Summer Recipes
Here is a page with fun mocktails and ice cubes for summer. Download from link below or scroll to see recipes.
Here is a page with fun mocktails and ice cubes for summer. Download from link below or scroll to see recipes.
Here is a page with fun mocktails and ice cubes for summer. Download from link below or scroll to see recipes.
3 REFRESHING MOCKTAILS
Is it even summer if you don’t have an ice-cold drink in your hand? We think not. Those sweltering, hot days call for a tall glass of something fresh, cool, and flavorful. Whatever your tastes, we’ve got you covered with this list of DIY summer mocktails the whole family can enjoy.
Cucumber Lemon Cooler
Looking for a drink that pairs well with your summer salads and grilling go-tos? Enter the cucumber lemon cooler. Refreshing and fizzy, it’s the crisp complement to any BBQ meal. Since the flavor is nice and light, use ice cubes instead of crushed ice to avoid diluting your drink too quickly. (Cubed ice will take longer to melt in the hot sun.)
Ingredients
½ cucumber
2–3 drops Lemon essential oil
1 lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon honey
4 ounces club soda or sparkling water
Mint leaves for garnish, if desired
Instructions
Chop cucumber into small pieces and mix with Lemon Vitality, lemon juice, and honey in a bowl. Let sit for 10 minutes to allow the flavors to infuse.
Place cucumber mixture in the bottom of a mason jar and pour club soda on top. Add ice and mix well.
Add mint for garnish.
Blue Mule Mocktail
This fun and fruity DIY mocktail gets its name from its ocean-blue hue. Whether you’re chilling at the pool or lounging by the AC unit, our blue mule mocktail makes every day feel like a tropical vacation
Ingredients
8 blueberries
1 tablespoon honey
1 ounce lime juice
2–3 drops Lime essential oil
5 ounces NingXia Zyng
Thyme sprig for garnish
Instructions
Mix blueberries with honey in a bowl.
Pour blueberry-honey mixture into a copper mug or glass.
Add fresh lime juice and Lime Vitality.
Fill to the top with Zyng.
Garnish with more blueberries, sprig of thyme, and a slice of lime if desired.
Rosemary Grapefruit Refresher
Sweet citrus brings out rosemary’s lemony notes in this light summer drink. Elegant and sophisticated, our rosemary grapefruit refresher is a must-have for intimate grill-side gatherings and small summer soirees. To make it, you’ll start with a rosemary simple syrup that’s as delicious as it is, well, simple.
Ingredients
1 cup water
¼ cup rosemary leaves
1 cup sugar or honey
3 ounces grapefruit juice
2–3 drops Grapefruit essential oil
3 ounces NingXia Zyng
Rosemary sprig for garnish
Instructions:
To make the simple syrup:
Add water, rosemary leaves, and sugar or honey to a pot. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar or honey dissolves.
Simmer for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and let the syrup steep, about 30 minutes.
Strain the rosemary leaves out.
Store in a sterilized glass jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
To make the rosemary grapefruit refresher:
Add 1 tablespoon of rosemary simple syrup, grapefruit juice, and Grapefruit Vitality to a shaker. Top with ice. Shake well to combine.
Fill a glass with ice. Pour mixture in and fill to the top with Zyng.
Garnish with rosemary sprig.
Honey-Lavender Lemonade
6 Lemons, juiced
1 lime, juiced
½ cup honey
2 drops Lavender essential oil
10 cups ice water
Combine all ingredients except water, then add water to taste. Stir until well mixed.
REFRESHIING ICE CUBES
YL tip: Each of these recipes is made for a standard ice cube tray containing twelve 1-ounce molds. Does your ice cube tray have fourteen molds? No worries—just add a little more of each ingredient to the mix. After you fill up your molds, is there a sliver of space left at the top? No stress—just add a bit more water. Not getting quite enough or maybe a little too much essential oil flavor? You’re the chef—do what makes your taste buds sing!
Most importantly, make it yours and have fun!
If you’ve got the time, you can achieve a crystal-clear ice cube—perfect for showing off all the fruits and herbs inside. Bring distilled water to a boil, let sit for 30 minutes, bring to a boil again, let cool down, and pour into an ice cube tray. The boiling helps get rid of impurities and air bubbles for clear ice.
