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Healthy Mocktails For Pregnancy

Being pregnant has its fair share of awesome experiences (I personally love the kicks!) but it also has some not-so-fun moments either (read about my second experience here). One of those experiences is not being able to drink… especially during the nice, warm summer months! For myself personally, this is a struggle. Which is why I rely on healthy mocktails so I can pretend 😛

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I personally live in Canada and thus summertime isn’t something to covet! I love being outside in the sun, active, pool parties and of course, cracking a cold drink.

However, for some reason I also apparently love to be extremely pregnant all summer long. My babes are late August/early September babes and thus I head into the nice weather.. and my third trimester.

The majority of time this isn’t an issue. But on particularly nice weekends, when everyone is hanging around the yard it gets a bit eye twitchy for me. And thus, I have come up with these fancy and healthy mocktails!

My issue with most mocktails is that they’re strictly juiced based. Normally a combination of cranberry and orange juice with pop, grenadine or simple syrup added in.

While these definitely taste yummy, they’re not exactly ideal for a growing baby (or your overall health).

These summertime , healthy mocktails are simple, refreshing and contain minimal ingredients. To be fair, they’re not overly sweet. And thus, if you’re looking to sweeten them up a bit I’d recommend liquid stevia drops as a good place to start.

All of the healthy mocktails make 1-2 drinks depending on how much perrier you prefer to add!

Orange Grapefruit Sparkle

• 1/2 medium orange, freshly juiced
• 1/2 medium grapefruit, freshly juiced
• 1 cans original perrier
• Ice
• Orange for garnish

Juice the orange and grapefruit and pour over ice into a glass. Top with perrier and stir to combine. Add an orange wedge for garnish.

Simple Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade

• 1/2 lemon, freshly juiced
• 5 raspberries
• 1 can original perrier
• 5 drops stevia (or 1/2 teaspoon cane sugar)
• Ice
• Raspberries for garnish

Muddle the raspberries into the bottom of a glass. Add in the lemon juice, ice and top with perrier. Add in the stevia and stir to combine. Garnish with raspberries

Orange Cranberry Twist

• 1/2 an orange freshly juiced
• 1/4 cup pure cranberry juice
• 1 can original perrier
• 2 lime wedges (half a lime)
• Stevia as needed
• Ice

Mix the cranberry and orange juice together and squeeze in one wedge of lime. Fill a glass with ice, pour in the juice and top with perrier. Garnish with a lime wedge

Blueberry Mint Refresher

• 1/4 cup fresh blueberries
• 6-8 mint leaves
• 5 drops stevia
• 1 can original perrier
• Ice
• Blueberries for garnish

Muddle the blueberries and mint together. Fill a glass with ice and scrape the mixture on top. Add the stevia and the perrier. Mix well. Top with more blueberries.

Virgin Jungle Juice

• 1/4 cup raspberries or blueberries
• 1/4 cup chopped strawberries
• 1/2 orange, freshly squeezed
• 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
• 1 can original perrier
• Lime for garnish

Muddle together the berries and 1 tablespoon of the pomegranete. Pour the orange juice over top f them and let sit for 20-60 minutes to infuse. Pour into a glass, top with ice and perrier. Mix well. Garnish with remaining pomegranate seeds and lime wedge.

Don’t forget to pin these healthy mocktails to beat the summertime heat!

You may not get tipsy but these pregnancy  healthy mocktails are both refreshing and contain no processed sugars! Going the extra effort to make sure they look pretty will help you get though the long, hot summer (at least you can pretend!). Not only are these options tasty but they won’t leave you with a wicked summer hangover either!