Recipe of the Day
Aloha Sparkle
This refreshing cocktail is perfect for Memorial Day weekend or any summer day. Try it today!
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Continuing our holiday tradition, here are three delicious sparkling water drink recipes for Christmas and Hanukkah.
Glow Water
Ingredients:
4 1/2 cups of Syfo Original Seltzer
1 cucumber, cut into 1/2″ rounds
3 sprigs mint
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 peach, sliced
Ginger, skin removed and sliced into round
1 cinnamon stick
3 strawberries, halved plus 1 lime, thinly sliced
Preparation:
Combine seltzer water with the ingredients of your choice. Stir (and muddle, if desired) your ingredients to release more flavor. Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator until ready to drink.
Acknowledgement: Photo and recipe from https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54179/glow-water-recipe/
Cranberry Pomegranate Bellini
Ingredients:
For the syrup:
1/2 cup unsweetened 100% cranberry juice
1/2 cup unsweetened 100% pomegranate juice
1 cup sugar
For each Bellini:
1 ounce simple syrup
3 to 4 ounces Syfo Original Seltzer
Squeeze of fresh lime juice
Whole cranberries and slices of lime for garnish, optional
Preparation:
TO MAKE SIMPLE SYRUP:
In a small pot, stir together fruit juices and sugar.
Set pot over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
Turn to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring until sugar completely dissolves.Pour syrup in a jar and cool completely. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
TO MAKE A BELLINI:
Pour 1 ounce of cranberry-pomegranate simple syrup into a champagne flute. Top with 3 to 4 ounces of Prosecco. Squeeze a wedge of lime into the bellini. For a garnish, use a toothpick to skewer a whole cranberry and half slice of lime, if desired.
Notes:
If your cranberry and/or pomegranate juice is already sweetened, reduce the amount of sugar in the simple syrup to 1/2 cup.
Acknowledgement: Photo and recipe from https://www.fivehearthome.com/cranberry-pomegranate-bellinis-with-lime/
Sparkling Pear Hanukkah Sangria
Ingredients:
1 (750-milliliter) bottle prosecco, cava, or other dry white sparkling wine, chilled
1 1/2 cups pear liqueur, chilled
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 to 2 lemons)
3 medium green pears, such as D’Anjou or Bartlett, cored and thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups Syfo Peach Pear Naturally Flavored Sparkling Water
Ice (optional)
Preparation:
Combine the prosecco, pear liqueur, lemon juice, and pear slices in a large pitcher. Top with the seltzer. Pour into glasses with or without ice.
Notes:
Pear liqueur substitution: Use St. Germain elderflower liqueur if pear liqueur is unavailable.
Acknowledgement: Photo and Recipe from https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-sparkling-pear-hanukkah-sangria-252498
This year, as part of our continuing tradition of bringing to you delicious sparkling waters beverage recipes for Thanksgiving, we thought we would introduce four recipes that don’t need the alcohol. Perfect for the entire family!
Golden Glow Water
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons honey
1/2 teaspoon molasses
juice of 1 lemon
Syfo Original Seltzer for topping
Preparation:
In a glass jar, combine the water, ginger, turmeric, cayenne, honey, molasses, and lemon juice. Shake well to combine. Chill until ready to drink. Shake before serving. Add ice to 2 glasses, pour over the water and top with sparkling water. Drink. Garnish with citrus slices and fresh mint.
Acknowledgement: Photo and recipe from https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/golden-glow-water/
Holiday Pomegranate Mojito Mocktail
Ingredients:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
4 lime wedges
Ice
4 ounces pomegranate juice
8 ounces of Syfo Original Seltzer
Pomegranate seeds
2 highball glasses
Preparation:
In a small sauce pan, heat the water and sugar over high heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil. Set aside and let it cool. Place two lime wedges, five mint leaves and half of the simple syrup mixture in each glass. Muddle the ingredients together to infuse the flavors. Add in the ice and pomegranate seeds. Then, pour two ounces of pomegranate juice in each glass, followed by about four ounces of club soda. Stir well.
Garnish the tops of the drinks with extra mint and pomegranate seeds. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Acknowledgement: Photo and recipe from https://www.thebutterhalf.com/holiday-pomegranate-mojito-mocktail-2/
Chocolate Coconut Coffee Seltzer
Ingredients:
1 to 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup cold brew coffee
2 to 3 ounces chilled Syfo Original Seltzer
Ice
1 sliced orange
Preparation:
Combine the chocolate syrup and coconut milk in the bottom of a tall glass and stir until evenly combined. Add ice to the top of the glass, top with the coffee, and stir. Garnish with a slice of orange and top with club soda or seltzer water to your liking (we liked 2 to 3 ounces).
Acknowledgement: Photo and Recipe from http://saltandwind.com/recipes/363-Chocolate-coconut-coffee-seltzer-drink-recipe
Keeping track of and cutting down on your sugar consumption can be the key to your health this year and the years to come. But it’s not always an easy thing to do.
The FDA has recently changed the Nutrition Facts label where the “Total Sugars” section now has a line saying “Includes (amount) Added Sugars”. This has caused confusion among some consumers, leading them to believe that they only need to be concerned with the “added sugars” on the food labels versus the “total sugars” (total sugars often includes what is referred to as natural sugars).
Unfortunately, this is not the case. When natural sugars are highly processed, they will have fundamentally similar properties as added sugars. In this article in Augusta Health, dieticians who advise diabetics gave this example with fruit juice: The food label will tell you that 8 ounces of orange soda has 23 grams of “added sugar” while 8 ounces of orange juice (without pulp) has 23 grams of “natural sugar”. While both will cause a rapid spike in blood sugar and a fall, the juice sounds “healthier”. But that is really not the fact.
