Herb Mocktail Recipes
Spring Thyme Lemonade
Author: Maryanne Cabrera, The Little Epicurean
Servings: 6 cups
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 4 ½ cup filtered water
- ¾ cup Thyme Infused Simple Syrup, or more according to taste
- ice cubes, as needed
Thyme Infused Simple Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 fresh sprigs thyme, preferably lemon thyme
INSTRUCTIONS
Lemonade
- Stir together lemon juice, water, and thyme simple syrup. Add more syrup depending on taste preference.
- Refrigerate.
- Serve chilled with ice.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of thyme.
Thyme Infused Simple Syrup
- In a medium sauce pot, combine water, sugar, and thyme.
- Bring to a boil until sugar has dissolved.
- Remove from heat.
- Cover sauce pot and let thyme steep for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove thyme sprigs and allow simple syrup to cool to room temperature.
- Transfer to airtight jar and keep chilled in the fridge.
Pineapple-Basil Mocktail
From: Southern Living
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup ice
- Pineapple-Basil Simple Syrup*
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 (12-oz.) bottle club soda, chilled
Pineapple-Basil Simple Syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup firmly packed basil leaves
INSTRUCTIONS
Mocktail
- Fill a 2-qt. pitcher with ice.
- Stir in Pineapple-Basil Simple Syrup and lemon juice.
- Add chilled club soda just before serving.
Pineapple-Basil Simple Syrup
- Bring sugar, pineapple juice, and water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring just until sugar dissolves.
- Boil for 2 minutes. (Do not stir.) Remove from heat.
- Add basil leaves and steep for 10 minutes.
- Press through a wire-mesh strainer into a bowl, using back of a spoon to squeeze out liquid; discard solids.
- Cool completely (about 20 minutes).
- Transfer to a jar; cover and refrigerate up to 3 months.
Grapefruit Rosemary Fizz
By: Lexie Parsons on FitOn
INGREDIENTS
- 4 oz. fresh squeezed grapefruit juice (about 1 grapefruit)
- 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 cup sparkling water or kombucha
- 1-3 tsp. honey, to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Mix grapefruit juice, lemon juice, and honey in a glass.
- Top with sparkling water or kombucha and stir.
- Add ice, rosemary, and a grapefruit slice for garnish.
Strawberry Lychee "Nojitos"
By: Molly Conway on Grateful
Servings: 4 12-oz. drinks plus extra fruit
INGREDIENTS
- 1 can (20 ounces) lychees in syrup, with juice reserved
- 1 pint strawberries, stemmed
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 2 bottles (20 ounces) club soda, seltzer, or clear carbonated drink such as 7Up
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place 2 strawberries, 2 lychees, and 3–5 mint leaves in each glass and muddle together until well combined and fragrant.
- Fill each glass nearly full with soda water.
- Add 1–2 tablespoons lychee syrup to each glass and adjust sweetness to preference with lychee syrup.
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