#PinkEats for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Healthy pink drinks

Jacki Halas

| 2 min read

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’ll be posting Pink Eats, a collection of healthy, yummy recipes that are all pink!
It’s time to bust out the hoodies, cheer on your favorite football team (Go Spartans and Lions!) and enjoy delicious honey crisp apples. Autumn is here. With the fall, comes October, which has also been coined Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
In honor of the brave men and women affected by breast cancer, we’ve compiled some delectable, fun beverages that are healthy, tasty and PINK! Here at A Healthier Michigan, we raise our pink glasses to you. Cheers to finding a cure.

Pomegranate Lemonade

Yields 4 eight oz. glasses
Pink, healthy drinks for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Ingredients:

3 tbsp. sugar
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
1 cup pomegranate juice
2 ½ cups water
Crushed ice

Directions:

Pour lemon juice into pitcher, add sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Pour pomegranate juice into the pitcher and stir. Add 2 ½ cups of water into the pitcher and pour into individual glasses. Add crushed ice to each individual glass.
.

Strawberry Pineapple Smoothie

Yields 4 eight oz. smoothies

Ingredients:

1 cup strawberries with tops removed
1 cup fresh pineapple, cubed
½ cup skim milk
¼ cup orange or pineapple juice
2 tbsp. honey
1 tsp. sugar, or other sweetener
4 cubes ice

Directions:

Place all ingredients in blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, add a strawberry or pineapple to rim of each glass and serve.
And if you’re in a pinch for a great pink drink, pink grapefruit and cranberry juices by themselves will also do the trick. Bottoms up!
Photo credits: purplekiss024 and Chotda

A Healthier Michigan is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit, independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
No Personal Healthcare Advice or Other Advice
This Web site provides general educational information on health-related issues and provides access to health-related resources for the convenience of our users. This site and its health-related information and resources are not a substitute for professional medical advice or for the care that patients receive from their physicians or other health care providers.
This site and its health-related information resources are not meant to be the practice of medicine, the practice of nursing, or to carry out any professional health care advice or service in the state where you live. Nothing in this Web site is to be used for medical or nursing diagnosis or professional treatment.
Always seek the advice of your physician or other licensed health care provider. Always consult your health care provider before beginning any new treatment, or if you have any questions regarding a health condition. You should not disregard medical advice, or delay seeking medical advice, because of something you read in this site.