How To Make Flavored Water: 18 Different Recipes + Bonus Water Intake Printable!
On Monday I told you about 7 benefits of drinking water. I know that no matter what benefits I share there will be some of you that think, “that’s great, but I don’t like water.” Except for when I exercised I used to not want to drink water either. I would drink it a bit more during the summer since I was hot, but for the most part I used to always reach for something else. There are ways to make getting enough water a little easier though.
I have found that drinking a lot of water first thing in the morning helps me get a lot of my water intake taken care of before the day has hardly started. I also usually make my water very hot. So hot in fact that sometimes I can’t hold the cup. While hot water may not sound appealing I found that during many months I didn’t drink enough water because I was too cold. By making my water hot I’ve taken away that excuse, and I’ve found I really like it that way.
Many people complain that they don’t like water because of the lack of flavor that water. You can get around this though by making natural flavored water. Wondering how to make flavored water? Well, I’ve rounded up 18 infused water recipes for you!
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How To Make Flavored Water: 18 Different Recipes
- Strawberry Lemon & Basil Infused Water – from How to be Awesome on $20 a Day
- Citrus Bliss Infused Water – from Simply Stacie
- Pineapple Orange Ginger Infused Water Recipe – from This Mama Loves
- Watermelon Fruit Infused Water! – from Quirky Inspired
- Mint Barley Water (Ancient Greek Kykeon) – from Eat. Thrive. Glow.
- DIY Pineapple Mint Spa Water for Foodie Friday – from Sidewalk Shoes
- Refreshing Flavored Water {Real Food!} – Recipe for Refreshing Cucumber Lemon Water from Serving Joyfully
- Infused Waters – 4 different infused water ideas from My Fat Healthy Life
- Summer Thirst Quenchers: Herb & Fruit-Infused Spa Water Recipes – Five different infused water recipes from Plum Deluxe
- Flavored Water: Seasonally Infused – Recipe for Cucumber Strawberry and Ginger from How to Have it All
- Eat, Pray, Live Party @ My House – Recipe for Cucumber Water from Shoestring Elegance
I hope all of those posts about how to make flavored water have given you some inspiration to create a type of water that you will want to drink. Of course now that you know how to make flavored water you might be wondering what to make it in. You can always use a nice water pitcher, or even a big beverage dispenser. If you would prefer to make smaller amounts than check out this review on a neat water bottle that is made for water infused drinks!
Daily Water Intake Printable
Sometimes you can get yourself to do something you don’t really want to do by making yourself accountable for it, so as an added bonus I’m including a free water intake printable! The printable can be used to track your water intake for an entire week. The generic recommendation is to drink eight 8oz of water a day, but the amount you should drink truly varies from person to person. I always shoot for ten to twelve glasses, so the printable is made to track up to ten glasses a day. There is also a spot where you can record the week and any notes that you might want to make.
Check out all of the great posts above about how to make flavored water, print off your free printable, and get ready to reap all of the benefits of drinking enough water every day!
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I love flavored water, will definitely be trying some of these recipes.
The links for the flavored water are great! I can’t wait to try the pineapple orange ginger! We have fresh basil growing too, so I think I’ll try the strawberry lemon basil.
Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags party this week, I pinned your post to our group board.
There are so many good ones to choose from! How great to be able to use your own items from your garden too! Thank you so much for the pin. 🙂
I’m a huge infused water fan, too. I love to play around with different flavors and colors. My go-to favorite is pineapple and anything – basil, mint, etc.
I need to play around with some different things myself. I’m actually allergic to citric acid, so I can’t use a lot of the recipes. No pineapple for me. 🙁
Great collection of flavored water!! And we all know we need to drink more!! Found you on Mama Buzz!! Hey I would love it if you stopped by my place and shared your stuff on My 2 favorite Things on Thursday – Link Party!! I would love to have you!!
I love infused water, so thanks for all these great recipes!
I would love to have you post on my new blog hop—the Weekend Blog Hop at My Flagstaff Home (www.myflagstaffhome.com). It begins on Thursday evenings and lasts through the weekend, if you’re interested.
Jennifer
Thanks for the ideas! I have been trying to drink more water and it does get a little boring :(. I will be trying some of these out!
Glad to help Pamela! With all of the other drink options out there it can make water seem like such a blah choice.
This is a great compilation of some wonderful ideas. I shared a few on my blog because I know the benefits of drinking lots of water for health and for frugality’s sake.
I find that when I start drinking my water early in the day, it creates a good habit for the rest of the day. For some reason, the more I drink, the more I want.
Thanks for sharing! (Visiting from Cornerstone Confessions)
I totally agree Heather. I get up and make myself drink 2 to 3 large glasses every morning. If I don’t do that then I never seem to drink enough water for the day.
I need to be drinking more water and know if it was flavored I would have zero problem doing it – going to pin this one!
I’m so glad I could help Joann! We’re always told to drink water, but some of us need a little extra help to get it down. Adding natural flavors helps a lot of people drink more water. Thank you for the pin!