What a better way to celebrate summer than to use in-season ingredients that have the bonus of giving us better sleep — like this Cucumber Cherry Lime Mocktail!
Although this craft mocktail contains cherry juice, which is essentially straight fructose, the cucumber’s fiber will help blunt the blood-sugar spike. Also, tart cherry juice has mega phyto-nutrients and antioxidants!
{If you’re diabetic or pre-diabetic, please be smart about consuming drinks with fruit juice. This is technically sugar free, but that only means ‘added sugars’. The fruit juice still contains fructose!}
Cucumber Cherry Lime Mocktail
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup cucumber peeled and chunked
- 1/8 cup tart cherry juice Montmorency cherry juice
- 1/8 cup lime juice fresh is best
- 4 oz seltzer water plain, unflavored
Instructions
- In high-powered blender cup, place cucumber chunks, cherry juice, and lime juice.
- Pulse 20-30 seconds until completely smooth.
- Pour into glass over ice cubes.
- Fill with seltzer water and serve.
