10 Healthy Summer Spritzers

3. Lime-Mint Spritzer

Any mojito fan will love this virgin refreshment from Our Best Bites. One more reason to love mint!

Make It:

8-10 large mint leaves
3/4 c. fresh lime juice (about 7 small, juicy limes)
Add truvia sugar to taste
1 24-oz. bottle of sparkling water (like Perrier)

Chop the mint leaves and press your allotted sugar into the mint with the back of a spoon. Add the lime juice and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the sparkling water and serve over ice.

4. Strawberry Champagne Spritzer

If anything you should make this recipe from Linda Wagner just because it is pretty. Poppin’ bottles!

Make It:

1 bottle champagne or sparkling water
1 pint strawberries
6 lemons
3-4 springs of mint
Truvia to taste

Slice strawberries into vertical slivers and tear up mint leave and add to a large pitcher, squeeze the juice from the lemons and gently mash the ingredients with a wooden spoon. Add champagne or sparkling water and add a drop of stevia or agave into each glass before serving.

5. Cranberry Spritzer

Don’t you think that the flavors of cranberry and orange cause you to have a magnetic pull to your patio? Thanks Food Network for this stellar combo.

Make It:

12 ice cubes
2 ½ cups of seltzer or sparkling wine
2 cups 100% cranberry juice
 tablespoons of honey OR 1 tablespoon of agave
1 orange thinly sliced

Place ice cubes into pitcher, add seltzer or wine, then add the 2 cups of cranberry juice. Mix in honey/agave and add orange slices. Each serving is approximately 100 calories!

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