Drinks For The Preggo Wife

[Dave P]

Hey Beyond.

The wife is having a hard time finding a drink she can drink lots of. She drinks a lot of water, but gets sick of it (even with lime, lemon, orange slices, etc). She doesn’t want to drink anything with sweeteners or aspartame, and doesn’t want to drink high calorie juices or pop.

Telling her to just suck it up at this point would be harmful to my health.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks Team!

[carson blocks]

I like the True Lime and True Lemon packets, makes water more palatable and is stronger tasting and easier than sliced lemon / lime. It's still water, but I can't think of really many other drinks that aren't high calorie, yet don't have artificial sweeteners etc.

[dirtsniffer]

Soda water? Coconut water?

[Disoblige]

Club soda, a full lime or lemon, 2-3 teaspoons of sugar, mix and serve!
This makes usually ~2 cups worth.

Yum, and should be under 50 calories too.

[taemo]

what type of drink is she looking for mainly

maybe tea, apparently rooibos tea is good for pregnant women especially since it doesn't have caffeine

i like to buy this at T&T. I put 1/3 in a glass and rest water.

[FixedGear]

getting sick of drinking water? first world problems

[blitz]

Homemade Iced Tea with next to no sugar. We do it with jasmine tea all the time.

[interlude]

I would highly recommend picking up a Soda Stream and Home Outfiitters. They have a big selection of flavors to choose from. She can pick up the soda flavors where they use cane sugar.

[theken]

You can get stevia drink sweeteners. Mix with club soda and you have a refreshing beverage that feels like your getting a real drink in you

[Strider]

Italian soda

Club soda + syrup. Pick up a half dozen flavors and let her go nuts (she can control the sweetness).

I'm partial to Monin syrups (although they're a bit pricier) - Cappuccino King has an great selection. Could also go with Torani syrups (Second Cup uses these), you can find these for $6 a bottle at Real Canadian Wholesale.

[CanmoreOrLess]

Coconut water from CostCo, best value.

Tonic water with a slice of lime.


Kukicha tea (no caffeine, drink hot or cold):
http://www.macrobiotics.org.uk/recip...46/Kukicha-tea


Watermelon Smoothie
-2 cups of chopped watermelon
-Juice of 1 small lime
-1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint (optional)
-1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root (optional)

Preparation:

Blend all ingredients until smooth.
Serves 1

[yellowsnow]

start juicing? wife and i bought a juicer a few months ago and we feel it's been great for our health.

my fav is grapefruits, carrots, apples and a lemon... mmm

we also stuff spinach, kale, cucumbers, and any type of fruit.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by carson blocks
I like the True Lime and True Lemon packets,

Where are you buying these? The Co-Op by my house used to have them, but stopped at least a year ago. I find them excellent with gin, when I'm at someone else's house.

[kaput]

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[firebane]

Originally posted by kaput
Almond milk

vanilla flavored

[carson blocks]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Where are you buying these? The Co-Op by my house used to have them, but stopped at least a year ago. I find them excellent with gin, when I'm at someone else's house.

I think I got my last boxes at either Safeway or Sobeys in Airdrie but it was a while ago. They've got a really good store locator on their site that even tells you which products the store carries and where in the store they're located (if the info is accurate).

http://www.truelemon.com/store-locat...map&Itemid=143

So, just straight gin with a packet of lemon or lime? Interesting, I'll have to try it.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by carson blocks

So, just straight gin with a packet of lemon or lime? Interesting, I'll have to try it.

Gin and tonic with lime. Obviously at home I use real sliced limes, but when out and about, I'm not going to go cutting a lime up at some one else's party, lol.

Thanks for the link! Safeway close to me carries it

[OU812]

water with a splash of jizz?

[phreezee]

Buy a sodastream and carbonate fruit juices (apple, pom, grape, blueberry).

[sxtasy]

Try the Santa Cruz organic juices, they are pretty good and should be healthy enough

http://www.santacruzorganic.com/products/juices