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Hey I'm Megan Mitchell, and I'm here in the Thrive Market Test Kitchen. Today I'm
going to show you some Whole30 compliant drinks. I'm making a citrus tea.
I'm making a berry slushy, and I'm also making a Bloody Mary.
Before I get started be sure to like, comment, subscribe, and if you don't know
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Search Whole30 and it pops up; it's very convenient. So let's get started on the
first drink. I almost wanted to call it cocktail ,but there's no alcohol in it
because you can't have the alcohol on Whole30. Which was the hardest part for
me. You need a pot because this is a warm drink. Two cups of water; boil it, gulp it
down. To the water I'm adding some allspice berries; like little angels. Uh
three cloves. These are all warming spices, it's great for the holidays. Black
peppercorns; cinnamon stick, I also have an orange that I'm gonna zest in. The thing
about zesting - go in one direction or your zester will just lose all of its
teeth,. and it's flat and you're like why is it disgusting. Because you're going
back and forth like this, so just go in one direction with a zester. But watch
your fingers, nobody wants a knuckle in their tea. I like the orange, it adds a
nice brightness to the dish. You could do blood orange, you could even do
grapefruit. You could do a mix of citrus. Into the pot and then I'm gonna also add
the juice. I want to add a little sweetness; you can't have sugar anything
on Whole30, so this gives me a little sweetness to this tea that it needed.
Okay guarantee this goes everywhere. This doesn't seem to fit.
Okay nailed it, this is what we call being a pro. We're also adding ginger,
fresh ginger. ooh cut off the skin; you can peel it away with a spoon. I don't
have time for that, and now we just want to thinly slice the ginger. I'm gonna
strain this after so didn't matter, I'm not gonna be drinking one of those guys.
Okay ginger, ready let's add it to our pot. Give this a little stir, and then I'm gonna bring this up
to a simmer. Once it's simmers I'm gonna turn it down
to low, and then I'll add two mint tea bags. The thing about mint tea, you
can get caffeinated if you're, it's the morning you want to get going, or you can
do decaf without any caffeine if you want to have this at night. So there's
different kinds of tea. Let's go, alright that's the tender boil I was
looking for so now I'm gonna add my mint tea. Let this steep for about five
minutes, and then we're gonna pour it in a glass.
Good, yeah crazy. Hot, hot tea. It's been steeping, it's been simmering for five minutes.
I'm still holding on to it, it's hot. Alright, I'm gonna strain it into measuring,
a liquid measuring cup because it's just easier to pour, and I'm gonna strain it
through this little guy to catch any of the peppercorns, the cinnamon stick and
I'm gonna serve this hot, but it's also delicious cold. So you can strain it, pop
it in the fridge, and then pour it over ice and it's really good. Come on, oh bloop!
This smells so good, I can smell the cinnamon and the orange it smells like
the holidays; but this is a nice comforting wintertime tea. Mmm it's
subtle, it's light, it's cozy. I can taste the cinnamon, the orange, a little hint
from the mint. A little hint from the mint, it's really good.
If you'd looking for a cozy comfort drink when you're on Whole30, give this a
try. But I have two more recipes coming atcha.
Alright onto my second drink and this one is a blackberry bramble. To my
pitcher I'm gonna add blackberries, to my blackberry bramble; and this one is
fruity, its citrusy and I'm adding my favorite thing...
collagen. Anytime I can sneak it in guys, I want to add it. So blackberries, mint,
and I'm using New Chapters collagen glow and I'm gonna use three scoops, and this
has type one two and three collagen. So it's good for all the things the hair,
skin, nails, bones; it's gonna make you glow from the inside out. Make you
look like a baby. I'm gonna do three scoops because it's one scoop per eight
ounces of water, and this is unflavored. They have another one "Move," that is
unflavored as well. Alright I'm adding the juice of two
blood oranges, if you can't find blood oranges you could use navel. They're just
so pretty inside, and I'm also doing the juice of one lemon. Squeezing time. Just
squeeze the citrus in, and then I'm gonna muddle this all together and I'm gonna
top it off with sparkling lime flavored soda water.
