Get Your 8 Glasses with Taste: Sangria Water

Every time I go to a restaurant and am served water with lemon wedges I always think to myself "Why do I not do this at home?"  It's a lemon wedge: uncomplicated, easy, and takes 15 seconds to cut, but the difference in taste is amazing. We're lucky, here in the Ozarks, to have great tasting water but that tiny extra makes a lot of difference in how much water I drink, so now I do cut lemon wedges at home for our water.... and limes...and grapes, blueberries, peaches, apples, and so on.

I love the Dannon water commercial that says something like "...at some point it occurs to you to replace one can of sugary soda a day with water..."  I always think "How about all or all but one...that would be even better!"

That's what I do now.  Every evening before I go to bed, I put together a quick a pitcher or two of Sangria Water for the next day by combining whatever fruit I have that sounds good to me at the time.  It only takes a few minutes, sitting in the fridge overnight intensifies the flavors, and we wake to a great tasting drink that doesn't have the sugar of juice or soda. At night, after the water has been downed, the fruit is left to munch on as an after dinner snack.

In the pitcher shown, I used a combination of blueberries and peach slices from the freezer, quartered fresh green seedless grapes, and a lime that I halved, reamed, and then dropped the peels in as well.

 

Comments

[Tanna]

So obvious ... why didn't I think of that! I often do the lemon thing in water or ice tea ... but adding the other fruits and having Sangria water ... that's just brilliant!

[Glenna]

Thanks, Tanna. It really makes it something to look forward to, for me anyway.

[Eileen S. Illum]

What a great idea! I have been putting a few leaves of apple mint in a quart of water in the fridge. Mmmm good! I have been making lemon or lime water to drink with nearly every meal. One lemon is enough to flavor the water for the three of us and helps me feel like we are getting our daily dose of fresh vitamin C. Thanks for sharing! Eileen

[Glenna]

Thanks Eileen! It's so simple, and soooooooooo good!