The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks: Powerhouse Ingredients, Endless Combinations

by America's Test Kitchen

Overview

Your one-stop guidebook to healthy hydration with 160 recipes for expense-saving, sugar-sparing, all-natural beverages. It captures the test kitchen's discoveries and best techniques for juicing, brewing, smoothie making, fermenting, and more.

You'll appreciate knowing why our blends work and what each ingredient brings to the table. Try a zucchiña colada, lemongrass and star fruit infused water, and tepache, a flavorful fermented drink made from the rind of a pineapple.

Ferment the best kombucha, kefir, and tepache you've ever had

Make healthier DIY versions of beverages like V8® and Gatorade

Up your alcohol-free drink game with homemade low-sugar soda and seltzers made from fresh fruits and herbs

Mix your own loose tea blends using elderberries, lemon balm, echinachea, and more

Infuse coffees with fresh ingredients such as star anise and orange

Steep and simmer drinks like raw hot chocolate and switchel

Try unbelievably good juice combos such as parsnips and pears or sweet corn and blueberries

Customize your drinks with suggested ingredient substitutions to use ones you like or have on hand. Don't have it, don't worry!

Buy the best blender, juicer, or seltzer maker and use it with confidence based on ATK's reviews and tips

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954210202
Publisher:	America's Test Kitchen
Publication date:	12/13/2022
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	385,441
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

America's Test Kitchen publishes award-winning cookbooks along with Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and produces public television's top-rated shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country. It is a very real 15,000 square-foot kitchen located in Boston's Seaport district and is home to more than 60 test cooks, editors, and tasting and testing experts.

Editorial Reviews

"The chefs at America’s Test Kitchen put their heads together and tried a variety of techniques to perfect recipes that are easy to prepare, creating libations that showcase fruits and vegetables. “The Complete Guide to Healthy Drinks”... is loaded with drinks that showcase a vast variety of flavors and textures. They contend that making them from scratch offers more control over ingredients choices and in the process reduces costs." — Monterey Herald

From the Publisher

12/01/2022

Featuring America's Test Kitchen's customary scientific method to perfect recipes, this newest effort does not disappoint. Recipes cover a wide variety of healthy drink options such as smoothies, juices, teas, and flavored waters that one can make at home to save money and insure the wholesomeness of ingredients. Among the vast array of beverages are some surprises, including horchata and a DIY sports drink. Charts of tips and tricks appear at the beginning of each chapter covering ingredients, storage, and best practice. Recipes are also accompanied by substitution suggestions for versatility, expansion, and to match what is already on hand in the pantry. Equipment reviews are included in the chapters that rely on specific equipment for success, but a surprising number of drinks can be executed with common kitchen tools. Larger collections may find this title tries to do too much, but it could be the perfect find for those looking to explore healthy drinks while considering space and budget. VERDICT This inclusive title is a good choice for librarians looking for one book on the subject. Its very scope allows it to be many things to many people.—Sarah Tansley

Library Journal