When I’m deep in a training cycle for a distance race, I tend to cut back on drinking alcoholic beverages. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy a hazy IPA or a nice glass of red wine every once in a while (balance, right?!), but I generally feel better removing alcohol and added sugar from my diet as much as possible. Still sometimes I want to feel fancy and have a fun drink in the evening. Enter the Sparkling Blood Orange Mocktail. This 2 ingredient recipe can be stirred up in about 30 seconds. I find it tastes best out of your fanciest wine glass. I hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
Serves 2
- 1 can of lemon Spindrift (or sub sparkling water and 2 tbs fresh lemon juice)
- 1 blood orange (half for the juice, half for garnish)
Directions
- Pour 1/2 can of lemon spindrift into your fanciest wine glass. If you don’t have spindrift or want an easy alternative, just use regular sparkling water with 1 tbs fresh lemon juice!
- Squeeze juice from 1/4 of a blood orange into your beverage & stir to combine.
- Slice another 1/4 of the blood orange and add the slices as garnish.
- Enjoy!
This mocktail brings all the fun of a cocktail without the sugar or alcohol hangover. Next time you’re feeling fancy but you still want to feel fresh in the morning, try this out! Let me know your favorite mocktail recipes in the comments below or message me on Instagram @haven_quinlan!
