Tasty Tuesdays: Bottom's Up - Flavored Water

Photo and Recipe Courtesy of "She Knows..."

I am just getting home from my fourth pilates class in two weeks, and I am pooped.  Each time I come home from class, I feel renewed and refreshed.  I am heading to weight watchers for a new start on their plan.  I am both looking forward to and dreading my first weigh in since mid-March.  I know the results won't be what I want to hear, but they will be what I need to hear.  

Weight watchers made some changes to their program, and the one that I like the most is that fruit no longer contains points.  At one point a banana had the same number of points as a hundred calories pack of baked cheetos.  Which one would you choose?  If you were me, you'd choose the cheetos.  Now, it's not even a choice, you'd pick the zero point banana.  I love that they incentivize the healthiest choices.

I know that one thing I need to improve is the amount of water I drink.  For some reason, I just am not one of those all day water drinkers.  To encourage myself to do better at this, I have found some recipes for flavored waters that I think sound amazing and fresh.  I hope you do to!

As I would describe Jane's recent sleeping style, "BOTTOM'S UP!"

                       Rosemary-orange workout water recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:

8 sprigs fresh rosemary

4 slices fresh orange

Ice

Water

Directions: Place two rosemary sprigs in each glass. Place one orange slice in each glass. Using a spoon, gently bruise the rosemary and orange by pressing.Fill glasses with ice; top with water and stir. Serve cold.

Ginger-lemon-thyme workout water recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 teaspoons freshly grated ginger

4 lemon wedges

8 sprigs fresh thyme

Ice
Water

Directions:Place one teaspoon ginger, one lemon wedge and two sprigs of thyme in each glass. Using a spoon, gently bruise the ingredients by pressing.Fill glasses with ice; top with water and stir. Serve cold.

Cucumber-fennel workout water recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients: 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and juiced

4 fennel fronds

Ice
Water

Directions: Divide cucumber juice among four glasses; add fennel to each glass. Using a spoon, gently bruise the ingredients by pressing.Fill glasses with ice; top with water and stir. Serve cold.