Healthy Cranberry Juice Drink Recipes

Cranberries are an antioxidant powerhouse, and you can get them fresh during the fall and winter. Here are 3 excellent healthy cranberry juice drink recipes that will help your body to experience the immediate effects of natural energy and essential nutrients.

Health benefits of cranberries:

– Cranberries are a low-calorie fruit -45 calories per cup.

– Consuming cranberries daily is good for your heart health. Cranberries increase the levels of “good cholesterol” (HDL) and reduce the levels of “bad cholesterol” (LDL).

– Cranberries can fight urinary tract infections and disease.

– This fruit has big potential to prevent strokes, viral infections and possibly tumors and certain cancers.

– Actually, cranberries have wide range of antioxidants, and  they are in the second place after  the blueberries with so many powerful antioxidants.

Healing Cranberry Cleanser:

Get your healthy dose of Vitamin C, fiber and natural energy in this healing cranberry cleanser.

Ingredients:

•     2 cups fresh kale (chopped)
•     1 cup water
•     1 cup fresh cranberries
•     2 oranges (chopped)
•     2 bananas

Preparation:

• Put the kale in a blender, add the water and blend until smooth. 
• Then, add the remaining fruits and blend again. 
• You can also use frozen fruit, if you want the drink cold. 
• This recipe is for two servings.
• Cranberry Syrup & Sparkling Cranberry Juice

Make your own unsweetened cranberry syrup from fresh or frozen cranberries. You can also use cranberry syrup to make a healthy sparkling cranberry drink.

Cranberry Syrup:

Ingredients:

•     12 oz. Cranberries (fresh or frozen)
•     4 c. filtered water

Preparation:

• In a saucepan, add the cranberries and water. 
• Cook the cranberries on medium-high, until they all pop. 
• Mash popped cranberries with a spoon and then remove them from the heat.   
• Leave the mashed cranberries on for 5 minutes. 
• Then, pour cranberries in a blender and blend for about 1 minute. 
• Strain syrup through a fine mesh sieve, and pour it in a glass jar. 
• Cover it and put in refrigerator.
• Sugar-Free Sparkling Cranberry Juice.

Ingredients:

•     2 oz. cranberry syrup
•     8-10 oz. club soda
•     25-30 drops of liquid Stevia

Preparation:

• Combine all the ingredients in an ice-filled pint glass, and stir well.
• Sugar-Free Sparkling Cranberry Juice has only 10 calories and less than 2g of carbs.
• Supernatural Weight Loss Cranberry Drink
• Healthy cranberry drink that can help you with weight loss.