Just another citrus to add to everything. If you want to make a big batch of this,
make it to this point, I'm going to add the sparkling water as needed.
Because you poured it all in, and let it sit in the fridge, it's no longer gonna be
sparkling it's just gonna be lime flavored water. I drink a lot of tea on
Whole30 I drink a lot of water and then I drink these guys. So now grab a spoon,
I'm gonna use the back of it I'm gonna muddle. Gonna get muddling. So you just
wanna muddle away; this is breaking up the blackberries, dissolving that
collagen, and gently bruising - in the nicest way - the mint. So it's releasing
the natural oils and the essence and everything that the mint is meant to be.
Here we go, looking great, smelling great.
Give this a stir and like I said if you want to make this at the beginning of
the day, make the small muddled portion and then add the fizzy water per glass. I
have a cup with some crushed ice looking like a snow cone. Alright let's pour this.
Sprig of mint. Oh my goodness it's light, it's refreshing; I think this would
be perfect for a dinner with girlfriends. It looks like a beautiful cocktail,
you're not even to miss the alcohol. Next one coming up. One more, last Whole30
compliant cocktail, mocktail, drink. This one is a Bloody Mary; when you want
something savory, or you want a meal in a glass, this is for you. Alright
high-power blender, I'm gonna add one stalk of celery. I'm just gonna cut it
into smaller pieces, just to help help my sweet little buddy along. One 15-ounce
can of pureed tomatoes, sometimes it says tomato sauce. I'm gonna add half a cup of
Whole30 compliant bone broth. I'm using beef but you could use chicken if you
like, just check your labels on everything when it's Whole30 you want
to make sure there is no added sugar, no added weird stuff, and then I'm gonna add
about a tablespoon of elderly boyfriend... I can't even it's so good.
Some may know it is "Old Bae" seafood seasoning; I like to call it, as my
producer does, "elderly boyfriend." I'm gonna add a tablespoon of that.
I like that spice it gives some celery, salt, some paprika; it's a lot of spices
to your Bloody Mary. Black pepper, and I have the brine from olives. My olives, my
brine, which adds a salty bite. Tangy salty bite, and then coconut aminos. You
can't do soy sauce; but this is coconut aminos so it gives that umami flavor to
your Bloody Mary. Blend. Make sure the lids are on properly. Just let
it rip; rip it and rip it. This looks lovely and if you feel like it looks a
little too thick, you can add some more bone broth. Oh she
smells delicious, man I went to add vodka to this so bad.
I'm gonna garnish with a celery stock, straw; I have an olive stuffed with
garlic. So my breath is awesome, add that in. Last but not least a lemon wedge, I
like a little citrus in my Bloody Mary; I think it brightens it up. I'm gonna
squeeze it in. Let mne give this a try, my Bloody Mary my Whole30-compliant
Bloody Mary. You could add some hot sauce if you can find a Whole30 a,nd there
is Whole30 compliant hot sauce. You add a couple dashes of that, but this is
perfect for a Sunday brunch. I hope you give this a try, I hope you try all of
them. If you're looking for something sparkly and fruity try my bramble; if
you're looking for something hot warm cozy comforting, try my tea, give this
Bloody Mary a try. Please let me know if you do. Be sure to
like, comment, subscribe and thanks for watching you can find all the products I
use at thrivemarket.com/prepschool. Smell ya later Whole30-ers.
hi we're at the stove, I want to bring this up - does that work, no? Really psyched
to continue making this tea with you, it's on a stove and I turned up the heat
in the kitchen -you know I mean. Just a gentle boil, a tender boil, a Danny
Boyle, a Susan Boyle. Is there another boil? A David Boil,
he's not famous, but I know David Boil.