Now that you’ve got the look down, master the most delectable ice cubes ever:
Use any essential oils to concoct your own culinary creations.
Add essential oils to something that will help their flavor disperse, such as fruit or puree, since oil and water don’t combine well.
Mix and match fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers.
Try mashing and pureeing fruit and herbs for different flavor bursts.
Include NingXia Red or fruit juice for an even sweeter treat.
Lemon-lime ice cubes
Do you know anyone who can resist the sharp, bright tastes of lemon and lime? We don’t! That’s why these ice cubes, with their thirst-quenching flavor, are a hit at summer get-togethers. Whether adult friends are headed over for a movie marathon or kiddos are running around avoiding the bunk beds, no one will turn down a drink of citrus flair as they party the night away!
Ingredients
One lemon
One lime
6 drops Lemon essential oil
6 drops Lime essential oil
10 ounces water
Instructions
Cut the lemon and lime into six pieces each and squeeze the juice from each wedge into a bowl. After the juice is squeezed out, drop the wedges into the bowl.
Add essential oils to the bowl. Mix well to combine the juice with the oil and cover the fruit.Place a lemon or lime wedge in each ice cube mold.
Cover with water and freeze.
Lavender-peach ice cubes
If tea time isn’t a habit in your home, it should be! Who doesn’t love a scrumptious snack at 2 p.m.? Whip up some mini sandwiches, grab your favorite cookies, and fill up a pitcher with your favorite iced tea or lemonade and these gorgeous ice cubes. With an elegant touch of lavender and lots of luscious peach, any old Tuesday afternoon will become the highlight of your week.
Ingredients
Lavender sprigs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 peach, peeled and pureed (about 2 ounces)
12 drops Lavender essential oil
10 ounces water
Instructions
After your peach is peeled and pureed, add essential oil and mix well.
Evenly disperse lavender sprigs among the ice cube molds.
Mix the peach/oil mixture with water and pour into molds.
Freeze.
Raspberry-rosemary ice cubes
Why can’t every sweltering day come with an icy blue pool to jump into? No fuss—we’ve got the next-best thing! The next time the temperatures soar, grab some raspberries and rosemary (bonus points if they come from your summer garden) and make these ice cubes. Just a little herby with a dash of sweet, this mouthwatering ice will turn any punch or juice into a summer staple!
Ingredients
Rosemary sprigs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 cup raspberries, rinsed
12 drops Rosemary essential oil
10 ounces water
Instructions
Put raspberries and essential oil in a bowl and mix well to cover the fruit with oil.
Evenly disperse the raspberries and rosemary springs among the ice cube molds.
Cover with water and freeze.
Blackberry-basil ice cubes
Take your next soiree from simple and nice to sophisticated and cool with one thing: fancy drinks! When guests see mocktails and drinks waiting for them, dressed up with blackberry and basil ice cubes, they’ll be giddy over an invite to such a fancy party. Don’t forget a swinging playlist and some mood lighting for good measure.
Ingredients
1 cup blackberries, rinsed
3–12 drops Basil essential oil
10 ounces water
Instructions
Add half the blackberries to a bowl. Use a muddler, potato masher, or fork to partially smash the blackberries.
Add a few drops of essential oil and mix well. (In this recipe, we recommend you start with 3 drops and work your way up to 12 since Basil Vitality has a very strong flavor.)
Evenly disperse the other half of the blackberries into your ice cube molds.
Combine the muddled-blackberry/oil mixture with water and pour into molds.
Freeze.
Orange-mint ice cubes
The only thing to make an exquisite meal better is to follow with a decadent dessert! After you’ve dined, add these citrusy, minty ice cubes to sparkling water and pair with a chocolate treat. Trust us when we say nothing makes a better combo than the tempting tastes of chocolate, orange, and mint.
Ingredients
1 orange, peeled and sliced
Handful of mint leaves
6 drops Orange Essential Oil
6 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
10 ounces water
Instructions
Add the mint leaves to a bowl. Use a muddler, potato masher, or fork to partially mash up the mint leaves.
Add essential oils and mix well.
Place a piece of orange and a spoonful of the mint/oil mixture into each ice cube mold.
Cover with water and freeze.
