Sizzling? Try These Summer Drinks!

 I am a Manitoban - and I'm not sure we fully understand 'the heat wave.' Sure, yesterday got to plus thirty degrees celcius where I live and we felt it with a heated vengeance. For those wondering, 30 degrees celcius translates to 86 degrees fahrenheit......those in the southern USA can commence laughter.

I have talked to people from Florida, Texas and California - and they are all surprised at our inability to cope with these searing temperatures. We seem to be winter people. I've heard of temperatures above 100  fahrenheit - that's 37.8 degrees celcius. Craziness! I do remember a year when it was plus 45 celcius. That was warm!

Today is shaping up to be another humid and hot day - so we're going to create some refreshing beverages for this afternoon. We love the warm weather.

Enjoy the recipes - and stay cool.

WATERMELON LIME SMOOTHIE

• 2 C watermelon chopped
• 1/4 C water
• Juice of 1 lemon

Blend in blender and it is done!

We could lay out all of the amazing nutritional things watermelon and lime possess - but this time....just enjoy and know we're doing great things for our bodies!

Soda is never good for us - but during warm/hot weather we have to be especially careful not to drink soda and not water - water keeps us from dehydration. There are no viable liquids in soda.

 

CRANBERRY LIME COCKTAIL

• 1 C frozen cranberries
• 2 – 2.5 C water (depends on how you like it)
• Juice of 1.5 limes
• 2 tsp of honey (or another sweetener)

That is it!!

Super fast and super easy!

Lovingly put everything in the blender and watch magic happen!


Special thanks to Raw Food Made Simple for the recipes.