I have found the perfect diet soda! And it is homemade diet soda.
I just discovered this combo in the last week or so and I am decidedly pleased with it.
I even busted out my DSLR to photograph this lovely healthy diet soda. Without further ado, here is my stevia-sweetened diet soda recipe…
Homemade Diet Soda Recipe
Ingredients (serves 1)
- 1 can of seltzer water
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
- stevia*, to taste – approximately 1 packet (or equivalent)
Method
- Mix lemon juice and stevia.
- Add seltzer.
- Drink!
I know that (normal) diet soda is “bad for you”, but I do indulge in it occasionally. Unfortunately it has been giving me problems recently – within a few minutes after having anything with aspartame/sucralose I get a splitting headache. (Including gum.) I was very excited to discover this prudent and slightly more healthful alternative to my normal Coke Zero treats. My other option was Zevia (a brand of stevia-sweetened diet soda) but since it’s pricey I don’t stock up on it. Seltzer is cheap.
Do you drink diet soda? Do you like stevia? Have you tried Zevia or making your own homemade diet soda?
*Note: I’m still using the NuNaturals stevia products and I am so happy with all of them. When I run out I will definitely be ordering more.
i’ll have to try this! looks good. i have mostly given up diet soda, but every once in awhile the siren song of diet dr. pepper gets me (especially if it’s cherry…) great idea!
@carin: same! I love diet dr. pepper… the cherry vanilla is especially seductive.
I somtimes make lemonade like this at home! I don’t use stevia, though, because it isn’t sold in Germany, but another aspartame-free sweetener.
@Kath: I am going to France next month (2.5 weeks!)… maybe I can bring along some stevia and mail it to you if you want!
Wow, you’ll be quite close to me then! 😀 Thank you so much for thinking of me, I appreciate this a lot! 🙂 Anyway, I just saw that I can order stevia on Amazon (.de) – regular shops and supermarkets may not have it, but Amazon does! 😀 So please don’t stress because of me! 🙂
This looks lovely!
You know that powdered Liptons iced tea? I used to mix it with stevia and seltzer water. It was yummy.
Stevia rocks…as long as it’s the specific brands I like. Some are gross.
I try not to drink too much diet soda ($$$), but I do like it. Regular soda makes my teeth hurt when I think about it. And I don’t care if it’s “natural cane sugar” either.
@Mimi: Yeah, NuNaturals is my favorite so far. I do not like the TJ’s one at all!
I love diet soda and I make home made lemonade all the time never thought to combine the two!
Where do you get that lemon juice?
@Joy: I got it at Whole Foods but I have also seen it at some other local natural food stores (Health Nuts, for example).
Yes, I drink diet soda all the time. I am so addicted. Thanks for sharing this idea. Maybe it will help me.
@whitney: definitely try it! Let me know if you like it 🙂