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How to Make Aguas Frescas

Name: How to Make Aguas Frescas
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 cup roughly chopped fruit (I recommend hulled strawberries, peeled cucumber, cantaloupe or pineapple); 1 cup water; ½ medium lime, juiced; 1 teaspoon pure cane sugar or agave nectar or sweetener of choice (if your fruit is perfectly ripe and sweet, you may not need any sweetener at all); Optional: 2 large mint leaves (perfect with cucumber)

These agua frescas are incredibly refreshing, unfiltered fruit juices that are perfect for summertime.

5 min total 5 min prep 2 37 cal

Ingredients

2 serv.

1 cup roughly chopped fruit (I recommend hulled strawberries, peeled cucumber, cantaloupe or pineapple)
1 cup water
½ medium lime, juiced
1 teaspoon pure cane sugar or agave nectar or sweetener of choice (if your fruit is perfectly ripe and sweet, you may not need any sweetener at all)
Optional: 2 large mint leaves (perfect with cucumber)

Instructions

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1 In your blender container, combine the fruit, water, lime juice, sweetener and optional mint leaves. Purée until smooth using the smoothie feature. Taste and, if necessary, add more lime and/or sweetener, then blend briefly again.
2 Serve immediately, over ice.