{"id":13671,"date":"2024-04-26T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=13671"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:35:54","slug":"cucumber-mint-mock-jito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/cucumber-mint-mock-jito\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber-Mint Mock-jito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/CucumberMintMockjito.jpg\" alt=\"Cucumber-Mint Mock-jito\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/cucumber-mint-mock-jito\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Cucumber-Mint Mock-jito<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 10 minutes plus standing<br \/>\nCook: 7 minutes \u2022 Serves: 1<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>3\/4 <\/span>cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n<span>12 <\/span>medium mint leaves plus sprigs for garnish<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons finely chopped cucumber plus slice for garnish<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Ice<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon <strong>ReaLime\u00ae 100% lime juice<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>5\t<\/span>fluid ounces lemon-lime sparkling seltzer water, chilled<br \/>\n<span>\t<\/span>Lime slice for garnish (optional)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>To make simple syrup, in small saucepot, heat sugar and \u00be cup water over medium heat 7 minutes or just until mixture boils and sugar dissolves; do not stir. Remove saucepot from heat and stir in 10 mint leaves. Let stand 15 minutes; strain and discard mint leaves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Into cocktail shaker or 12-ounce glass, add 2 mint leaves and cucumber; crush in bottom of glass with muddler. Fill shaker with ice; add lime juice, 3 tablespoons simple syrup and seltzer. Gently stir; strain over glass of ice and garnish with mint sprigs, cucumber slice and lime slice, if desired. Cover and refrigerate remaining simple syrup up to 2 weeks. Makes 1 mocktail.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 mocktail):<br \/>\n86 Calories, 0g Fat (0g Saturated), 0mg Cholesterol, 3mg Sodium,<br \/>\n22g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 21g Sugars, 21g Added Sugars, 0g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Dietitian&#8217;s Dish Tip(s):<\/span><br \/>\n> Cucumbers are hydrating and provide valuable nutrients like vitamin K and potassium, while mint aids digestion and adds a refreshing flavor.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cucumber-Mint Mock-jito Prep: 10 minutes plus standing Cook: 7 minutes \u2022 Serves: 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,5],"tags":[82],"class_list":["post-13671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-02_beverages","category-recipes","tag-24sum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13671"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13721,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13671\/revisions\/13721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}