Getting on this "living healthy" train is not as easy as it looks really. What with the exercises, tasteless foods, gallons of water (oh the horror..), fruits... etc. It's a miracle to look away from all that chocolate and cake and fatty meat and ice cream and fizzy drinks... *sigh*
Oh well, our bodies need the break..
So with that little bit of encouragement, I have decided to make my seemingly boring diet, not so boring anymore!
Believe it or not, I'm not a water person. And to all my fellow non water drinking peeps lets have a moment of silence in unison to what will soon be the death of our silly habit.
To think of it, almost everything contains water. So while we are thinking of popping the next soda, let's try to make our own beverages and that'll help kill two birds with one stone.. drinking water and drinking healthy.. may not be fizzy but at least it'll taste nice.
Today I made a Ginger water tang! (Err... Maybe I should work more on the name..)
INGREDIENTS:
2 GINGER
HONEY (AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE)
1 LEMON (JUICE)
1 TEASPOON GROUND CINNAMON
2 GREEN TEA BAGS
WATER
BOTTLE/FLASK
METHOD:
Boil some water, enough to fill up your bottle.
Put your ginger in a blender and blend (skin and all)
Drain/strain your blended ginger using your boiled hot water. Throw away the chaff and fill up your bottle with the ginger water.
Put in your green tea bags in your bottle, squeeze in some lemon juice (as much as you like) and pour in your honey and cinnamon.
Tightly cover your bottle/flask and shake well. (Careful as water may be very hot)
You could give yours a twist by letting it cool and adding some ice cubes! Great for summer!
Et voila!
Easy Freaking Peasy!
And you've got yourself one helluva ginger zinger beverage! (Name still needs a little more work..lol)
Enjoy..
Oh.. and don't forget to keep a bottle *wink*... you just might be creating the next big beverage to hit the healthy eating community! Chao! xx
