Paleo Pineapple Ginger Garden Cooler

Total time20 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time0 min

4.5

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This vibrant blended drink is everything you want on a warm day — bright, tropical, and refreshingly light without a drop of refined sugar or artificial anything. Fresh pineapple does the heavy lifting here, bringing natural sweetness that pairs beautifully with the zing of real ginger and a squeeze of lime. A touch of maple syrup keeps it grain-free and whole-food friendly, so you can sweeten to taste without stepping outside clean eating territory. The cucumber infusion step is a small but brilliant move — it adds a cool, garden-fresh depth that makes this feel far more sophisticated than your average fruit drink. Blending and straining the base gives you a silky, pulp-free liquid that mingles perfectly with chilled sparkling water for a fizzy finish. It's the kind of drink that looks impressive in a glass but comes together with almost no effort, making it ideal for everything from a solo afternoon refresher to a crowd-pleasing party pitcher.

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Ingredients

4 servings

3 cups fresh pineapple chunks (about ½ medium pineapple), peeled and cored
1 cup cold water
1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
2 tbsp fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
1 tbsp maple syrup, plus more to taste
½ medium english cucumber, thinly sliced
8 fresh mint leaves
2 cups sparkling water or still water, chilled

For serving

ice cubes, for serving
fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
lime wedges, for serving (optional)

Instructions

1
Add the pineapple chunks, cold water, grated ginger, lime juice, maple syrup, and mint leaves to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 30–45 seconds.
2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the blended mixture through it, pressing gently on the solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the pulp.

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