DIY: How to Make the Best Virgin Mojito

For all you non-drinkers, this DIY drink is for you. After trying an awesome virgin mojito when in London, I thought I'd make it my job to make it myself at home. It's the perfect spring/summer drink, and a great way to serve your friends and family who are over! It's my favorite kind of mock-tail and I hope you enjoy it too! 

I am no chef, let alone even being good in the kitchen so bear with me if my directions are ambiguous. Here's what you'll need:

• Ginger ale
• Pellegrino or any kind of Sparkling Water(optional/ you can use all ginger ale, but I like to dilute the ale with the sparking water)
• Lime Juice (I used the Italian Volcano Organic Lime Juice)
• Limes
• Mint leaves
• Cilantro (optional)
• ICE.
• Sugar (optional)
• