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Hi, I'm Jessica Cording. I'm

a registered dietitian health coach and author and today

I wanted to talk about how to make non-alcoholic beverages

enjoyable.

If you're new to reducing your

alcohol intake or cutting out alcohol completely it can

be really daunting to adjust to it first. So yes,

reminding yourself of all of the health benefits

of not drinking alcohol or drinking less alcohol

that can help but it's

also important to make sure that what else you're drinking

is really enjoyable because that's a really important piece

of making this sustainable.

So a mocktail is essentially just

a non-alcoholic beverage, you know, sometimes you

know, you'll see water as

the primary, you know alternative but

beyond water which yes, it's our best way

to stay hydrated but for incorporating some

pleasure some flavor when it comes to drinking non-alcoholic beverages.

There's a wide world to explore

So I really encourage playing around with different

flavors different different seasonings.

And there's a few things to keep in mind though because just because something is

not alcoholic doesn't automatically mean

that it's healthy right because sodas, you know, those are

not alcoholic so I wouldn't encourage just experimenting, you

know, play around with different. So yes, so

juices things like kombucha teas shrubs.

A different at this even a whole world of non-alcoholic wines

beers and spirits and

I'll be real I've tried a lot of them many of

them are terrible, but there are some that are actually good. So I

do encourage exploring.

Better yet, make your own.

So well, so when

I say make your own I mean, you know, and I've encourage experimenting with

making your own non-alcoholic beverages. So we're

gonna do a mocktail recipe today that encompasses several

different just really beautiful flavors because that's

really important. You know, it's not so you have your

Your beverage but you wanted to have you know, maybe some notes

of citrus or other fruit that you enjoy some herbs

spices adding little

carbonation can sometimes add a little something to it?

So I just heard playing around so today's recipe

is super simple, but it is so refreshing that

it's you know, it's something that you could join any

time making a lemon ginger mocktail. So this

lemon and ginger are two of my very favorite

flavors to use together. They just play so nicely you

have that really that heat from the ginger and

with that that right lemon flavor. It's

just so delicious. We're gonna need a little bit of Honey totally

optional.

But that's just gonna add a note of sweetness to add some flavor

contrast and then top it all off with some sparkling water.

So let's get started.

So first up, I have a cocktail shaker just for a

little little something extra first have a bunch of ice in here.

So I'm gonna add about a quarter cup of

ginger juice. You can add a little bit more. You know,

we're gonna make enough for about two servings here. So this is

a little bit more than a quarter cup.

But if you don't have ginger juice, you know what you can make it

you can buy it, but you could also use ginger kombucha

here. So if if that were the case

just be you know, this would be better than done in a class that you're

not shaking it because the pump kombucha carbonation can be a

little a little much shaken up. But anyhow, we're gonna start

with our ginger juice and add that to the Shaker or to your

tall glass if you're using kombucha.

And then the juice of like one to two

lemons, I have a little extra lemon juice as you can see here typically for

one serving about two tablespoons is good. This is a little

more closer to a quarter cup.

You can do more you can do less. I have a sour tooth.

All right, and then about a teaspoon of

honey Max, you know, I think that with the sweetness

this is one of the biggest mocktail mistakes I see is that

people go really heavy on The Suite and really miss

out on some of the other flavors. So we're just

using a little bit of honey here again to add some contrast.

funny story

a long time ago like in an

alternate universe. I got my bartending license. I probably haven't used

it in about almost like 15 years at the time of recording

this video. But so a part

of me my shaking skills are not what they used to be but

we're just gonna shake up the shake up the

drink. So we've got our lemon juice our ginger juice and

our honey with some ice. They're just gonna give that a good shape.

All right.

And if you don't have a Shaker, you can definitely use a strainer or some

other.

method that works for you

But I'm taking advantage here.

We're just gonna float some sparkling water on top, so.

See if I can do this without making a mess.

That's some lemon wedges or some lemon slices rather.

That on top of the glass the trick to

make in these work is you cut your round slice of lemon and cut a

little little strip in in there. So it'll attach

the side of the glass easily.

So I'm just according dietitian health coach and author.

I'm so happy. You could join me for today's recipe demo.