July 25, 2024 • 12 mins
Quench your summer thirst with refreshing cocktail and mocktail inspirations perfect for busy moms. Imagine sipping on a zesty margarita with a twist, or discovering how to infuse your drinks with vibrant citrus notes. Join us as we share our favorite tips and tricks to stay hydrated and make your summer sipping both fun and flavorful. Plus, get the scoop on Alix's adventures in London and Vegas escapades, all while exploring the balance between surviving and thriving through the hot months.
In this episode, we cover:
1. Cocktail and mocktail options for summer, including specific recipes and non-alcoholic alternatives.
2. Moderation and health considerations in midlife drinking.
3. Personal preferences for different types of drinks and how they've changed over time.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Don't Call Me Midlife.
This summer we're shakingthings up a bit with our special
series called Survive or Thrive.
We know moms are extra busyduring the summer, so we're
bringing you shorter, bite-sizedepisodes, focused on one hot
topic at a time.
Join us as we share tips,stories and laughs, helping you
decide if you're just getting byor truly thriving this summer.
(00:23):
Nicole, hi hi, how are youHappy?
Summer, summertime.
Yes, I like the summer.
You do.
Usually, I'm anti-summer, but Ithink it's been a peaceful
summer.
So, yeah, well, we are like inthe midst of summertime, so it's
very exciting.
Yes, what is in your cup today?
(00:44):
I just have, I'm just sippingon some ice water.
Nothing exciting.
I do think that's exciting.
Just straight up water.
Sometimes that's all you need,forget all the stuff in it.
Well, I'm similar to you, but Ihave some lime element tea in my
water and I know you are not ahuge fan of element tea, but I
feel like lime and the citrusflavors and the watermelon.
(01:06):
They're like really fun in thesummertime and I'm drinking that
, you know.
You know I did that because ithas to do with our fun thrive or
survive topic today, which issummer cocktail yes, and
mocktails.
I'm loving my mocktail, I gotto tell you you, do you boo?
(01:35):
Well, the reason I was going totell you real quick one.
You know I love a good skinnymark and one of the tricks
sometimes that I'll do is tostay hydrated and to have a fun
cocktail is to put some of thelime element tea into my skinny
mark and it's really good.
Yes, it's a good idea, right?
I would try that because I lovea margarita Like that is my
go-to, yeah, and I love it withextra salt.
(01:57):
Okay, so I don't always lovesalt in my drinks, but I do in a
margarita.
So maybe, maybe I could getdown with that.
You could do that.
You know it's balance, right?
Yeah, yes, well, okay, so youlike a spicy Marg, right?
Yes, I love a spicy Marg.
So does that mean what I?
I've never really had a spicyMarg.
Is there like a spicy tequilathat they put in it, or like
(02:18):
what makes it spicy?
Um, they just put in the shaker.
They'll just put in like littlejalapeno slices or I don't know
.
Maybe they do have like asimple syrup with like habanero
in it.
Yeah, a lot of.
At my birthday I got like it wasa spicy marg mix.
It didn't have tequila in it.
You mix tequila, but it was thefirst time I saw that and a lot
(02:43):
of my friends drank it andthey're like I love this.
And I was like, wow, I just Idon't know if I like a spicy
Marg, I'm just down with theskinny Marg, I just could drink.
I told Alex the other day whenwe were in I mean, when we were
in Vegas a couple of weeks ago Icould just drink margaritas all
year long.
I don't know, I just like, lovethem so much.
And with any meal and with anymeal Whitefish, steak, spaghetti
(03:05):
, I don't care.
Yes, yes, I agree.
Well, you know, I'm in Londonright now and I have tried to
find a Skinny Marg here, butthey don't really know what that
is.
If anyone knows of the bestSkinny Marg, you know London,
they have the most amazingcocktails.
I mean literally, nicole, theytake like 20 minutes to make one
(03:26):
cocktail.
It's like has to be perfect.
