Mocktails are non- alcoholic cocktails. They offer a wide range of ingredients
like fruit juices, veggie juices, spices, herbs, mineral water, ice and
sweetener. Also known as mock cocktails, they’re a delicious, refreshing
alternative to an alcoholic drink. And for people who don’t want to broadcast
that they’re avoiding alcohol, mocktails are the perfect answer. If you
ditch the alcohol and choose healthy ingredients, including a healthy
low-calorie sweetener such as stevia, you can avoid a boatload of calories not
to mention a hangover.
So if you want to get rid of the winter “pudge” and that muffin top, add
mocktails to your spring shape up plan. You should also feel a lot better when
you wake up in the morning.
You may also want to try a
short juice fast with mocktails before dinner.
Icy Spicy Gazpacho
2 tomatoes, cut in chunks
1 cup fresh carrot juice (about 5–7 carrots)
1 lemon, juiced, peeled (if putting it through a juice machine)
1/4 cup cilantro, rinsed and chopped
1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 small jalapeño, chopped
3 radishes
Place the tomato chunks in a freezer bag and freeze until solid. This is
optional.
Or you can use fresh tomatoes placed in the blender; then you would need to add
ice cubes.
Pour the carrot and lemon
juices into a blender and add the frozen tomato chunks, cilantro, salt, cumin,
jalapeño, and radishes. Blend on high speed until smooth but slushy;
serve immediately. Serves 2.
Lemon Sipper
With less than 10 calories, this is an ideal low-calorie, vitamin C–rich thirst
quencher.
1/2 lemon, washed or peeled
if not organic
1 cup unsweetened mineral water
2–3 drops liquid stevia
4 ice cubes
Juice the lemon and pour the
juice into a glass over ice. Add the mineral water and stir to combine.
Sweeten with stevia to taste.
Cherie Calbom MSN holds a Master of Science degree in whole foods nutrition
from Bastyr University. Known as “The Juice Lady” for her work with juicing and
health, she is the author of 32 books including her latest The Juice Lady’s Guide to Fasting and Sugar Knockout.
