DIY Fruit Cubes
For all your summer lemonades, punches, cocktails, and sangrias, drop a couple of fruit cubes into the mix for a gorgeous hit of refreshing flavor.
Sue Moran from The View from Great Island makes the most incredible blends of infused water like Rose Cardamom, Watermelon Mint, and Lemon Lavender. Get all 18 ways to infuse water. She brilliantly pumps them up by freezing flavor right into ice cubes! “The jumbo King Cube Tray is big enough for whole strawberries,” she says. “The silicone trays last forever and I love how easy it is to pop the ice out.” Enter for a chance to win silicone trays and more in a Giveaway below!
10 Refreshing Things to Cube
MightyTip: For crystal clear ice, use filtered water, that’s been boiled and cooled before pouring it into an ice cube tray. This process gets rid of any impurities or air bubbles that normally make ice cubes cloudy!
1. Fruit
Berries are especially gorgeous floating in summer punches. Use the King Cube Ice Tray for whole strawberries. A muffin tin is the perfect size for layers of lemon and/or lime slices.
2. Herbs
Frozen thyme, mint or lavender cubes are incredible in lemonade, iced tea, or cocktails. You can also save herbs from languishing in your produce drawer by freezing them in water or avocado or coconut oil. Next time you’re cooking, toss a cube or two into the skillet!
3. Infused Water
Rosemary Grapefruit, Watermelon Mint, Lemon Ginger...See all 18 refreshing combos.
4. Edible Flowers
Toss a few cubes of pansies, calendula, or chamomile into drinks the next time you’re entertaining for a surefire wow.
5. Hibiscus Iced Tea or Jamaica
These bold fuchsia cubes add punch to any drink.
6. Coffee or Chai
Enjoy an iced coffee that’s not diluted or watery with iced coffee cubes. Same goes for Chai.
7. Coconut Water
Add essential electrolytes into the blender, the next time you’re making a smoothie.
8. Leftover smoothies
Blend them up the next morning for a freeze-y treat.
9. Wine
Who has leftover wine? But if you do, freeze them into cubes! Chill a glass of wine, toss a cube or two into your next sauce, or deglaze a pan with a wine cube.
10. Almond or Coconut Milk
Vanilla-flavored is especially delish when dropped into coffee or tea. Note: Soy Milk tends to curdle when added to coffee or tea.
Giveaway
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