Homemade Electrolyte Drink
I have made this homemade electrolyte drink three times in preparation for giving birth. Each time it has been used and very much appreciated when in the throws of labour! As well as in the early postpartum days that followed. I always make this drink it large bottles well ahead of when it will be needed. Leaving plenty of space in the bottle, I simply freeze. Then this homemade electrolyte drink is ready to be pulled out anytime its needed. A homemade electrolyte drink is simply a combination of water, fruit juice, coconut water, salt and sugar. It contains all the fluids, sugars and minerals you need to replace when exerting a lot of energy (and sweat)!
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Equipment
- Knife
- Chopping board
- Manual juicer
- 1 Cup meaure
- 1/2 Cup measure
- 1/4 Cup measure
- 1 Tablespoon measure
- 1/2 Teaspoon measure
- 1 Litre freezer safe bottle You can use any 1 litre bottle if not freezing. I like to make this well in advance of my due date, so I store it in the freezer until ready to be used.
- Funnel Optional
- 1 Litre jug
Ingredients
- 2 cups Filtered water
- 1 cup Coconut water
- ½ cup Orange juice Approximately 2 large fresh oranges
- ¼ cup Lemon Juice Approximately 1-2 large fresh lemons
- ¼ cup Lime juice Approximately 2-3 fresh fresh limes
- ¼ cup Grapefruit juice Approximately 1/2 fresh grapefruit. Replace this with more orange juice if you like a sweeter drink. You can even replace this with strawberry or mango juice. If you like it sour, but don't have a grapefruit, use more lemon or lime instead.
- 3 tbsp Agave syrup You can easily swap this for honey or even Maple syrup.
- ½ tsp Good quality salt I use Celtic Sea Salt. If you find this too salty reduce to 1/4 tsp. However if you reduce any further there won't be enough salt to make this drink work! If you can palate a little more salt go for it!
Instructions
- Slice your fruit in half starting with the oranges.
- Juice approximately 2 oranges until you have 1/2 cup of fresh orange juice and add to a 1 litre jug.
- Juice approximately 1 to 2 lemons until you have 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice and add to the jug.
- Juice approximately 2 to 3 limes until you have 1/4 cup of fresh lime juice to add to the jug.
- Juice approximately 1/2 a grapefruit until you have 1/4 cup of fresh grapefruit juice to the jug.
- Add 2 cups of filtered water and 1 cup of coconut water to the jug.
- Add 3 tbsp of Agave syrup to the jug and stir well to combine.
- Add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of good quality salt to the jug and stir well to combine.
- Using a funnel (if possible) pour the combined contents of the jug into a 1 litre bottle.
- Store in the fridge if consuming immediately. Store in the freezer if saving for later. Allow approximately 12 hours at room temperature for the homemade electrolyte drink to fully defrost. Enjoy!
Servings: 1 Litre bottle (with space for freezing)