Recipes: Natural Flavored Water.......

Do you remember that post I posted about lemon water? Well, think of this as the next step. Move over the soda, juice, and other store bought drinks because natural flavored water is all you are going to want!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of fruits
• Herbs (any kind that you like for example, mint, basil, sage, or rosemary)
• Water
• Ice

Supplies:

• 2 quart pitcher or Jar with lid 
•  Muddler or wooden spoon

The basic formula when making this flavored water is to take a sprig of herbs (at most a handful) if you are using it, and bruise gently remembering not to break into pieces. Use the muddler or handle of a spoon to do this. Next add two cups of fruits that you would like to use in jar or pitcher. Press down or twist the muddler or spoon on the fruits just enough to release the juices of the fruits you are using. Fill the jar with ice and then add water. Lastly put the mixture in your handy dandy refrigerator and let it sit for one day covered. After that enjoy!

2 of my favorite combos are the watermelon + rosemary and pineapple + mint. Other good ones are: the all citrus with no herbs (1 orange, 1 lemon, and 1 lime sliced into rounds and then cut in 1/2), raspberry+ lime with no herbs ( quarter 2 limes + 2 cups of raspberries), and blackberry sage ( 2 sprigs of sage with 2 cups of blackberries). 

I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I do!