Recipes

These recipes make enough to fill two Drink in the Box reusable drink boxes.

If you have our Ice on the Box, keep them in the freezer until packing lunches, then remove and slip onto your DIB.

Strawberry/Pineapple Chiller (makes two Drink in the Box drinks)

• 1/4 cup strawberries, crushed
• 1/4 cup pineapple, crushed
• 1 sage leaf
• Mix well and add to two Drink in the Boxes
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Strawberry Water:

• 4-6 ripe strawberries cleaned and sliced
• ½ lemon, sliced
• Pinch of basil, crushed
• Fill with cold water or ice (also works with milk)
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Watermelon Water:

• Cube watermelon, and add 4 to 6 1” cubes per DIB
• Add pinch of basil, crushed
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Berry Good!

• Combine a selection of your child’s favorite berries and mash up.
• Fill Drink in the Box ¼ full of berry-mash
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Hawaiian Twister

• Combine 1/2 cup of small chunks of pineapple and mango (mango can be fresh or frozen)
• Add small slices of Starfruit
• Fill DIB ¼ full of mixed fruit
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Cherry Pie

• Combine 1/2 cup pitted and halved fresh cherries, ½ of a lemon, sliced thin
• Add two vanilla beans
• Gently muddle with a spoon to mix the juices and flavors
• Fill DIB ¼ full of mixed fruit
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Peach Pie

• Remove pit and slice one ripe peach
• Add two vanilla beans
• Gently muddle with a spoon to mix the juices and flavors
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Tropical Orchard

• Combine 1/4 cup pineapple chunks ¼ cup pitted and halved fresh cherries
• Add ½ thinly sliced Granny Smith apple – skin and core removed
• Add ½ tsp of lemon juice (keeps apple white)
• Gently muddle with a spoon to mix the juices and flavors
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold

Simply Berries

• For maximum hydration, add fresh Blueberries or other berries ¼ full in a Drink in the Box
• Fill with cold water or ice
• Slip Ice on the Box over DIB to keep drinks cold
• Some berries do not add infused flavors, but they look bright and cheery, encourage kids to drink their water, so later they can remove the lid and munch on the fresh, high fiber and healthy superfood, that berries represent!