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Infused Drinking Water in Bulk

  • Shuba Modavive
  • Mar 23, 2018
  • 2 min read

One way that I have been successful at encouraging my family of 4 to drink more water is by preparing a three gallon jar of infused water. No need to write all over a plastic gallon jug to beg yourself to drink water. You will find that your water glass will always be desired when you do this in bulk. This is also great to have in your office or at your desk. Your coworkers will be stopping by to help you! To start, I freeze two or three plastic cups of water at night to use the next day for refreshing the water. These cups of water also saves you from using all of the ice from your freezer. For this batch, I sliced lemons, limes, and cucumbers. You can be as creative as you like as it pertains to colors or whatever benefits you desire from the fruits. For example, ginger is great for digestion, cucumbers are an inflammatory. Mix both and they make your water more refreshing. Whatever your desire, trust me, it will taste great! I've used sliced strawberries, peaches, mint, watermelon. etc... Just be creative and post a picture of yours in the comments!

For the batch shown in the picture:

1 large lemon

1 large lime

1 cucumber

filtered water

Slice the fruit. I use a jug of filtered water that I fill with tap water. It has a charcoal filter that cleans to water. I personally don't like plastic water bottles that end up in the trash (or in my case the recycle bin). I think they are a waste.

Fill the bottom of the jug with as much ice as you desire. I use 2 gallon sized zip loc bags full of ice. drop in the slice fruit. Fill with about a quart of water and let it sit throughout the day. If everyone is gathered in the house, I start with 2 quarts of water. Add a quart of water (or 2) at a time as needed to refresh the water. By the late evening, drop in one or two of the cups of ice that you froze the night before. This helps keep the water till late at night to overnight. I change out the water and the fruit every 24 hours.

When you dispose of the water, pour it and the fruit/ice down your garbage disposal and it cleans and freshens your garbage disposal. Run the garbage disposal for about 45 seconds and it will smell great! Doing this everyday will make your drain happy overall!

Benefits of Infused Water:

1. Great for your health.

2. Make the most use of your fruit before it goes to waste.

3. Once you dispose of it in the sink, it is a great and sustainable way to freshen your garbage disposal.

4. Encourage more water intake.

5. Saves space in your refrigerator - no water bottles or jugs.

6. Great way to be hospitable to guests.

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