Healthy Shirley Temples

How to make Healthy Shirley Temples Recipe - This kiddie cocktail is on tap. Using fresh, in-season Bing cherries and real juice, you can create a drink that’s just 40 calories a cup (regular ones are, gulp, around 150).

Makes 2 cups

Ingredients:

8 fresh Bing cherries

1½ cups seltzer

¼ cup cherry juice

Method:

1 Fill two glasses about halfway with ice and put 4 cherries in each.

2 In a pitcher, mix seltzer and cherry juice.

3 Pour seltzer mixture into glasses and offer to kids 4 and over. Slice the cherries for younger kids.

Nutrition per cup: 40 calories; 0g protein; 0g fat (0g saturated fat); 9g carbohydrate; 1g fiber; 4mg calcium; 0mg iron; 3mg sodium.

kitchen tip:

In most of the country, cherry season starts in June. Don’t miss the chance to get the fruit at its best flavor and best price.

Healthy Shirley Temples