Say goodbye to juice boxes and sodas. These naturally flavored waters are the perfect, healthy refreshing drinks.
This gives the phrase “taste the rainbow” a whole new meaning. These waters have no added sugars, additives or chemicals. They only contain all whole, clean ingredients.
There really is no “recipe” for these drinks. Simply place the ingredients on the bottle of a mason jar or glass and add water. You can drink them immediately, but if you let them sit for at least 30 minutes, the full flavors will shine through.
So clearly I was going with the whole “rainbow theme” but you can use any fruit or herbs that you like. Get creative! If there are certain fruits that you like more than others, go for it. I sliced them all (except the pomegranate seeds) to really enhance the flavors. I even smashed the blueberries a bit. I just figured that would help bring out the natural juices. It totally did. Blueberry water is fantastic. Who knew?
I know all these pictures are relatively the same. But they were just so pretty. I had to take a lot of them. And with spring finally here, we are all going to be drinking more water (hopefully). Why not have a little fun and drink PRETTY water?
I used concord grapes for the “purple” water because of their deep purple, almost black, vibrant color. One word of caution: concord grapes permanently stain everything. I wouldn’t advise giving your 4 years old a whole bunch to snack on while he wears his brand new white t-shirt that you literally just took the tags off. Seriously, it never fails.
Ok, one last one. I promise.
I think my favorite was the Blackberry Grape water (despite the stained white t-shirt). How do you like to naturally flavor your water? Comment below and share your favorite naturally flavored water!
Absolutely gorgeous!! I can’t wait to try the Blackberry Grape 🙂
That was my favorite Kelly!! Great taste 😉
I love cucumbers in my water!
I do too Shawna! 🙂
Mmm! I can’t get enough of naturally flavored water. I recently gave up pop. GASP! It was my go-to when I was having a bad day and I cut it out cold turkey. I love water but adding a little variety really helps to stay in track. I can’t wait to try the blueberry! I would’ve never thought of that. My current favorite is strawberry lemom! Give it a whirl. But do not squeeze the lemon or it will completely overpower the yummy strawberry freshness. Thanks for the post!
Strawberry lemon sounds perfect Kimberly! Thank you for stopping by 🙂
Do you drink the water the first day or save it some. Do you eat the fruit too?
I drink it about 30-60 minutes after I prepare it. And yes, I do eat the fruit too Joan 🙂 ENJOY!
DYNAMITE!!! Gorgeous photographs. I need to drink 3 liters of water per day for my new kidneys, and I always feel like I’m drowning. Also, I have enough empty Mason jars to start my own store. Thank you sooooooo much!!!
Thank you so much Arlene! Let me know what your favorite one is 🙂
I make them by the six pack. I use bottled water.
That’s great Sherri 🙂
I make mine by the gallon. I slice one lemon, one lime, one small cucumber and several sprigs of mint. I refrigerate overnight. It’s alkaline and full of nutrition. It does the body good. If you need to sweeten use the natural herb stevia.
Yours sounds amazing Sally! And so smart to make it by the gallon 🙂
I’ll be making this, thank you for posting this.
Great, let me know which one is your favorite kathy 🙂
Also try putting in some ginger root, this goes in all my water, it helps the digestive tract.
Yes, great advice Scott! Ginger is a wonder anti-inflammatory!
I’m going to make the blueberry now
Can I use frozen blueberries??
You can use frozen blueberries, but they might work best of they are slightly thawed and mashed to let the natural juices come out. Let me know how you like it Cynthia!
So what would you recommend for portion ratio? Say with our average size bottled water which is what, 16 to 20 ounces?
Hi Christine! I didn’t put the portion sizes because I figured it would be a personal preference. I put about 2-3 tablespoons of fruit into the 20 ounce mason jars I used. Hope you like them! 🙂
I love doing this but always get busy and forget. About how long do you think the water would keep in the fridge?
Hi Franki! I usually only let them sit for a day or so because otherwise they get kind of gross 🙂 Hope you like them!
Where is the recipe?
Hi Kay! Basically it’s all of those ingredients mentioned in the above picture with water. I hope you like them!
This is very appealing. So far I only knew the pineapple and lemon because they are common. But now, I can enjoy my water more. Water never looked so colorful! Thanks for this Lauren!
I’m glad you like it Martha!
I love lemon and lime with cucumber in mine lots of ice xx
That sounds delicious Diane!