If you want a non-alcoholic beverage that still satisfies, try this festive mocktail–a mock-up of a traditional bubblini–from The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods. It hydrates you and even helps you work towards your daily fruit quota. It’s perfect for someone who wants to bypass alcohol, but still enjoy their bubby!
Yield: 2 drinks
Serving size: 1 8-ounce glass
Each serving has:
65 calories
0 g total fat
0 g saturated fat
0 g trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
3 mg sodium
17 g carbohydrates
0 g fiber
17 g sugars
1 g protein
2 percent iron
Ingredients:
2 cups sparkling or mineral water
1/4 cup 100 percent cranberry juice
1/4 cup 100 percent apple juice
Zest of small orange
Directions:
Pour the sparkling water into fluted champagne glasses or any other glass, add the cranberry juice, and zest a bit of orange into each glass; top with a twist of orange rind. Sip and celebrate the day.
Source: Posted with permission from The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods (Alpha Books/Penguin, July 2011) by Victoria Shanta Reteiny, RD, LDN.
Full disclosure: The author sent me a free copy of her book.
