Mocktails

Recipe

Vegan & Gluten-Free

Each recipe serves 2

These mocktails have been carefully crafted for you to enjoy a vibrant, healthy, and refreshing drink sans alcohol. With the rate of excessive alcohol consumption on the rise (especially during the pandemic, right?!), it’s time to bring in some alternatives, so that you can enjoy a social celebration or a sundowner while hydrating and refreshing your whole body at the same time.

Here we're sharing three of our favorite ways to enjoy a booze-free moment. We use fruit or alternative and natural sweeteners in these recipes, so no need for syrups or refined sugar here.

Prepare to share - those around you will become quickly curious when they start smelling all the fresh herbs wafting out of your glass.

You can follow the recipes below or head over to KYN On-demand and watch the step-by-step guide on how to assemble these in the kitchen.

Cheers.

Strawberry Crush

Ingredients:

1 - 2 cups strawberries

1 orange, juiced

1 tsp fresh ginger, grated

1 tbsp honey

4 - 6 ounces club soda

Ice

Instructions:

Wash strawberries and trim the greens off.

Add strawberries, orange juice, ginger, and honey to a blender and blend on high until liquified.

Fill each glass halfway with ice and pour strawberry juice mixture through a fine-mesh strainer to fill each glass 3/4 full.

Add a splash of soda water to each glass and garnish with a sliced strawberry and orange curl.

Watermelon Mint Fizz

Ingredients:

3 cups watermelon

1 lime, juiced

6-8 sprigs of fresh mint (reserve one sprig for garnish)

4-6 ounces club soda

Ice

Method:

Divide mint leaves into each glass and muddle in each glass until the leaves are crushed and the aroma released.

Add watermelon and lime juice to a blender and blend on high until liquified.

Fill each glass halfway with ice and pour watermelon juice through a fine-mesh strainer and into each glass 3/4 full.

Add a splash of soda water to each glass and garnish with fresh mint leaves or a slice of lime.

Sea Foam

Ingredients:

1/4 tsp spirulina

5 drops stevia (or 15 monk fruit extract)

1 lemon, juiced

1/4 tsp lemon zest (or zest of half a lemon)

3 - 6 sprigs fresh basil (leave a small leaf stem for garnish)

4 - 6 ounces club soda

Ice

Method:

Divide basil leaves between two glasses and muddle in each glass until the leaves are crushed and the aroma is released.

Add lemon juice, spirulina, stevia, and lemon zest to a cocktail shaker, add 1 cup of ice. Shake, shake, shake!

Pour into two short cocktail glasses and top with soda water.

Garnish with fresh basil, a lemon wedge or zest. Add ice if desired.