They take like little tweezersand put like petals on the
cocktails, which I love.
But I will have to come back tothe US to have my real, true
skinny marks.
Or maybe you can buy your owningredients and just make it
yourself.
I could do that.
I could do that, but we'reeating out a ton here and making
some dinners at home, but ourapartment's pretty small so I'm
(03:46):
not enjoying cocktails there, soI'll go out for that with Alex
or the boys.
So what other sort of drinks Doyou feel like you drink?
More in the summer or less?
How do you feel about summersort of drinking?
Well, me personally, I, youknow it has it has to be in
moderation.
For me, because you know myHashimoto's.
(04:10):
It just does not make me feel ahundred percent, and so
typically it's just like alittle event or a get together
girls night.
If I don't have much in thenext couple of days, I'll I'll
treat myself.
I mean, we have like abeautiful patio and we can see
the mountain from it, and soit's just nice to sit out there.
But I did find something onInstagram that I made, and
(04:34):
recently, and it was phenomenal.
What is it?
I'm dying, I don't know.
It's.
Well, it's a tequila base, andso what you do is you put the
tequila in with strawberries andyou let it marinate for like
three weeks, and so you get thisbeautiful like ruby red liquid
and it's just so delicious, andthen you mix it with orange
(04:59):
liqueur and you can use agave orsimple syrup, and then you just
shake it up and it's just likeperfect.
Yeah, that sounds so good.
Nicole, send me that.
I'm going to make that.
When I get home, I'm going tomake some strawberry tequila.
Whoever comes over my house,tequila is one of those things I
just love.
I also feel like, you know,having certain cocktails make
(05:19):
you feel better or worse.
I feel like for myself, inmidlife, I can't drink as much
wine, no matter if it's likereally good wine or not.
I don't drink Alex and I don'tdrink red anyways, but I think
it's more cocktails.
I think it's also, you know, tobe honest, it's slower to drink
.
Right, I could like down wineeasy I don't know about you
(05:40):
Especially a nice crisp rosé.
Yes, yes, I do, I do.
But it's like if we're likesitting outside, it would be so
fun, but we're for the beach,but I just I can't drink as much
wine lately.
I just can't.
Yeah, this is a good drink tohave when you have a party too.
Like, yeah, so you can put thisin the fridge and just kind of
make sure you label it.
(06:00):
So your teens are like, oh,what's this, what's this fruit
punch.
But it is good if, like, you'rehaving some company over and
you just want like that onething and and you don't want to
have like a cocktail bar orstanding in one spot making
drinks for everybody.
So I think having thisalongside, maybe like sangria,
would be like a perfect summer,like you know drinks, and then
(06:21):
that just people can helpthemselves and they can put
whatever garnish they want inthere and then you can.
Actually I noticed that likethe woman she um, on the rim I
think it was like a sugarcrystal.
I wish I didn't haveHashimoto's.
Oh my gosh, you could.
You could also crush up somelike dried strawberries too.
Oh yeah, for the rim to make itlike fun.
Okay, that's good, you can alsomake.
(06:41):
I like margaritas because youcan make them for when you have
a party, like in batches, right,so people can like pour it out
their own and that's super fun.
Also, you and Jerry loves like amocktail, or what do you do for
that in the summertime?
Are you just like straightwater?
Do you have like a fun seltzer,or you don't like sparkling
stuff?
So what do you if you're?
You know, jerry and I are likea little boring or like a little
(07:04):
mindful with things.
Because he doesn't do seltzersanymore because, well, for those
of you ladies listening, hegets kidney stones like a lot.
And so his urologist said thatcarbonation there's something
about carbonation that likebrings on kidney stones.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah, well, we didn't either.
So he was drinking like bubblyand lacroix and all those drinks
(07:27):
and there's something in itthat, yeah, aggrav the Good to
know.
So, anyway, we just have a lotof water.
I like to put mint in my water,but I love, love, love coconut.
