380684 Tue Mar 13 15:17:22 -0700 2007 10 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 2382314 I just fractured my foot and the pain meds I am taking cannot be consumed with alcohol. Since it's my right foot and I'm not driving, I plan to take the narcotics for a few weeks until it heels. I also plan to eat out. So what are your favorite drinks without alcohol? I don't care for any pop/soda that is served in restaurants like Pepsi or Coke and want to see if there is something other than iced tea that folks enjoy. Tue Mar 13 15:17:23 -0700 2007 16602 lisaf 1 2382387 How about an Arnold Palmer (1/2 ice tea and 1/2 lemonade). Tue Mar 13 15:41:30 -0700 2007 2382314 75002 Megiac 1 2382574 I like water. Tue Mar 13 16:44:08 -0700 2007 2382314 13957 slacker 1 2382581 Ouch! My sympathies. I like mixing cranberry juice or pomegranate juice with fresh lime juice and club soda. Tangy and not too sweet. I got the idea from this thread: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/301666 Epicurious has some nice "mocktail" recipes: http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/nonalcoholic/mocktail Happy healing! Anne Tue Mar 13 16:46:46 -0700 2007 2382314 12541 AnneInMpls 1 2382642 usually water with lime and if i'm lucky, w/cucumber. otherwise cranberry and oj is yummy. Tue Mar 13 17:06:08 -0700 2007 2382314 77080 justagthing 1 2383028 Bitters and club soda. Tue Mar 13 19:01:19 -0700 2007 2382314 80445 Franken 1 2383114 Lassi--sweet, mango, salty--I love them all, though they're practically a meal in and of themselves. Any sort of fresh-sqeezed juice is good or the almost-fresh squeezed stuff like Nantucket Nectars juices. Virgin bloody Marys, orchata, coffee milk, Italian sodas, club soda with a squirt of lime, and Thai iced tea are also tasty. And sometimes a big glass of simple, cold milk totally hits the spot. Tue Mar 13 19:33:52 -0700 2007 2382314 64215 cimui 2 2384275 I second the lassi and horchata. Both I find very refreshing. A somewhat exotic take on lassi would be ayran, a yogurt drink flavored with mint, salt and sometimes cumin. I discovered cucumber water during last summer's heat and became a quick fan, sometimes adding mint to the mix, sometimes club soda for fizz. Rooh-afza (rosewater syrup) mixed with either milk or soda is a treat from my childhood, though I find it too sweet nowadays. Other fruit/floral syrups can also be used to make great spritzers. Wed Mar 14 08:22:29 -0700 2007 2383114 68363 JungMann 1 2383532 Arnold Palmers for sure. I also sometimes order a Tiger Woods (Arnie with a splash of cranberry). Water with lemon. Pellegrino with lime. Limeade. For less than a dollar a bottle, in my local Albertsons grocery, there's a beverage in their ethnic foods (Mexican) aisle called Senorial. It's a non-alcoholic sangria, and I enjoy it. Tue Mar 13 22:50:34 -0700 2007 2382314 42707 brekkie_fan 1 2383677 check out this thread http://www.chowhound.com/topics/367815?query=detox Wed Mar 14 01:13:01 -0700 2007 2382314 15572 Emme 1 2384240 I had a great cranberry/pomegranate juice the other day. Ito En, a Japanese company, makes a very tasty drink from Sri Lanka black tea and apples. It has to be one of the best ice tea drinks I have had. (I think it was actually made in China) Many Asian markets carry it. Simply Limeade and Simply Lemonade are really tasty in the refrigerated juice isle of the supermarket http://www.slashfood.com/2006/12/06/simply-lemonade-and-simply-limeade/ Wed Mar 14 08:16:18 -0700 2007 2382314 10732 JMF