{"id":4829,"date":"2009-04-07T10:34:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2009-04-07T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T14:34:12","slug":"tuesday-tip-frozen-fruit-to-keep-drinks-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/04\/tuesday-tip-frozen-fruit-to-keep-drinks-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tip: Frozen fruit to keep drinks cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4830\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4830\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4830\" title=\"ohc-04-06-09_fizzie1\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ohc-04-06-09_fizzie1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"healthy alternative \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ohc-04-06-09_fizzie1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ohc-04-06-09_fizzie1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">healthy alternative <\/p><\/div>\n<p>I love fruit and have always loved fruit.\u00a0 Thanks to some genius, we have the ability to buy frozen fruit which allows us to have access to fresh fruits all the time.\u00a0 I love frozen fruit!\u00a0 And frozen fruit isn&#8217;t just for smoothies you know.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite ways to use frozen fruit is in drinks to help keep them cool.\u00a0 Ice cubes can water down a drink.\u00a0 Frozen fruit helps keep a drink cool, provides an additional taste, and can be eaten.\u00a0 Ice cubes just melt away.\u00a0 Fruit does not.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also a great way to get in a fruit serving for the day.\u00a0 It&#8217;s already in your glass and right in front of you, why not eat it?\u00a0 And with frozen fruits we have the ability to use a wide variety.\u00a0 There are so many options and choices out there.\u00a0 One of the favorites at the HQ is frozen mango.\u00a0 It gives a nice summery kick which comes in handy around January when you&#8217;re tired of looking at snow and dealing with cold.\u00a0 For a second you can forget your woes and sip a fruity drink.<\/p>\n<p>Try adding fruit to regular water to give it some flavor and punch.\u00a0 It will keep you from getting bored with water and perhaps also keep you from reaching for an artificial sweetener or drink.\u00a0 Yes fruit has sugar but so what?\u00a0 It&#8217;s fruit.\u00a0 Fruit is good for you and the sugar you get from fruit is naturally occurring sugar not something added by an outside source.\u00a0 Only Mo&#8217; Nature handled the sugar in fruit and I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s out to sucker you into eating something that isn&#8217;t good for you.\u00a0 Call it a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>Reconsider frozen fruit the next time you&#8217;re at the store and see what you can get your hands on.\u00a0 Add some to your drinks and see if you like the results! <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/><\/p>\n<p>The above drink is a<strong> Cranberry Fizzie<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 part cranberry juice (100% juice no sugar added)<\/li>\n<li>1 part seltzer<\/li>\n<li>Frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Frozen pineapple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love fruit and have always loved fruit.\u00a0 Thanks to some genius, we have the ability to buy frozen fruit which allows us to have access to fresh fruits all the time.\u00a0 I love frozen fruit!\u00a0 And frozen fruit isn&#8217;t just for smoothies you know. 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