Citrus Coolers

I did a recipe for Strawberry-Rhubarb Lemonade a few weeks ago that called for creating strawberry lemonade ice cubes and pouring a lightly sweetened soda over them. I loved that sipper so much that I decided to do something similar with citrus fruit.

The best thing about this recipe is that you can have all the ingredients on-hand—both the ice cubes and soda store great for an extended amount of time—making it easy to pour one or a few anytime the mood strikes.

This recipe makes a slightly sweet drink—which is the way I like them—but play with it a little to see what level of sweetness works for you. Need to adjust it? Just add or cut the amount of honey. Easy.

Choose from three flavors below. Drink up!
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Citrus Coolers
Drinks | Vegan, Gluten-Free
Prep time: 5 min  |  Ready in: 8 hrs, 5 min  | Yeilds: 3 to 4 coolers

Ingredients: For each flavor, you will need 1 liter of plain soda or carbonated water.

• Lemon-lime:
  2 limes
  2 lemons
  3 tablespoons honey
• Grapefruit:
  1 grapefruit
  2 tablespoons honey
• Orange:
  3 oranges
  2 tablespoons

Prep: 

1. Juice the citrus fruit.
2. In a blender, mix the fruit juice and honey.
3. Pour into ice-cube trays.

To serve, pour 12 ounces of room-temperature soda or carbonated water over 3 or 4 ice cubes.

Cheers!