[Mid-Week Snack] Fruit Ice Cubes

Summer time in Vegas means drink your water people

Happy mid-week everybody! Let me just say that last weekend was amazing. This was a weekend filled with friends and family coming together to celebrate the joyyace occasion of the First Birthday. Not just one though 2 First birthday, my son's and our good friends daughters. So you know what that means right. Cake! I had a lot of cake. I do plan on sharing the festivities with every (coming soon) pending my son allowing me to write.

However; I wanted to share a Mid-Week snack with you first. Just a little something quick simple and an absolute favorite of mine. I am a huge fan of water. I love the stuff. The taste, smell, texture and the feeling that I get after having a big glass of the stuff. When my husband and I go out to dinner he just tells the waiter to leave a pitcher with me to save themselves time.

Vegas can get hot. Me? I like the heat. I know that it is very important to stay hydrated during the summer months. Just imagine summertime sitting at the pool drinking water drinking juice drinking a margarita, but you skip the water because it doesn't taste as good. Well, I agree with you on this one. Margaritas are delicious.. um yum. So I have a little trick though I'd like to keep in my back pocket for when I have friends over. Fruit ice cubes.

Now it sounds simple enough and that is because it is. All you really need for this little trick is

• water
• fruit
• some kind of ice tray or freezable container to make an ice cube.

The first thing to do after you decide what fruit you want to use is wash your fruit. The entire fruit is used with the ice cubes not just the juice. I am going to use oranges this time. I do love my citrus fruits. You could use anything. I have used strawberries and raspberries whatever you have around the house or a choice favorite.

Once you have washed your fruit you need to slice it up into portions that will fit into what containers you are using to make your ice cubes. I have these awesome silicon shapes that work wonderfully for this. They are nice and large in addition to adding a cute little flair of shapes.

Next place your fruit into the containers evenly. This will make it easier to fill and move into the freezer.

Fill the containers with water. I like to fill up to about an 1/4 - 1/8 below the rim of the containers. This makes it easier to move them without making a mess and it makes sure they don't expand to far in the freezer.

Place the trays in the freezer, and wait!

Now enjoy a lovely glass of fruit infused water.  You see as the water chills and the ice melts the flavor of your fruit infuses the water. I find it infuses the water much faster than placing fresh fruit into a pitcher.

Have a great summer everyone and remember stay hydrated.