Healthy DIY Vitamin Water

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 1 serving

Source: This is my own recipe and photo

Ingredients:

• Produce: Fruits and/or cucumber
• Filtered Water
• Fresh Herbs

It is important to use fresh fruits and herbs for these waters to get the best taste and full nutritional benefits.

Steps:

1. Take a 1 quart (or liter) glass mason jar and fill 1/3 of it with diced, sliced or cubed produce. Slightly press the produce to release its juices. Fill with water and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
2. Strain and pour back into the jar and enjoy!
3. Make sure you use ripe or very ripe fruit to ensure a sweet water. This will not be sweet like commercial waters but it is tastier. I also reuse the produce again to make a second jar.

Tasty Combinations:

• Watermelon and Cucumber
• Watermelon, Lemon and Fresh Mint Leaves
• Cucumber and Lemon (nice detox one)
• Lime, Lemon and Orange
• Watermelon and Fresh Mint Leaves (just a few leaves)
• Strawberry and Basil Leaves
• Raspberry and Fresh Ginger
• Peach and Mango

Lemon and Watermelon are great as a detox. Mint and Ginger are helpful for digestion. Strawberries are like nature's multivitamin! Citrus Fruits have a lot of Vitamin C!

Cucumber water has MANY benefits such as helping with hydration, menopause, hangovers and blood pressure. It also has anti-inflammatory benefits and antioxidants, contains B Vitamins, vitamin C, manganese and beta carotene.

Use your imagination, so many possibilities!