{"id":15679,"date":"2013-08-26T20:22:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=15679"},"modified":"2015-09-07T21:12:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T01:12:24","slug":"nectarine-mint-drink-refreshing-summer-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/nectarine-mint-drink-refreshing-summer-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Nectarine Mint Drink &#8211; Refreshing Summer Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15686\" alt=\"nectarine mint drink \" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines-mint-drink-copy.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines-mint-drink-copy.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines-mint-drink-copy-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Refreshing on a hot day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After a couple of days of severe cold and sinus I am back to life today. I had been sipping hot water, hot herbal tea and hot soups for the past two days, it did make me feel better. However, today I wanted something cold that can refresh my throat and my body. I had a few ripe and juicy nectarines; I combined it with mint, lemon juice, water and made it into a refreshing drink.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15683\" alt=\"nectarines\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarines-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nectarines and peaches are the same species, hence you could use either of the them. In August, fruit isles at grocery stores are crowded with peaches and nectarines. The ripe ones are really sweet and juicy. You could make a lot of desserts with ripe peaches and nectarines. I am so looking forward to making tarts, hopefully over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Flowers always put a smile on my face, even on a lousy day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15681\" alt=\"flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowers.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowers.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/flowers-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15682\" alt=\"nectarine-mint drink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarine-mint-drink.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarine-mint-drink.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nectarine-mint-drink-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Nectarines Mint Drink &#8211; Refreshing Summer Drink<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Drinks<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Thasneen<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Prep time: <time itemprop=\"prepTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Total time: <time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"PT5M\">5 mins<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">2 People<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Nectarines or Peaches, ripe- 2, large<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Mint leaves- 8 leaves<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Lemon juice- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Cold Water- 2 cups<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sugar- 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Use very ripe nectarines, peel off the skin and remove the seed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a blender, combine the above mentioned ingredients and blend to high speed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour to a tall glass, add ice and serve.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">If you want you could add soda to this drink.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.2124<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refreshing on a hot day&#8230; After a couple of days of severe cold and sinus I am back to life today. I had been sipping hot water, hot herbal tea and hot soups for the past two days, it did make me feel better. However, today I wanted something cold that can refresh my throat &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,562,967,766,541],"tags":[587,537],"class_list":["post-15679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milkshake","category-mint","category-mocktail","category-nectarines","category-summer-drinks-by-category","tag-mint-2","tag-summer-drinks","course-drinks-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}