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Being a pregnant mama in the heat of the summer can be brutal. It’s hot. You’re uncomfortable. Sometimes, you would give your right arm for a refreshing cocktail. Fortunately, there is no lack of amazing, delicious, and refreshing non-alcoholic summer “mocktail” recipes that will keep you feeling cool by the pool (or under the AC vent) all summer long! Here are a few of our favorite summer mocktail recipes from Drinking for Two by Diana Licalzi Maldonado, MS, RDN, LDN.

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Refreshing Summer Mocktail Recipes

Mock-jito

Two glasses filled with a light green beverage, garnished with lime slices, mint leaves, and ice cubes. The glasses are placed on a wooden surface with a plain white background, perfect examples of refreshing summer mocktail recipes.

Author: Diana Licalzi Maldonado

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20 mint leaves
2 lime wedges
2 tsp light agave syrup
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
2/3 cup coconut water
3/4–1 cup seltzer
2 cups of ice
Additional mint leaves for garnish

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Muddle mint leaves and lime wedges with the agave syrup and apple cider vinegar in the bottom of the shaker.
Add coconut water and ice. Shake vigorously.
Fill glasses with ice and divide the shaken mixture, including the muddled mint and lime wedges, between the two glasses.
Top with seltzer and stir.
Garnish with mint sprigs.

Adapted from the book book Drinking for Two

Piña Col-nada

A margarita glass filled with a yellow frozen drink is garnished with a slice of orange and a cherry. The glass, perfect for your Summer Mocktail Recipes, is placed on a wooden surface against a plain light background.

Author: Diana Licalzi Maldonado

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2 cups frozen pineapple
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk (from a carton) (use more if needed to facilitate blending)
1/4 cup coconut milk (from a can)
1/2 cup frozen cauliflower or cauliflower rice (We highly recommend using frozen cauliflower!)
A squeeze of fresh lime juice
Pineapple or orange slices and sweet cherries for garnish

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Add all ingredients to your blender.
Blend on high until smooth and frothy.
Garnish with pineapple, orange slices, or maraschino cherries.

Adapted from the book book Drinking for Two

Smashing Sage Spritzer

Two glasses of a red beverage garnished with a green leaf each sit on a white marble surface. Three blackberries are placed near the glasses. A single blackberry is visible in one of the glasses. This vibrant setup perfectly captures summer mocktail recipes against the plain white background.

Author: Diana Licalzi Maldonado

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1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries or cherries
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp honey
1/3 cup coconut water
1 cup seltzer
4 sage leaves
Additional blackberries and sage leaves for garnish

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Muddle blackberries with sage leaves and honey in the bottom of a shaker.
Add lime juice and coconut water; fill your shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.
Divide the shaken mixture between two ice-filled lowball glasses.
Top with seltzer and stir.
Garnish with fresh sage and blackberries.

Adapted from the book book Drinking for Two

Watermelon Mock-a-Rita

A glass filled with a red slushy drink, topped with a salt rim, sits on a marble surface. Next to the glass are two lime wedges and a slice of watermelon—perfect for those Summer Mocktail Recipes. The background is plain white.

Author: Diana Licalzi Maldonado

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Salted Rim

Lime wedges
Sea salt

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1 1/2 cups fresh watermelon, seeds removed
1/4 cup lime juice
1/2 cup coconut water
Dash of salt
2 cups ice
Watermelon slices for garnish

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Salt the rims of the serving glasses.
Blend watermelon until it forms a juice.
Combine watermelon juice, lime juice, salt, and coconut water in a shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously.
Serve in lowball glasses over ice.
Garnish with watermelon slices.

Adapted from the book book Drinking for Two