And so I found this mocktailthat I love from I think her
name is Kale Junkie, and it'slike coconut, coconut milk with
(07:48):
lime and ginger beer.
And I don't like carbonationbut like, I think, because the
denseness of the coconut milk itdoesn't make it super fizzy but
it's very delicious.
That sounds it's almost like a,like a I don't want to say it's
like a pina colada.
I was going to say pina colada,yeah, which I love.
Those Like that's my favoritedrink poolside.
(08:08):
You are so funny, I can't havethose.
Alex loves those, like heactually.
You know you wouldn't thinkhe's like a fruity drink guy,
but like when we're in St Croixor like on vacation, he will
definitely drink those.
He's like an IPA boy, right?
Yes, he's like.
He's just like he loves a beer.
He loves seltzers too.
Like he's a big like a loweralcohol content.
(08:33):
Like, if people I'm not a,we're not like big day drinkers,
but if I was, I'd probably havelike a seltzer at the beach or
you know, there's lots of peoplein the summertime that like to
pack up a cooler.
Speaking of coconut, I actuallythought you were going to say
the same mocktail as me.
Have you ever?
Well, you don't like sparkly,but I love.
If I'm going to have a mocktailin the summertime, is the
coconut LaCroix.
It's so good I do like it for,like, if I'm at a barbecue or
(08:58):
something and that's all theyhave, then I will drink it and I
like that one and the lime.
I think it's the lime.
The lime LaCroix is really good.
It's a green can so I can.
Um, it's like I don't like thefizz but I like the aftertaste
of it, especially the coconut,right, um, do you?
Or like with malibu rum?
Yeah, like, that's not amocktail, but like I love malibu
(09:19):
rum, anything coconut, really.
You're so funny.
My mom's a big rum drinker I'mnot, you know, do you?
Um, also one of the seltzersthat I love too in the
summertime, because it it tasteslike the real fruit or whatever
is the Spindrift.
They make a cucumber mint, oh,and they make a mojito one.
That is really, really good inthe summertime.
(09:41):
They also just came out with afruit punch Spindrift that is to
die for, and you can drink thaton its own.
I had it at my birthday partyand people were like commenting
it's actually, I think, sold outa lot of places.
So I like those.
Are they all carbonated?
Yes, I don't think I've everhad one.
Oh, oh, well, I should send yousome.
We have two drawers in mykitchen of like pull out of just
(10:02):
seltzers, cause my kids willnot John, but Baker and Walker
love to drink seltzers.
I don't buy a lot of sodaunless it's like a party, um,
but, but they do, they love likeseltzers.
Alex drinks a lot of seltzer.
He takes one to work every day.
So, um, yeah, those are onesthat I love, but the La Croix
coconut is my favorite.
No one else, like no one, willsteal it, nicole, because I'm
(10:22):
the only one that likes it.
Perfect, perfect.
That's a great, great idea.
You know, if any, if any of ourladies listening have any ideas
for fun cocktails or mocktailsthis summer, let us know.
We would love some new drinkideas and that would be awesome.
I would say, nicole, my summer,especially given my travel, I
(10:43):
am definitely thriving with thecocktails over mocktails.
I would say, and guess what, Idon't feel guilty, I do not feel
guilty, I don't feel guilty, Ido not feel guilty and I love
light summer cocktails, so I'mdefinitely thriving in this area
.
What about you?
Yeah, I mean, I guess I'mthriving.
I don't feel like I'm surviving.
I think if I was going to likea lot of parties and drinking a
(11:06):
lot, you know, and superinflamed, I'd feel like, oh, I'm
just surviving.
But I mean, I'm a big girl, Ican say no, but yeah, no, I'm
definitely thriving, we'rethriving and you know, everyone
thrives with the cocktails ormocktails in their own way.
I mean, we, we aren't in ourtwenties where we drink every
day.
But you know, have fun withyour summer cocktails.
I love the idea of using, like,fresh fruit or doing you know
(11:29):
the idea of the infused tequilasand all of that.
