Today's Water - Strawberry, Orange & Raspberry

Hey everyone!

I have been completely out of the loop & behind on my blog, as you are all aware! Spring is in the air & fruits are coming back in season; well as far as the ones I like for my infused waters. I am going to try my best to keep up with giving you all as many water & food recipes I can.

I have lost 61 pounds so far & another 40 to go to reach my ultimate weight goal before I reassess to determine where I want to go from there. Once I reach that goal, I will be what I weighed in my senior year of high school!!! I'm SO EXCITED!

If anyone has any suggestions on what topic they'd like to see a post on, please feel free to let me know. I see all the traffic that comes through my page, so I know there are so many people reading, so please let me know what you'd like to to read or if you have any questions on anything Ive posted thus far.

OK, so on to the purpose of today's post :)

Strawberry, Orange & Raspberry Infused Water

• 6 Strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 Orange, sliced
• Handful of Raspberries, cut in half

Note: These portions are for a 2.9qt pitcher. If your pitcher is a different size, you will need to adjust accordingly; otherwise, it may not taste very good :) 

Orange & Ginger Water

Orange & Ginger Water

Today's Water 8/2/15

Apple, Lemon, Strawberry, Cinnamon & Mint

• 1/2 Apple, sliced
• 1/2 Lemon, sliced
• 5 Strawberries, sliced
• A handful of torn mint leaves
• 1 Cinnamon stick

Orange, Peach & Mint Water

Orange, Peach & Mint Water

• 1/2 Orange, sliced
• 1/2 Peach, sliced
• A handful of mint leaves, torn (you can actually just throw a couple whole sprigs of mint in without tearing the leaves if you want a stronger mint flavor)

Today's Water - 7/30/15

 

Strawberry, Lemon & Basil Infused Water

 

• 6 Strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 Lemon, sliced
• A few sprigs of basil

 Enjoy!

Why I Drink Infused Water

In my adult life, I picked up the very bad habit of drinking lots of coffee & carbonated drinks instead of water. When I began to be more contentious of what I put into my body, I began to make more of an effort to drink more water. Plain ole water was just not cutting it for me & I certainly do not like the taste of Crystal Light & other types of artificial water flavoring.

One day I got the idea from a friend as well as my sister in law to put fruit in water, so I gave it a try. I began looking up recipes on Pinterest. There are a TON of them out there! I finally was able to figure out what combinations I liked & then it was all history from there. My son even likes it!

Water is your body’s source of life. Being hydrated not only improves your health and naturally flushes toxins out of your body, but water also keeps your skin plump and elastic. God knows I need all the elastic I can get pushing 40 & all!!

Infused water is especially beneficial because it makes the act of drinking water more enjoyable, both for the taste buds and the eyes. As an added bonus, infused water has the sweet fruit flavors of fruit juice but without the extra calories or sugar & it doesn't have a nasty after taste that those artificially flavored fruit waters have.

Today I made Strawberry, Orange & Peach water:

• 6 Strawberries, sliced
• 1/2 Orange, sliced
• 1/2 Peach, sliced  

 

I have a 2.9qt pitcher that I use for my water daily that I bought here. It came with a removable infusion rod that fits inside the pitcher, but what I found is that the water tastes MUCH BETTER without using that, so I don't use it.

Just throw the fruit into the pitcher & fill it up with ice. My refrigerator has filtered water, so the ice does not taste nasty woohoo!!

Next, fill er up with water & give it a quick stir

And there you have it! I just put it in the fridge from here & add more water as needed throughout the day. Whatever you do, DO NOT reuse the fruit tomorrow because the fruit will be 'wasted' by the end of the day & will not have anything left to give. This is something you want to do DAILY folks!