Now that Juniper is sleeping through the night, (not nursing again til morning) I am able to indulge at the end of particularly difficult days.  One of my all time favorite drinks is a gin and tonic. Simple and refreshing. The weather has been so unseasonably warm lately that I was in the mood for one last night. The one thing that I do not enjoy about the drink is that store-bought tonic waters all have high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener. So last night I set forth to create a close facsimile with what I had in the kitchen. I have to say, it was so delicious that I had a hard time not going for a second. I did however stop at just one, nobody likes a hung over mama.

Recipe for awesomeness in a glass: 

1 shot of Gin

1 tsp lime juice

1 tsp honey

seltzer water

ice

Combine gin, lime juice and honey in glass. Fill the glass with seltzer. Stir til honey is dissolved. Enjoy!

In the end it tasted more like a hard limeade than a gin and tonic, but hey, I do love me some limeade