So I think, just like, thriveand have fun with your with your
summer cocktails and macs.
Yes, enjoy.
And that's a wrap for today'sepisode of Don't Call Me Midlife
.
We hope you had as much fun aswe did.
If you're just waiting in thecarpool line, don't forget to
(11:49):
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Cheers.
Welcome to Don't Call Me Midlife.
This summer we're shakingthings up a bit with our special
series called Survive or Thrive.
We know moms are extra busyduring the summer, so we're
bringing you shorter, bite-sizedepisodes, focused on one hot
topic at a time.
Join us as we share tips,stories and laughs, helping you
decide if you're just getting byor truly thriving this summer.
(00:23):
Nicole, hi hi, how are youHappy?
Summer, summertime.
Yes, I like the summer.
You do.
Usually, I'm anti-summer, but Ithink it's been a peaceful
summer.
So, yeah, well, we are like inthe midst of summertime, so it's
very exciting.
Yes, what is in your cup today?
(00:44):
I just have, I'm just sippingon some ice water.
Nothing exciting.
I do think that's exciting.
Just straight up water.
Sometimes that's all you need,forget all the stuff in it.
Well, I'm similar to you, but Ihave some lime element tea in my
water and I know you are not ahuge fan of element tea, but I
feel like lime and the citrusflavors and the watermelon.
(01:06):
They're like really fun in thesummertime and I'm drinking that
, you know.
You know I did that because ithas to do with our fun thrive or
survive topic today, which issummer cocktail yes, and
mocktails.
I'm loving my mocktail, I gotto tell you you, do you boo?
(01:35):
Well, the reason I was going totell you real quick one.
You know I love a good skinnymark and one of the tricks
sometimes that I'll do is tostay hydrated and to have a fun
cocktail is to put some of thelime element tea into my skinny
mark and it's really good.
Yes, it's a good idea, right?
I would try that because I lovea margarita Like that is my
go-to, yeah, and I love it withextra salt.
(01:57):
Okay, so I don't always lovesalt in my drinks, but I do in a
margarita.
So maybe, maybe I could getdown with that.
You could do that.
You know it's balance, right?
Yeah, yes, well, okay, so youlike a spicy Marg, right?
Yes, I love a spicy Marg.
So does that mean what I?
I've never really had a spicyMarg.
Is there like a spicy tequilathat they put in it, or like
(02:18):
what makes it spicy?
Um, they just put in the shaker.
They'll just put in like littlejalapeno slices or I don't know
.
Maybe they do have like asimple syrup with like habanero
in it.
Yeah, a lot of.
At my birthday I got like it wasa spicy marg mix.
It didn't have tequila in it.
You mix tequila, but it was thefirst time I saw that and a lot
(02:43):
of my friends drank it andthey're like I love this.
And I was like, wow, I just Idon't know if I like a spicy
Marg, I'm just down with theskinny Marg, I just could drink.
I told Alex the other day whenwe were in I mean, when we were
in Vegas a couple of weeks ago Icould just drink margaritas all
year long.
I don't know, I just like, lovethem so much.
And with any meal and with anymeal Whitefish, steak, spaghetti
(03:05):
, I don't care.
Yes, yes, I agree.
Well, you know, I'm in Londonright now and I have tried to
find a Skinny Marg here, butthey don't really know what that
is.
If anyone knows of the bestSkinny Marg, you know London,
they have the most amazingcocktails.
I mean literally, nicole, theytake like 20 minutes to make one
(03:26):
cocktail.
It's like has to be perfect.
They take like little tweezersand put like petals on the
cocktails, which I love.
But I will have to come back tothe US to have my real, true
skinny marks.
Or maybe you can buy your owningredients and just make it
yourself.
I could do that.
I could do that, but we'reeating out a ton here and making
some dinners at home, but ourapartment's pretty small so I'm
(03:46):
not enjoying cocktails there, soI'll go out for that with Alex
or the boys.
