 1 peeled and seeded cucumber, 1/4 cup torn basil and a pinch of coarse salt in a blender. Freeze mixture in an ice cube tray.
ORANGE LIME MIX
Mix 1 1/2 cups orange juice, 2 tablespoons lime juice, and 1 teaspoon lime zest in a bowl and pour mixture into ice cube trays to freeze for later use.
LEMONADE RASPBERRY
Create lemonade by dissolving 2 tablespoonsof sugar into 1 cup of warm water. Stir in 1/3 cup of lemon juice. Pour into ice cube tray. Place a few fresh raspberries into each cube along with a sprig of mint and then freeze.
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Just a thought -- you could also make "jumbo sized" cubes and freeze a popsicle or swizzle stick into them so that you can twirl the whole thing around in your glass of water as it melts.
It's like creating mini frozen fruit smoothie chunks for your glass of H2O!
Can anyone throw out some good sounding combinations?
Watermelon and cucumber?
Banana and kiwi?
Blueberry and pomegranate?
becky baglio
said on August 13, 2009
Linda Lucille
said on August 13, 2009
Altx
said on August 13, 2009
Megan
said on August 13, 2009
Vick Lantz
said on August 13, 2009
Plastic bottles are made using petroleum and they have to be shipped to different destinations.
Eating organic fruits and veggies don't use pesticides which run off into our water systems and then have to be cleaned out of the system. It is also much healthier for your body and therefore you will be less likely to get sick. Using CFL's or energy saving appliances saves you money on your electric bill but also reduces your dependence on foreign oil. The oil has to be shipped on huge tankers that sometimes spill into the environment, remember Exxon Valdes in Alaska which we are still hearing about 20 years later? Also shipping is a huge dump on the environment.
Anyway, read some of the great blogs on Greenwala, ask questions and create dialogues with the community to answer some of those questions.
Glad to have you here.