It’s been awhile since Petra and I sat down for a mocktail and a recorded conversation. This week we’re bringing you a legit drink created by a private chef and the author of the Real Food Sanity Substack, Christi Flaherty.

Here's Christi Flaherty’s recipe for a Watermelon Cooler 

Single Mocktail 

2 oz watermelon juice* 3/4 oz lime juice 1/4 oz honey syrup (equal parts honey and water shaken together until honey dissolves) 2-3 sprigs of mint Club soda** 

Batch Mix for 4 8 oz watermelon juice* 3 oz lime juice (about 1/3 cup) 1 oz honey syrup (about 2 tbsp) 

2-3 sprigs of mint Club soda** 

For single Mocktail: 

Muddle (mash) the mint in a cocktail shaker. Add the juices, honey syrup and a little ice. Shake well then strain over ice in a short glass (lowball) top off the Topo Chico. 

If you don’t have a cocktail shaker, just muddle the mint in the bottom of a glass, simply add ice cubes in the juices and honey syrup, stir then top off the top of Chico. 

Christi Flaherty of Real Food Sanity

About Christi Flaherty

For 20 years private chef and holistic nutritionist, Christi Flaherty cooked for families and created multi-course wine pairing dinners in both Napa Valley and the Dallas areas. She recently realized her passion for teaching people to cook outweighed her love of cooking FOR people. A former Whole30 Certified Coach, Christi began developing gluten, dairy and soy free recipes as well as real food driven mocktails for private cooking classes, weekly meal plans and her blog. Her recent move to Substack brings her weekly recipes and essays on the food & human connection to her publication Real Food Sanity with weekly meal plans and cooking classes for paid subscribers in the works.

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* Civil War

* Masters of the Air

* Humpback Whales

* Sophia Jensen’s Road to Paris