Homemade Vitamin Water

I ’m a passably lazy weewee imbiber . It ’s terrible to let in , especially when I spend so much time alfresco and take the hydration . But sometimes water is just dull , and some fancy flavored thing in a nursing bottle seems so much nicer on a hot summertime mean solar day .

But since we were swigging beers all Clarence Shepard Day Jr. yesterday ( anyone else have a littletoomuch play on July 4 ? ) , it ’s a fine day to get those vitamins back in our bodies so we can keep swigging more beers this weekend . Here ’s how .

Not - so - fun fact : Did you recognize that Vitamin Water — the bottled stuff in the store that claims to be full of sprightliness - giving vitamin and minerals — actually is n’t ? It should n’t be any surprisal since Coca - Cola owns the brand , and considering the 2d factor on its label — crystalline fructose — is just a euphemism for corn syrup . So , what you ’re really getting is a bottleful of sugar H2O fortified with dubious vitamin postscript .

But just as easily as you may run down to the stock for a fount of Vitamin Water , you may make your own vitamin water at home . The real stuff and nonsense . The good clobber . And best of all , you could make many more feeling than you could ever find in the store ( without those strange technicolors attached to them ) using just fruits and herbs .

Fresh , right , in - season fruits provide your vitamins and antioxidants in a refreshful sip . And oz. for snow leopard , herbs control more phytonutrients than almost all the produce sold in your supermarket . They ’re specially high in anti - fungal and anti - seditious properties , and can even lower blood pressure sensation ( basil ) , advertise digestion ( quite a little ) , improve memory ( rosemary ) , relieve bloat ( salvia ) , preclude lineage clot formation ( tarragon ) , and even protect mind cell from free radicals ( thyme ) . All that in a little sprig of herbaceous plant . Who ’d a thunk ?

Citrus-Basil-Mint Vitamin Water

Makes 2 cubic decimeter

Ingredients

9 cups water1 birdlime , sliced1 lemon , sliced1 pocket-sized Citrus paradisi , sliced1 small orange , sliced2 tablespoons minced mint2 tablespoon soften basil

Making Your Homemade Vitamin Water

I used orange mickle to complement the citrus H2O , but feel free to use any multifariousness you have . I also used myAfrican Blue Basil the Great , but a sweet sweet basil ( like Genovese ) would be delicious as well .

Since you ’ll be infusing the citrous fruit with their rinds , be sure to wash and scrub up them good .

gently puddle the citrus slices in a hurler , toss in the fresh herbs ( minced as finely as you may — you ’ll be salute this stuff ) , then add up body of water . Stir well and let the vitamin water infuse in the fridge overnight .

I often drink an integral pitcher in one day , so as the conditions get warmer and I ’m in the mode for something novel , I ’ll infuse a unexampled pitcherful of vitamin water every sidereal day . I commonly infuse the fruits and herb doubly , then compost the variety and make a new batch . ( After replenish the original twirler , I ascertain that the fruit and herbs jump to lose their tone once I ’ve made two pitchers with them . )

Here are a few more of my favorite recipes … you’re able to instill almost any fresh fruits and herbs together , so give a manus at your own combination and go crazy with it ! This is a really fun way to use some of those fancy herbaceous plant in your garden too . I maturate peppiness tidy sum , apple mint , pineapple sage , perilla , basswood balm , maize vervain , stinker thyme , and several type of sweet basil from hot to sweet , and find that they ’re pure for make infused waters and tea .

With all fruit , muddle them a bit before adding the herbs and water so you get all those good juicy benefits !

Day at the Spa Vitamin Water

9 cup water1 small cucumber vine , sliced1 lemon tree , sliced2 tablespoons soften mint

Citrus-Rosemary Vitamin Water

9 cup water1 lowly grapefruit , sliced1 small orange , sliced1 tablespoonful minced rosemary

Pineapple-Mint (or Perilla) Vitamin Water

Ingredients:

9 loving cup water1 cup cubed pineapple2 tablespoon soften mint ( or if you’re able to get your hands on genus Perilla — also know as Japanese shiso or Vietnamesetía tô — which is part of the mint family , apply that instead for a fragrant whirl ! )

Berry-Sage Vitamin Water

9 cups water1 cup whole Chuck Berry ( blackberries , hiss , blueberries , or a mix)1 tablespoon minced sage

Strawberry-Kiwi-Basil Vitamin Water

9 cups water1 cup halve strawberries1 cup cubed kiwi fruit ( or utilise 1 linden , sliced)2 tablespoons minced basil

Watermelon-Lime-Mint Vitamin Water

9 cup water1 cup cubed watermelon1 lime , sliced2 tablespoonful mince mint

Cherry-Lime-Tarragon Vitamin Water

9 cups water1 cup pitted and halved cherries1 fluxing lime , sliced1 tablespoonful minced tarragon ( or apply 2 tablespoons minced mint )

Blueberry-Peach-Thyme Vitamin Water

9 cup water1 cup whole blueberries1 cup cube peaches1 tablespoon minced thyme

Minty Peach Vitamin Water

9 cups water1 cup cube peaches2 tablespoon minced mess

Homemade Vitamin Water

Just as easily as you could run down to the store for a case of Vitamin Water , you could make your own vitamin H2O at abode . The real poppycock . The good stuff . And best of all , you could make many more feel than you could ever come up in the store ( without those unusual technicolor attach to them ) using just fruits and herb .

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