All Natural Sugar Free Fruit Soda/Ginger Ale
I was never really a soda/pop drinker. (Seeing young, soda-addicted patients with a mouth full of rotted teeth is enough to scare anybody), but then i learned how sugar (esp the man made ones) is toxic for any growing body (including your own!).
Ingredients
1 pound fresh ripe strawberries
carbonated water
honey (optional)
lemon (optional)
Instructions
Wash and trim the strawberries. Place them in a food processor and pulse until they are rough chopped, then scrape down the sides of the machine. Puree until completely smooth. Let the machine run for a minute or longer to insure a nice smooth puree.
Push the mixture through a mesh strainer, using the back of a large spoon to make sure as much of it gets through as possible. Most all of it should go through, leaving just the small seeds behind. You should have approximately a cup and a half of puree.
To make soda, use 2 tablespoons of the puree for each 8 ounces of carbonated water. Mix and then serve immediately. You can adjust the amount of puree for a lighter or stronger flavor.
The fruit puree will keep in a sealed jar in the refrigerator for a week.
If you like you can add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to perk up the flavor of any fruit soda, and conversely, if you find your soda is too tart, add a touch of honey.
Homemade Ginger Ale – Sugar Free and Paleo
INGREDIENTS
1/2 lime or lemon
1 cm ginger root
250 ml soda water Make your own!
INSTRUCTIONS
Slice the lime, or lemon, in half.
Juice half of the lemon or lime into a glass.
Grate some ginger root into the same glass.
Fill the glass to the top with cold soda water.
Enjoy served cold!
