Category Archives: Beverages & Smoothies

Healthy Watermelon Drinks for the Active & Adventurous

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This post is sponsored by The National Watermelon Board However, all opinions, ideas and enthusiasm are completely my own.

Cheers to watermelon, it’s my favorite fruit to eat . . . and drink! I love watermelon anywhere and any time of year. With the last long weekend of summer approaching, I’m sharing some Healthy Watermelon Drinks for the Active & Adventurous to keep you hydrated weather you’re tubing down a river on Labor Day or on a swishing down a mountain later this winter.

Healthy Watermelon Drinks for the Active and Adventurous

This watermelon drink round-up includes a brand-new addition for your enjoyment – Watermelon Apple Cinnamon Switchel.  Read on to get all the juicy, good news about drinking watermelon and, the back story on making the Switchel (the flavors were picked by YOU), and, of course, my yummy watermelon recipes mixed up with whole food goodness and a sprinkle of my “living on the wedge” craziness. Continue reading →

Beverages with Benefits for an Active Lifestyle

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Bookend your day and get a little pick-me-up in the middle with a delicious, healthy drink that offers a nutritional boost for your body. While I’m not an all-in fan of liquid diets, juice cleanses or drinking a bunch of calories (I’d rather chew!), I do think that the right beverage consumed at the right time can fill in any nutritional gaps to keep your body humming along.

Read on to get all these better-for-you “beverages with benefits” that are especially helpful to runners and athletes – cheers! Continue reading →

Salty Tart Cherry Shooter (with Collagen and L-Carnitine) for Pre & Post Run

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When I head out the door for a hot and humid run, I don’t want a lot of water sloshing around in my stomach or creating a pit stop (that’s why I drink most of my water as soon as I wake up and an hour or so before heading out the door). However, I do need a little refreshing pick-me up before hitting the trail, track or pavement, and my Salty Tart Cherry Shooter (with Collagen and L-Carnitine) for Pre & Post Run is a great solution.Salty Tart Cherry Shooter

This 3-ounce drink tastes great and will keep you from feeling bloated with liquids – plus the ingredients are concentrated to provide a boot of nutrients to help optimize your running performance and recovery. Read on to get all the details and easy recipe: Continue reading →

Peach Ginger Tea Slushie – Refined Sugar Free

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Sweet Sunday sippin’, it’s National Iced Tea Day! Who doesn’t love some sweet tea poured over ice? Today I’m sharing a way to take your tea drinking to a whole ‘nutha level with my Peach Ginger Tea Slushie, it’s a thirst-quenching beverage that will cool you down and rock you right off the porch. It’s low-cal, paleo-friendly, whole 30, and refined sugar free, read on the get the recipe (and some other iced tea recipes too).  Continue reading →

Grilled Pineapple Jalapeño Iced Tea

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Friends, I have the perfect drink recipe to kick up your next warm-weather shindig! Say “Yee-haw and yes, please” to Grilled Pineapple Jalapeño Iced Tea! Flame-kissed, juicy tropical pineapple is muddled and mixed into fresh-brewed Milo’s Tea which has been infused overnight with spicy jalapeño peppers —  it’s easy, it’s unexpected, it’s a bona fide boot-stompin’ beverage!Grilled Pineapple Jalapeno Tea

Read on to find learn more about Milo’s tea and get the recipe: Continue reading →