Infused Water: 75 Simple and Delicious Recipes to Keep You and Your Family Healthy and Happy

by Dalila Tarhuni

We know that we should be drinking at least eight glasses of water a day-that’s a lot of water! People often substitute with coffee or tea, but do we really want all that extra caffeine and acid? Soft drinks have too many calories, and diet drinks are full of chemicals. The easy answer to staying healthy, hydrated, and happy is infused water.With no calories and delicious flavors, infused water will keep you hydrated throughout the day. Hydration is essential-more than half of your body is composed of water, and it is needed by every cell in your body to function properly. Yet, three-quarters of Americans are chronically dehydrated. Water balances the electrolytes in your body and helps to remove toxins, not to mention the multitude of positive effects on your daily life, • Clearer skin• Increased metabolism• More energy• Reduces blood pressure and cholesterolInfused Water provides a simple and tasty way for you and your family to get your daily dose. Water infusers can be purchased at home, kitchen, or department stores for less than $25.00. Water can be infused with cucumber, strawberries, mint, coconut, and many other herbs, fruits, and vegetables. Each of these has unique properties that can provide you with benefits such as energy, balance, or detoxification. Imagine how much more productive, positive, and healthy you will be when properly hydrated!Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food and Drink, Health

178 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2017

Reviews

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. Definitely some out-of-the-box sounding recipes, which is nice, since I was getting tired of the standard lemon or mint sprig. Some of the recipes do sound kind of really out there, so I'll be interested to see if artichokes or asparagus have any business in my drinking water. And while there are a few what I would consider to be hard to find ingredients (Jojube, Kiwano/horned melon, Loroco flowers), most recipes call for items you could pretty easily find some form of at my local big-city grocer (but I live in Seattle and I know finding jackfruit and hibiscus is going to be a little more difficult for those who don't have an awesome Asian market or three within a 5-mile radius). I like the idea of items I wouldn't have thought of that give me something new to try (radishes, really? Huh? Color me curious.). And I added some healthy choices to my grocery list, so that has to be a good thing.

[Cathy Klein · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love to drink infused water especially in the summertime so I was excited to see this book to get some new ideas. The subtitle is 75 Simple and Delicious Recipes to Keep You and Your Family Healthy & Happy. I assumed from that that the author would explain some of the benefits of the different fruits and herbs used and it did not.

I also felt that a lot of the recipes were not for the common everyday person. Just casually flipping through for examples some of the recipes call for jujube, golden berries and cactus leaf. Living in a rural area with no high end gourmet store, these are not ingredients that would be easy to find therefore rendering some of the recipes not very simple at all.

I did get a few ideas like using dried fruit that I hadn't thought of before and peeling my citrus to take away some of the bitterness it gets after a day or two so thank you for that, but disappointing for the most part.

[Candace W · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent recipes, but I would have liked it personally if the recipes indicated the benefits of the particular fruits/herbs combos, etc. I know it's not necessarily a health book but if you are infusing water to boost nutrient intake, etc, it would be nice to know the benefits or things that particular drink might help with. Personal preference.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting infused water recipes to try. Beautiful photographs.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good recipes and photos!