It’s summertime and the living is easy, and it’s hot as heck. Proper hydration not only helps us cool down on hot days it’s essential for every single metabolic function in the body. And adding electrolytes helps to get that water into your cells where you need it the most, which is why I love this easy, tasty hydrating drink. Skip the bottled, artificial ingredient laden sports drinks and instead whip up a batch of Cucumber-Mint Sports Drinks to stay hydrated when you need it the most.
Cucumber-Mint Sports Drink Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sicilian Lemon Juice or 1/2 cup each fresh lemon and fresh lime juice (available at Trader Joe’s)
- 1 organic English cucumber
- 1 cup fresh mint and mint sprigs
- 1 liter unsweetened coconut water
- 1 tsp Himalayan sea salt
- 1 food grade silicone ice cube tray
Instructions
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Combine lemon juice, coconut water and sea salt, stirring to dissolve salt.
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Chop mint and stir into liquid mixture.
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Pour some of the liquid mixture into ice cube tray and freeze to make sports drink cubes. Be sure to have sliced mint in each cube.
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Slice cucumber into rounds.
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Place sports drink ice cubes ineach glass, add 3-5 cucumber slices, pour 4oz of sports drink liquid in theglass and top with sparkling water.
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Stir and be refreshed
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Kristen Coffield
I am the Founder of Active Grandparenting™ & The Culinary Cure™ and Author of Active Grandparenting. I am a passionate advocate for food as medicine, life navigator and culinary coach. This is my space for sharing what excites, inspires and motivates me to live my best life. It began as a recipe blog for nourishing, simple, weekday meals and has become something much bigger… a guide to resilient wellness. I am excited to share my knowledge of how daily habits can cumulatively help you to live like you mean it and age like you want to.