Friday, October 22, 2010

Thirsty?

Here are some ideas for low calorie/no calorie beverages:
  • Water - try putting a bit of lemon or lime juice in for a change 
  • Tea - Serve hot or cold over ice. Caffeinated or decaffeinated. Different varieties come from the same plant (Camellia sinensis) but vary in the fermentation process and include black, green, white, and oolong. Herbal tea isn't really a tea as it comes from different plant sources but still tasty all the same! I don't use any dairy/whitener but sometimes "sweeten" my tea with E.D. Smith Syrup or Erythritol.
  • Coffee - Serve hot or cold over ice. Caffeinated or decaffeinated. Try new flavours like Irish Cream, Chocolate, Hazlenut, or French Vanilla. Again I don't use dairy or whitener but there are sugar free coffee syrups available - caramel, chocolate, vanilla, irish cream and more! 
  • Diet Pop/Soda - most of they are sweetened with aspartame except for the ones below...
    • Zevia - Dr. Zevia, Cola, Gingerale, Orange, Black Cherry, Twist, Ginger Root Beer (sweetened with stevia + erythritol)
    • Diet Crush Orange, Diet Crush Grape, Diet Cream Soda, Nestea Zero, PC Free & Clear (sweetened with sucralose)
  • Nestea - Field Berry, Summer Peach, Citrus Tea, Lemon Green Tea, Pink Ribbon Lemonade, White Cran-Raspberry, Pomegranate Blueberry, Apple Gogi, Pear Mangosteen
  • Crystal Light - Dark Cherry Pomegranate, Lemonade, Original Iced Tea, Raspberry Ice, Strawberry Orange Banana, Lemon Lime, Tangerine Grapefruit, Pink Lemonade
  • Jello - Yes, sometimes I'll make up a package of sugar free jello and pour some into a cup and drink it!
  • Club Soda with Juice - Use a bit of lemon, lime, or grapefruit juice to flavour the soda. Orange juice would be okay as well but it has a few more calories. Try this with diet Sprite, diet 7-Up or diet Gingerale as well...
  • Hippy Gingerale - Cut up a ginger root into a 4 cup measuring cup and pour boiling water over it. Let it cool then add a bit to a glass of club soda (I usually put in a bit of E.D. Smith syrup and some lime juice to spice it up a bit!) Originally from http://berrybluetoes.blogspot.com/2009/06/raw-gingerale.html

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