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Healthy Drink Recipes

Find healthy, delicious drink recipes including smoothies & shakes, juice recipes, tea, lemonade and more. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Avocado Margaritas

Avocado in a margarita? You bet! It lends creaminess and beautiful color to this refreshing blended cocktail that's perfect for serving on taco night.

Avocado Margaritas

How to Make a 3-Ingredient Smoothie

With just three ingredients, you can use different fruit and juice combinations so you'll never get bored with this smoothie! Perfect for a healthy breakfast or snack.

How to Make a 3-Ingredient Smoothie

Cocktails That Aren't Sugar Bombs

These fun cocktails are at most 8 grams of added sugar per serving, allowing you to indulge without consuming a week’s worth of added sugar.

Cocktails That Aren't Sugar Bombs

Tomato-Vegetable Juice

Blueberry-Cabbage Power Juice

Creamsicle Breakfast Smoothie

Healthy Juice Recipes and Healthy Smoothie Recipes

Boost your fruit and vegetable intake with these healthy smoothie recipes and healthy juice recipes.

Bourbon-Cherry Seltzers

Wake-Up Smoothie

Frozen Horchata

Watermelon Slush

See It, Make It: Healthy Drinks

Add some thirst-quenching pizzazz to summer with these refreshing drinks. Ready-made beverages often come loaded with calorie-packed high-fructose corn syrup and unwanted additives. In contrast, these healthy drink recipes, including smoothie recipes, iced coffee recipes, bloody Mary recipes, margarita recipes and more easy cocktails, are a cinch to make in a blender, a pitcher or right in the glass, and deliver a nutrition bonus as well.

Strawberry Ice Cream Soda

Strawberry-Almond Smoothie

Strawberry Coolers

Cherry-Vanilla Bean Milkshake

Healthy Instagrammable Recipes to Join the #PinkDrink Trend

Pink is in season. #PinkDrink has taken over Instagram now that Starbucks has added the Pink Drink to its year-round menu. But you can make an instagram-worthy pink drink right at home with these colorful and flavorful recipes. You'll slash calories and sugar, save some money and get plenty of likes in the process.

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Apple Cider Vinegar Tonic

Herbal Chamomile Health Tonic

Healthy Gut Tonic with Chia

Soothing Ginger-Lemon Tea

Homemade Tonic Recipes to Give Your Health a Boost

Need a health boost? Try one of these easy drink recipes. Whether you just need a way to unwind and relax, looking for probiotic pick-me-up or have a sore throat to soothe, we have a tonic for you from hot teas to refreshing bubbly beverages.

Cucumber-Mint Spritzer

Cranberry-Orange Punch

Virgin Layered Strawberry-Mango Margaritas

Easy Mocktail Ideas for Celebrating without Alcohol

Our nonalcoholic cocktail recipes are sparkly, fun and packed with fresh flavor. Whether you’re hosting a baby shower, kids birthday party or looking for a festive way to celebrate without alcohol, try our easy mocktail ideas that everyone can enjoy.

Strawberry Shrub Mocktail

You can easily multiply this strawberry shrub mocktail recipe to serve a whole party: just muddle the strawberries, basil and lemon in a pitcher, then vigorously stir in the shrub and ice. Top each serving with seltzer.

Strawberry Shrub Cocktail

You can easily multiply this strawberry shrub cocktail recipe to make a pitcher cocktail to serve a whole party: just muddle the strawberries, basil and lemon in a pitcher, then vigorously stir in the vodka, shrub, Campari and ice. Top each serving with seltzer.

Pitaya Smoothie Bowls

These gorgeous smoothie bowls make a healthy breakfast, snack or light dessert. They get their vibrant color from pitaya, aka dragon fruit. Blend them up when you need a special treat that's good for you and good-looking! We call for fresh pitaya in this recipe, but if you can't find it or don't feel like fussing with it, feel free to swap in frozen cubed pitaya.

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Mojito Mocktails

These minty mojito mocktails would be great at a luncheon, a brunch, a baby shower, a pool party--basically whenever you find that a cool, refreshing beverage would be welcome. Be sure to add the ice cubes and sparkling water just before serving to avoid diluting this pitcher cocktail (which is easily doubled to serve a crowd, by the way).

