Have you seen the headlines that the world will be without chocolate by 2050? This is worrisome but I won’t panic until they make the same dire prediction about vanilla. Vanilla gives me comfort, its my hug after a hard day, my kitten video, my memory palace. It takes an ordinary grapefruit and soda and makes it a moment, a happy place.
vanilla grapefruit mocktail/spritzer/soda
ingredients
- 1/2 of a fresh ruby red grapefruit
- 1/4 tsp real vanilla extract
- fizzy water to top
- optional mint
instructions
- squeeze grapefruit into a 12 ounce glass
- add vanilla (and a sprig of mint if so inclined)
- top with ice and fizzy water
- sit back, relax, quiet your mind. you’ve got this
- sip and repeat

Vanilla Grapefruit Mocktail
Ingredients
- 1/2 of a fresh ruby red grapefruit
- 1/4 tsp real vanilla extract
- fizzy water to top
- optional mint
Instructions
- squeeze grapefruit into a 12 ounce glass
- add vanilla (and a sprig of mint if so inclined)
- top with ice and fizzy water
- sit back relax, quiet your mind
- sip and repeat
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