Super Easy Spritzer

A great alternative to soda, this spritzer still has a nice fizz.  Boxed juice that you buy at the store has had most of the nutrients removed from it during the pasteurization process. By squeezing a fresh orange at home, you are getting more of the healthy benefits of the fruit.  Keep the amount of juice low to flavor the spritzer without adding too much sugar.

1 Juicer
1 orange (or other citrus fruit of your choice)
1/2 lemon
Soda water or seltzer
Ice to taste


Juice the orange and the half lemon and mix the juices.  Pour the juices over ice in two cups, and then top with seltzer or soda water.  Stir and enjoy.

Make your own Cafe Mocha (low sugar)

If you must drink caffeine, coffee is a much better choice than soda.  In this recipe, you can vary the amount of coffee and milk to your tastes.  More milk will make the drink more calorically dense, more coffee will make it so the drink has more caffiene.

I take mine with very little coffee.

1/2 cup coffee
1/2 cup warm milk (whole milk from a local farm is best)
1.5 tbsp. quality Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp raw sugar
dash sea salt

Put the milk in a saucepan over medium-high heat and wisk in the sugar and cocoa powder until they are melted and the milk is warm. Continue to stir as you add the coffee. Heat to your liking. Pour into a mug, add a dash of sea salt.  Delish.