Cheers!

Spring Drinks- Cheers! 

Thai Coconut Iced Tea

2 jasmine or green tea ginger tea bags 

2 cups boiling water

1 cup coconut milk

2 TBSP agave nectar or honey

1.  Brew the tea bags and then allow to cool to room temperature.

2.  Pour 1/2 cup coconut milk into each glass.  Stir in the honey or agave nectar.  Add ice. Gently pour the tea over the back of a spoon held close to the coconut milk.  This gives a dramatic look of the tea pooling over the coconut milk.  Fancy and delicious!  

Lemon-Limeade

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup agave nectar

zest from one lemon and one lime

juice of 3 lemons

juice of 3 limes

5 cups sparkling water

1.  In a small saucepan, boil a simple syrup with the water and agave nectar.  If you can bypass the sweetness of the drink simply skip this step. 

2.  Add the zest and juice to the syrup.  

3.  In a large pitcher, add the juices and zest to the sparkling water and ice.  I love serving this with a sprig of mint and a slice of lemon.  It is so pretty and refreshing!

     Enjoy what spring has to offer.  Take a run, a hike, or a bike ride and view the creation waking up from a long, harsh winter.  Try to continually experience God's daily, overwhelming presence in the newness of spring.  

          "God invites us to look up, open our eyes to the wonder all around us, 

          and seize every opportunity to encounter him." 

                               

                              -Margaret Feinberg, from her book Wonderstruck:Awaken to the Nearness of God

My morning run was filled with blooming trillium