Aquafaba Gin Fizz

For this refreshing and tart vegan gin fizz recipe, we've used aquafaba--the liquid from canned chickpeas--in place of egg whites to create the cocktail's signature frothy top. Even if you're not a vegan, you may prefer this recipe as it saves you the step of separating the eggs (and figuring out what to do with the leftover yolks). Save the chickpeas for another recipe, such as hummus or spiced chickpeas, to serve alongside your drinks!

Garden-Fresh Mint Julep

This play on the Derby Day favorite the mint julep uses the whole sugar snap pea plant: pea greens in the simple syrup and snap pea "juice," plus pea blossoms for garnish, if you're lucky enough to find them.

Strawberry-Pineapple Smoothie

Blend almond milk, strawberry and pineapple for a smoothie that's so easy you can make it on busy mornings. A bit of almond butter adds richness and filling protein. Freeze some of the almond milk for an extra icy-texture.

Strawberry-Mango-Banana Smoothie

Making fruit smoothies at home saves time and money. For this easy smoothie, combine strawberries, mango and banana with a bit of cashew butter and ground chia seeds for body and richness.

Strawberry-Chocolate Smoothie

This creamy, rich strawberry-chocolate smoothie will satisfy any chocolate cravings. It's so decadent you might want it as a dessert, too.

Strawberry-Blueberry-Banana Smoothie

A smoothie with strawberries, blueberries and banana is delicately sweet and entirely kid-friendly, even with a boost of protein from hemp seeds. Freeze the fruits ahead of time for an extra frosty texture once blended.

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Frozen Grapefruit Margaritas

Swap out some of the usual lime juice in your margaritas with fresh grapefruit juice for a refreshing spin on the classic drink. Red grapefruit makes for a particularly pretty cocktail. Unlike many frozen margaritas served at restaurants, these cocktails have no additional sweetener.

Nonalcoholic Strawberry Margaritas

A frozen virgin strawberry margarita is a refreshing way to cool down on warm days. This margarita mocktail, which calls for only five ingredients, uses a bit of agave nectar to blunt the tartness of lime juice and fresh strawberries.

Peach Sunrise Refresher

This beautiful beverage is perfect for serving at brunch, but it's also a great mocktail for non-drinkers at your next cocktail party. If you have leftover peach nectar from this recipe, pour a splash into hot tea to add sweetness and satisfying fruit flavor.

Orange Pear-tini

Serve this special drink at your next cocktail party. Your guests will love how the subtle pear flavor contrasts with the citrusy orange juice.

Really Green Smoothie

The combination of kale and avocado makes this healthy smoothie recipe extra green. Chia seeds lend this creamy smoothie a heart-healthy punch of fiber and omega-3 fatty acids.

Kumquat Margaritas

Kumquats are bite-size citrus fruit that you can eat whole, including the skins and seeds. Find them in season November through March for a great sweet addition to your traditional margarita recipe.

Mermaid Smoothie Bowl

Channel your inner mythical creature with a colorful smoothie bowl that's fun to make and eat. Look for blue spirulina powder, a protein-rich supplement made from blue-green algae, at natural-foods stores or order it online.

Derby Dry Mocktail

Crafted beverages aren't just for cocktails anymore. This alcohol-free drink is just as special as its alcoholic cousin--the classic Derby cocktail made with bourbon, vermouth, orange and lime. Whether you're skipping booze for the night, month or a lifetime, this mocktail recipe is worthy of a toast.

Pineapple-Grapefruit Detox Smoothie

Pineapple, grapefruit and spinach are packed with water and minerals, which can help hydrate you and supply your body with a bounty of fiber too. Electrolyte-rich coconut water is a refreshing dairy-free substitute for yogurt or milk. If you have time, freeze the coconut water into cubes for an extra-frosty smoothie.

Dark Chocolate-Coconut Hot Cocoa

This stovetop hot chocolate starts with a delicately sweet coconut beverage. The subtle hints of vanilla help blunt the bitter edge of dark chocolate, and a splash of maple syrup makes this warm drink sweet and comforting.

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