Ginger Drink With Pineapple Punch

Pineapple Drink Ingredients:

2 cups fresh unsweetened pineapple juice
½ tablespoon crystallized ginger
1 cup carbonated water
6 ice cubes
Pineapple for garnish

Method:

1. Combine crystallized ginger and unsweetened pineapple juice in a pitcher. Cover the pitcher and place it in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours. You may chill the mixture for up to 24 hours, for convenience you may also prepare this mixture a day before to save time.
2. Remove the chilled pitcher from the refrigerator and strain the mixture. Discard any remaining ginger in the strainer.
3. Put 2 ice cubes each in 3 tall glasses. Pour pineapple juice in the glasses over the ice just before serving. Fill only ¾ of the glass with juice. Add carbonated water to fill the remaining glass and serve immediately. Skewer fresh pineapple and place in the glass before serving. This recipe makes 3 tall glasses of ginger pineapple spritzer.

Health Tip:

• Ginger pineapple spritzer is an easy and very popular low calorie recipe. This recipe provides only 93 calories, 23 gm carbohydrates, 23 gm sugars and 1 gm protein per serving.
• This recipe can be considered diabetes friendly and heart friendly as it provides negligible amounts of total fat, cholesterol and sodium.