Now if you chose to eat a medium orange instead, it would contain 10-13 grams of natural sugar as well as fiber and water. The fiber and water will fill you up and keep you from overeating. Also, your body will have to break down the cells of the orange before the sugar can be released and the sugar is absorbed into your blood more slowly. So eating the whole fruit is healthier than either example above.
When it comes to “added sugars”, per the American Heart Association, the daily goal for women is about 24 grams (6 teaspoons) and for men, it is about 36 grams (9 teaspoons). To put that into perspective, a 12-ounce can of cola contains 10 teaspoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of bottled BBQ sauce contains about 4 teaspoons of sugar. You can see how quickly this can add up, especially if the diet is high in processed foods.
The dieticians in the article give you a few tips to help you start reducing sugars in your diet:
• Cut back on sugary drinks. Instead, drink more water, sparkling water, herbal teas, black tea, or black coffee.
• Change your desserts. Instead of cakes, pies, donuts, and ice cream, try fresh fruit, Greek yogurt with cinnamon, or dark chocolate.
• Limit sauces, condiments, and dressings with added sugars. Choose more herbs and spices, mustard, vinegar, lemon juice, pesto, or mayonnaise.
• Choose canned goods without added sugars. Avoid versions that are packed in syrup. Instead, look for “packed in water” or “no added sugar” on the labels.
• Limit sugary breakfast foods. Breakfast cereals, even “healthier” versions, are often loaded with sugar as are muffins and pancakes. Instead, try plain Greek yogurt with added fruit and nuts or eggs with cheese and vegetables, or toast with nut butter (without added sugar).
Understanding the amounts and types of sugar in your diet and cutting back on them where possible will go a long way toward getting off to a healthier start this year. And Syfo Naturally Flavored Sparkling Waters and Original Seltzer are a great way to eliminate the unnecessary sugar you get in soft drinks. Made with 100 percent purified water, our products contain no sugar, sodium, preservatives or artificial sweeteners. Just pure natural goodness.
You can read the entire Augusta Health article here.
Labor Day is a great opportunity to relax, rejuvenate and have fun. To help you get the most out of the last holiday weekend of the summer, enjoy these refreshing beverage recipes with a sparkling Syfo touch.
Rangpur Strawberry Crush
From delish, here’s a perfect late-summer recipe:
Ingredients:
4 strawberries
1 1/2 oz. Tanqueray Rangpur
1 1/2 oz. Syfo Lemon-Lime Naturally Flavored Sparkling Water
Preparation:
Prepare strawberries in a highball glass. Add crushed ice and Tanqueray Rangpur and top with Syfo Lemon-Lime Naturally Flavored Sparkling Water .
Sparkling Cojito Cocktail
Courtesy of the kitchn website, here’s a cool refreshing variation of the mojito. The recipe serves six.
Ingredients:
1 bunch fresh mint, keep a few sprigs to the side for garnish
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons water
4 limes juiced
3 cups coconut rum, like Blue Chair Bay
1 liter Syfo Original Seltzer
Ice
Lime wedges for garnish
Preparation:
In a large pitcher, combine the mint, sugar and water, and muddle. Add the lime juice and rum, and stir to combine. Fill the pitcher with ice and add the seltzer. Pour into ice filled glasses and garnish with a sprig of mint and a lime wedge.
Red, White & Blue Spritzer
Ingredients:
White Wine (we chose Moscato)
Lemon-Lime Syfo Naturally-Flavored Sparkling Water
Frozen Blueberries & Strawberries
Preparation:
Pour 4oz of chilled Moscato and 2oz of Syfo Lemon-Lime Naturally-Flavored Sparkling Water in a glass. Top with frozen blueberries and strawberries and enjoy!
Watermelon Slush
Ingredients:
2 ½ cups of Watermelon
1/3 cups of Pomegranate Juice
Syfo Original Seltzer
1 cup of ice
Vodka (optional)
Preparation:
Blend fresh watermelon, pomegranate juice and ice. Add 1 part of slush blend and 1 part of Syfo Original Seltzer in a glass. Add an optional shot of Vodka or liquor of your choice.
Summer Breeze
Ingredients:
Cranberry Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Syfo Wild Cherry Naturally-Flavored Sparkling Water
Ice
Pineapple Wedge
Vodka (we chose citrus flavor)
Preparation:
Pour 1 part cranberry juice, 1 part grapefruit juice, and 1 part citrus vodka in a shaker over ice. Shake well. Pour mixture in a glass and top with Syfo Wild Cherry Naturally-Flavored Sparkling Water. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple and enjoy the summer breeze.
The summer is now in full swing, and this year more than ever people are anxious to get out in the fresh air and have fun in the sun all summer long. But with all that heat and activity, it’s important to remember to take care of a critical health issue – staying hydrated.
Luckily, that doesn’t mean having to stick to drinking only plain water throughout the summer. Sparkling water is a great way to stay hydrated and still enjoy a tasty, refreshing drink.
Contrary to some misconceptions, sparkling water is as hydrating as plain water. In 2016, researchers examined 13 drinks and gave them a beverage hydration index (BHI) as compared to regular water. The team found that sparkling water was every bit as hydrating as still water.
The one caveat, however, is sodium content. Sparkling water that has a higher sodium content than plain water can indeed be less hydrating. Enter Syfo Naturally Flavored Sparkling Waters.
Our products contain no sodium – in fact, they contain no preservatives, artificial sweeteners or any other additives. With four delightful all natural flavors that tickle the tongue, Syfo is a fun way to stay hydrated during the summer and the entire year.
So grab a cooler, your favorite bottle of Syfo and bask in the sun and the fun of being outside.