Two recipes for delicious and healthy cocktails.
Calories from sugars contribute greatly to obesity. You often find these sugars in drinks. Did you know that the Sex on the Beach cocktail contains 326 calories. Television chef Pierre Wind has developed two healthy and conscious cocktails. These two cocktails meet the criteria of Het Vinkje from Stiching Ik Kies Bewust.
Happy Finch
Ingredients per person
3 fresh dates
(or 1.5 dried dates)
Juice of half a lemon
Half, cut lengthwise
Vanilla pod
80 milliliters water with bubbles
Preparation method
The Happy Vink consists of two parts:
Date mixture
Pit the dates and cut them into pieces. Add the lemon juice to the dates and mix with the hand blender until smooth.
Vanilla water
Cut the vanilla pod in half lengthwise. Grate the inside with a knife. Place the grater in a measuring cup with the bubble water. Stir the vanilla zest into the water and you're done.
And then…
Put the date mixture in the bottom of the glass. Carefully pour the vanilla water over the side of the glass. you can add ice cubes if needed. Place the garnishes on and in the glass. Stir the date mixture and vanilla water into the glass before drinking. And serve a cucumber stirrer with it.
Way of Life
Ingredients per person
20 grams of cucumber
10 grams of celery
3 large leaves of mint
Juice of half a lemon
25 grams of corn kernels (can)
140 milliliters of water
Garnish
3 cocktail sticks with corn kernels threaded on them
Green celery sprig
Straw
Lemon wedge
Long sliced cucumber stick
Preparation method
The Way of Life consists of two parts:
Cucumber, celery and mint
Cut the mint, celery and cucumber into pieces. Add the lemon juice and 35 milliliters (1 shot glass) of water and mix with a stick blender until smooth.
Corn water
Combine the corn kernels and 70-95 milliliters (2-3 shot glasses) of water and mix with a stick blender until smooth. Strain the corn water with a sieve so that there are no more husks in it.
And then…
Put the cucumber, celery and mint mixture in the bottom of the glass. Pour the corn water on different sides of the glass. This is how you get stains from the two mixtures in your glass. You can add ice cubes if you want. Place the garnish on and in the glass. To do this, insert the corn sticks into the rind of the lemon wedge and place the wedge on the rim of the glass. Ready to serve!
