Raspberry Ginger Lime Soda - DIY- Make-Your-Own Natural Soda
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Serves: 4 servings
 
Makes 1 cup concentrate, 4 cups of soda.
Ingredients
  • Raspberry Ginger Lime Concentrate:
  • ¼ cup frozen raspberries
  • ½ lime, sliced
  • 1 tsp chopped or sliced ginger
  • 3 mint leaves
  • 1 cup water
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients in a pitcher or large jar and smash them with the back of a wooden spoon to release juices.
  2. Add the water and stir.
  3. Let infuse in the fridge overnight, then strain.
  4. To make soda:
  5. combine ¼ cup concentrate with ¾ cup seltzer water and 1 tsp simple syrup (recipe below)
  6. Simple Syrup Ingredients:
  7. cup water
  8. cup sugar (organic, preferably); you can use honey if you prefer.
  9. Simmer the water and sugar, stirring occasionally until completely dissolved.  Let cool.
  10. Note: Start by adding a teaspoon of syrup to your natural soda and slowly add more, if needed.
  11. Each teaspoon simple syrup has approximately 15 calories and 4 grams of carbs (sugar).
  12. Nutrition info per 8-oz serving of soda with 1 teaspoon simple syrup: 20 calories, 0 g fat, 0 mg sodium, 3 g carbs, 1 g fiber, 2 g sugar, 0.2 g protein
Recipe by Nutrition Twins at https://www.nutritiontwins.com/raspberry-ginger-lime-soda-diy-make-natural-soda/