So what other sort of drinks Doyou feel like you drink?
More in the summer or less?
How do you feel about summersort of drinking?
Well, me personally, I, youknow it has it has to be in
moderation.
For me, because you know myHashimoto's.
(04:10):
It just does not make me feel ahundred percent, and so
typically it's just like alittle event or a get together
girls night.
If I don't have much in thenext couple of days, I'll I'll
treat myself.
I mean, we have like abeautiful patio and we can see
the mountain from it, and soit's just nice to sit out there.
But I did find something onInstagram that I made, and
(04:34):
recently, and it was phenomenal.
What is it?
I'm dying, I don't know.
It's.
Well, it's a tequila base, andso what you do is you put the
tequila in with strawberries andyou let it marinate for like
three weeks, and so you get thisbeautiful like ruby red liquid
and it's just so delicious, andthen you mix it with orange
(04:59):
liqueur and you can use agave orsimple syrup, and then you just
shake it up and it's just likeperfect.
Yeah, that sounds so good.
Nicole, send me that.
I'm going to make that.
When I get home, I'm going tomake some strawberry tequila.
Whoever comes over my house,tequila is one of those things I
just love.
I also feel like, you know,having certain cocktails make
(05:19):
you feel better or worse.
I feel like for myself, inmidlife, I can't drink as much
wine, no matter if it's likereally good wine or not.
I don't drink Alex and I don'tdrink red anyways, but I think
it's more cocktails.
I think it's also, you know, tobe honest, it's slower to drink
.
Right, I could like down wineeasy I don't know about you
(05:40):
Especially a nice crisp rosé.
Yes, yes, I do, I do.
But it's like if we're likesitting outside, it would be so
fun, but we're for the beach,but I just I can't drink as much
wine lately.
I just can't.
Yeah, this is a good drink tohave when you have a party too.
Like, yeah, so you can put thisin the fridge and just kind of
make sure you label it.
(06:00):
So your teens are like, oh,what's this, what's this fruit
punch.
But it is good if, like, you'rehaving some company over and
you just want like that onething and and you don't want to
have like a cocktail bar orstanding in one spot making
drinks for everybody.
So I think having thisalongside, maybe like sangria,
would be like a perfect summer,like you know drinks, and then
(06:21):
that just people can helpthemselves and they can put
whatever garnish they want inthere and then you can.
Actually I noticed that likethe woman she um, on the rim I
think it was like a sugarcrystal.
I wish I didn't haveHashimoto's.
Oh my gosh, you could.
You could also crush up somelike dried strawberries too.
Oh yeah, for the rim to make itlike fun.
Okay, that's good, you can alsomake.
(06:41):
I like margaritas because youcan make them for when you have
a party, like in batches, right,so people can like pour it out
their own and that's super fun.
Also, you and Jerry loves like amocktail, or what do you do for
that in the summertime?
Are you just like straightwater?
Do you have like a fun seltzer,or you don't like sparkling
stuff?
So what do you if you're?
You know, jerry and I are likea little boring or like a little
(07:04):
mindful with things.
Because he doesn't do seltzersanymore because, well, for those
of you ladies listening, hegets kidney stones like a lot.
And so his urologist said thatcarbonation there's something
about carbonation that likebrings on kidney stones.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah, well, we didn't either.
So he was drinking like bubblyand lacroix and all those drinks
(07:27):
and there's something in itthat, yeah, aggrav the Good to
know.
So, anyway, we just have a lotof water.
I like to put mint in my water,but I love, love, love coconut.
And so I found this mocktailthat I love from I think her
name is Kale Junkie, and it'slike coconut, coconut milk with
(07:48):
lime and ginger beer.
And I don't like carbonationbut like, I think, because the
denseness of the coconut milk itdoesn't make it super fizzy but
it's very delicious.
That sounds it's almost like a,like a I don't want to say it's
like a pina colada.
