Green Tea Cucumber Cooler: My Diary of Us

Are the weeks flying by in your life? They are for me! Honestly, how is it already May? We have been in Texas for over a month now and the time has disappeared. I feel like it's so easy to stay in our routines day by day and most of the time one day runs into the next before we have stopped to enjoy one single moment. And then weeks pass and months and then another year. I'm exhausted just thinking about it! I have a goal this weekend to press pause and enjoy the moment, and one great way to do it is to drink one of my green tea cucumber coolers!

This drink is the ultimate refresher for the hot days that we have been experiencing and has a spa like flavor, forcing you into a relaxing state! I think we could all use a little force to relax and slow down in life. You with me?

PostedMay 7, 2015

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesNon-Alcoholic Drinks

TagsGreen Tea, Iced Green Tea, Summer drinks, non-alcoholic drinks, mocktails, party drinks, summer entertaining, healthy drinks, antioxidants, hydrating drinks

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Blackberry Mule Mocktails: My Diary of Us

One of my favorite times of year is when all berries come into season. I can still remember being a little girl growing up in Tennessee and picking blackberries from bushes that grew in our neighborhood or on the side of the road. We would eat them all day while playing outside. They were sweet and juicy and made for perfect snacking for me and my friends. It's my mission to find some places here in Texas that I can go and pick fresh berries this year! I love picking them straight from the farm and there is something about the fresh picked ones that make them extra sweet and special! I happen to use blackberries a lot mixed into drinks because of their sweet and slightly tart flavor. My blackberry mule mocktails are the perfect Springtime drink to enjoy at any time of day!

Of course, you can always make these into a cocktail by simply adding vodka, and let's be honest, if I wasn't preggers over here you know that's exactly what I would have done.

PostedApril 23, 2015

AuthorLeigh Ann Chatagnier

CategoriesCocktails

Tagsmoscow mules, blackberry mules, mocktails, thirsty thursday, easy drink recipes, summer drinks, spring drink recipes, seasonal drinks, seasonal cocktails, party drink ideas, blackberry recipes, cocktails

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This week has been crazy guys. We are in the process of looking for a house in Houston and it's kind of exhausting especially when you don't live in the same town. I had to drive to Houston for the day to look at some neighborhoods in person because we all know that pictures can be deceiving, I picked out my favorites (without Canean because he had to work) and then drove back late Tuesday night. Yesterday I tried to catch up on my missed day of work and it was cold and rainy and all I wanted to do was take a nap. Today however, the sun came back to visit and you guessed it, I am still in my citrus obsession phase...so you are getting another citrus drink on this very Thirsty Thursday! My citrus thyme punch is actually non-alcoholic, but I like to recommend adding a little "suntin suntin" to the mix to make for a killer happy hour.

I know you ladies out there who are carrying a bun in your oven get really jealous (so you have told me) every Thursday when I post cocktails that you can't drink, and I promise I have not been meaning to drive you crazy...but I know it does! So this week it's all about a mocktail that you can enjoy until that little bundle of joy arrives. I got your back too mamas.

This is honestly such a delicious punch to mix up a big batch of and have in the fridge. It's a great pick me up, it's full of vitamins, and it is super refreshing. And I might have added vodka to mine, which made for a pretty fine cocktail. And there ain't nothin' wrong with that.

Green Tea Cucumber Cooler

Blackberry Mule Mocktails

Citrus Thyme Punch