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Flavoured Water
Water is the healthiest thirst quencher, but not everyone likes the taste. Here we show you how to add some pep to your water.
The rule of thumb is that the body needs 30-35 ml of fluid per kilogram of body weight per day. Individual needs depend, for example, on whether you exercise, how warm it is, or whether you spend time in dry heating air. The healthiest and lowest-calorie drink is water. But for many, it tastes too boring on its own.
Flavored water is also a topic in gourmet cuisine. Because: It can be prepared in such a way that it goes well with a dish.
The expert for non-alcoholic drinking accompaniment, Nicole Klauss, for example, gives the tip that one uses components (herbs, fruits, spices) for flavored water to a dish, which also occur in the dish. Also can be used sections of vegetables and fruits.
Lemon flavored water is available ready to buy. But artificial flavorings are suspected of causing allergies and being carcinogenic. You can avoid these risks by enriching your water with the grated peel of an organic lemon. The best way is to peel it thinly with a peeler or a zester and add the peels to the water. One organic lemon is enough for 1.5 liters of water.
Fresh orange peel also tastes (and smells!) wonderfully refreshing in drinking water. The preparation is the same as for lemon water. Add a few wintry spices, such as a cinnamon stick or three cloves, to make the drink even more wintry.
If you prefer sour and tart, you'll love cucumber water! You need a quarter of an organic cucumber and a liter of water. First, cut the cucumber with the peel either into thin slices or small cubes and add them to the water. Fresh organic dill or organic mint add a wonderful flavor to the cucumber water.
Organic apple peels are much too good to throw away. After being thoroughly washed, they add a sweet, fruity flavor to tap or mineral water, but without the calories. For comparison: If you were to drink 2.5 liters of apple spritzer per day, you would get a full 700 calories, almost more than a main meal.
For ginger water, too, we recommend the pollutant-free variety from organic cultivation. You can bring the stimulating spicy taste of the healthy ginger root into your water by cutting the ginger into small pieces and adding as much of it as you like to the water.
The essential oils of herbs aromatize drinking water in an instant. Mint, lemon balm or lemon balm are particularly suitable. Simply hang a bunch of the well-washed herbs on the rim of a pitcher and fill it up with tap or mineral water.
You see, getting some flavor into your daily drinking water is easy. Get creative and try out different fruit and vegetable flavors!
We have a book tip for those of you who want to learn more about non-alcoholic taste experiences. "The new drinking culture - accompany food perfectly without alcohol," by Nicole Klauss, Westend Publishing.
Original by V-ZUG with additions by Conny, V-Kitchen Team.