I was going to say pina colada,yeah, which I love.
Those Like that's my favoritedrink poolside.
(08:08):
You are so funny, I can't havethose.
Alex loves those, like heactually.
You know you wouldn't thinkhe's like a fruity drink guy,
but like when we're in St Croixor like on vacation, he will
definitely drink those.
He's like an IPA boy, right?
Yes, he's like.
He's just like he loves a beer.
He loves seltzers too.
Like he's a big like a loweralcohol content.
(08:33):
Like, if people I'm not a,we're not like big day drinkers,
but if I was, I'd probably havelike a seltzer at the beach or
you know, there's lots of peoplein the summertime that like to
pack up a cooler.
Speaking of coconut, I actuallythought you were going to say
the same mocktail as me.
Have you ever?
Well, you don't like sparkly,but I love.
If I'm going to have a mocktailin the summertime, is the
coconut LaCroix.
It's so good I do like it for,like, if I'm at a barbecue or
(08:58):
something and that's all theyhave, then I will drink it and I
like that one and the lime.
I think it's the lime.
The lime LaCroix is really good.
It's a green can so I can.
Um, it's like I don't like thefizz but I like the aftertaste
of it, especially the coconut,right, um, do you?
Or like with malibu rum?
Yeah, like, that's not amocktail, but like I love malibu
(09:19):
rum, anything coconut, really.
You're so funny.
My mom's a big rum drinker I'mnot, you know, do you?
Um, also one of the seltzersthat I love too in the
summertime, because it it tasteslike the real fruit or whatever
is the Spindrift.
They make a cucumber mint, oh,and they make a mojito one.
That is really, really good inthe summertime.
(09:41):
They also just came out with afruit punch Spindrift that is to
die for, and you can drink thaton its own.
I had it at my birthday partyand people were like commenting
it's actually, I think, sold outa lot of places.
So I like those.
Are they all carbonated?
Yes, I don't think I've everhad one.
Oh, oh, well, I should send yousome.
We have two drawers in mykitchen of like pull out of just
(10:02):
seltzers, cause my kids willnot John, but Baker and Walker
love to drink seltzers.
I don't buy a lot of sodaunless it's like a party, um,
but, but they do, they love likeseltzers.
Alex drinks a lot of seltzer.
He takes one to work every day.
So, um, yeah, those are onesthat I love, but the La Croix
coconut is my favorite.
No one else, like no one, willsteal it, nicole, because I'm
(10:22):
the only one that likes it.
Perfect, perfect.
That's a great, great idea.
You know, if any, if any of ourladies listening have any ideas
for fun cocktails or mocktailsthis summer, let us know.
We would love some new drinkideas and that would be awesome.
I would say, nicole, my summer,especially given my travel, I
(10:43):
am definitely thriving with thecocktails over mocktails.
I would say, and guess what, Idon't feel guilty, I do not feel
guilty, I don't feel guilty, Ido not feel guilty and I love
light summer cocktails, so I'mdefinitely thriving in this area
.
What about you?
Yeah, I mean, I guess I'mthriving.
I don't feel like I'm surviving.
I think if I was going to likea lot of parties and drinking a
(11:06):
lot, you know, and superinflamed, I'd feel like, oh, I'm
just surviving.
But I mean, I'm a big girl, Ican say no, but yeah, no, I'm
definitely thriving, we'rethriving and you know, everyone
thrives with the cocktails ormocktails in their own way.
I mean, we, we aren't in ourtwenties where we drink every
day.
But you know, have fun withyour summer cocktails.
I love the idea of using, like,fresh fruit or doing you know
(11:29):
the idea of the infused tequilasand all of that.
So I think, just like, thriveand have fun with your with your
summer cocktails and macs.
Yes, enjoy.
And that's a wrap for today'sepisode of Don't Call Me Midlife
.
We hope you had as much fun aswe did.
If you're just waiting in thecarpool line, don't forget to
(11:49):
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