Make drinks from our "winter" section to get you through the rest of Drynuary. Then bookmark any others you like in case you need a mini-detox later in the year. (But don't worry: None of these require a big juicer that eats kale and turns it into juice.)
1. Cranberry, Tangerine, Rosemary & Cream Soda Mocktail
2. Blood Orange Cocktail
3. Cranberry Orange Coolers
4. Virgin Grapefruit Mojito
5. Spicy Ginger Soda
6. Peachy Sweet
7. Non-Alcoholic Sangria
8. Healthy Orange Julius
9. Grapefruit-Thyme Soda
10. Blood Orange Italian Soda + Basil Simple Syrup
11. Kumquat Spritzer
12. Emerald Palmers
13. Mexican Chocolate Mock-tini
Before we get into ideas for the rest of the year ...
1. Use real fruit to make juice.
Whenever possible, but this is mostly about citrus. All bottled fruit juice is inferior to fresh juiced fruit, but that especially goes for lemon, limes, and oranges, which are essential in so many mocktails. Get yourself a citrus reamer ($6), or even better if you make a lot of drinks an electric juicer ($30). (Different from the kind of electric juicer you can put a whole piece of kale in. Those will put you back $200-$400.)
2. Make flavored simple syrups.
A simple syrup is equal parts sugar and water to simmered until this sugar dissolves. Very easy. BUt you can also add some flavored stuff -- mint, lemon peel, cinnamon, ginger, anything. Here's a good How-To with pictures from Refinery 29.
3. Freeze fun stuff into the ice cubes.
This is purely an aesthetic thing. But when you're forgoing alcohol, heck, every little bit helps. Here are eight fun ice cube ideas compiled by Bon Appetit.
14. Mulberry Soda
15. Strawberry Rosewater Fizz
16. Rhubarb Soda
17. Carrot-Ginger Elixir
18. Strawberry, Lemon, and Basil Soda
19. Sparkling Peach Punch
20. Watermelon-Basil Soda Pop
21. Elderflower Spritzer with Mint
22. Mango Mock-a-lada
23. Spicy Raspberry Lemon Cooler
24. Cantaloupe-Ginger Spritzer
25. Blackberry, Lemon, and Thyme Soda
26. Virgin Banana Pina Colada
27. White Peach-Lavender Soda
28. Virgin Hibiscus Cosmo
29. Elderberry Shrub
30. Iced Green Tea Elixir with Ginger and Lemon
31. Pineapple Mint Punch
32. Fresh Grape Soda
33. Fuji Apple Soda
34. Asian Pear Sparkler
35. Party Punch
36. Spiced Apple Cider
37. Pomegranate-Blueberry Mocktail
38. Haymaker’s Ginger Switchel
