Getting Ready for Summer: Make your own Drink mix

 With Spring/Summer approaching we all will be outside working in the yard or garden. It gets hot. Thirst quenchers like Gatoraid or Propel are expensive. Here are a couple of cheaper, do-it-yourself alternatives to this.

• 1 quart of water
• 1/2 tsp of Baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 6-10 tsp of sugar, Granulated*
• (Optional) use 6-10 tsp of Splenda
• (optional) 1 small pkg of Unsweetened Drink mix

1. Mix all ingredients well. This should help to replace lost electrolytes. For color and taste mix with unsweetened drink mix. 

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• 1 envelope of unsweetened drink mix, enough for 2 quarts
• 1/2 tsp of table salt
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup Fructose, granular**
• 1/2 tsp of Citric acid**
• 2 Quarts of water

1. Mix all ingredients together, add more sugar to adjust sweetness

***  In place of Fructose use 1/4 cup of Corn syrup, 2 tsp of Lemon juice will work in place of Citric acid

Both of these recipes will work well in place of the more expensive drink mixes. Old fashioned unsweetened drink mixes are still available at the discount stores for as little as 10 cents each.