Hydrate in style during your summer spa party

While I know it's tempting to sip wine during your Spa Party, why not save the wine and champagne for a toast at the end and hydrate in style with some healthy, fruity Spa Water drinks? Spa Water is delicious, fruit-infused water. And of course you can use your wine glasses for Spa Water – everything tastes better in a wine glass!

Drinking water infused with fruit or herbs is a stylish and tasty way to hydrate without sugar and calorie overload. Depending on the ingredients you infuse, your Spa Water drink also offers tons of great health benefits. Did you know that raspberries and blueberries are both very high in antioxidants? Or that the kiwi is considered one of the world's most nutritious fruits and is teeming with nutrients that help ward off diseases? Adding health benefits to your nutrition has never been so delicious!

 

Cucumber Watermelon Strawberry Mint Infusion

Ingredients:

1 half English cucumber diced
1 half English cucumber julienne sliced
2 cups cubed watermelon
6 to eight strawberries cut in half
1 bunch mint
3 to 4 cups of ice
3 to 4 cups of cold water

Combine ingredients and allow 20 to 30 minutes for flavors to infuse. Use julienne cuts for garnish.

Cucumbers are known to enhance skin tone and its texture. Watermelon can give you substantial energy, is a natural source of nature's most powerful antioxidants and can help reduce the risk of colon cancer, asthma, heart disease, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and prostate cancer. Strawberries are said to be in the top 8 foods which are known to lower the risk of cancer. And mint is known to help with headaches, nervous strain, fatigue, and stress.

 

Sip and enjoy natural flavor combined with health benefits!

Recipe courtesy of Pam Wenzel, Author of The Spa Water Book – A Guide to Creating World Class Spa Water at Home which features 22 creative water recipes  from some of the top spas throughout the world. Pam Wenzel is a forty-eight-year-old mother of two. As a nineteen-year breast cancer survivor, she has made it her goal to help the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation’s Army of Women initiative reaches their target of recruiting one million women to help determine the cause of breast cancer. Her book offers a huge variety of recipes with items that can easily be found anywhere.