It’s so easy to overindulge in alcoholic drinks in the summer. Who doesn’t love cocktails with friends when it’s balmy outside and light well into the evening. This summer, why not drink to your health? It’s easy to reduce your alcohol consumption by discovering a fav mocktail. Put it in your favorite cocktail glass, add a garnish, and voila, you will have a satisfying non-alcoholic drink.
Try our Blueberry-Lime Margarita — it’s a breeze to make! It will give your body ample potassium to help manage fluid and energy balance and loads of health supportive antioxidants-all without the excessive calories and refined carbohydrate of traditional margaritas. The unbelievable flavor will easily satisfy any summer fruity drink craving, too. Cheers!
While we are on the topic of cocktails, here’s a common question: It’s summer and I really want a cocktail, will having one ruin all my hard work? Find out here.
Blueberry Lime Margarita
Servings: 4
Ingredients
4 cups ice
2 cups organic frozen blueberries
1/2 cup organic unsweetened pomegranate juice
1/2 cup seltzer
1/2 cup fresh organic lime juice
4 organic lime wedges, for garnish
sea salt, for garnish (optional)
Preparation:
- In a blender, place the ice, blueberries, juice, seltzer, and lime juice
- Blend until smooth
- If salting the rim of the margarita glasses, rub a lime wedge around the
- rims of 4 glasses.
- Dip rims lightly in sea salt
- Pour Margarita into glasses and place lime wedges on the rim of
- the glasses
- Serve and enjoy!
Meet Melissa: Melissa Rapoport is the Manager of Health Coaching and Lifestyle Programming at Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook, NY. She combines her graduate work in Developmental Psychology with her education in nutrition, health and coaching to create highly individualized programs that result in lifetime change. A contributing author to three international bestselling books, Melissa’s greatest joy is her relationship with her two daughters. To learn more about Melissa’s coaching practice at Blum Center for Health, click here.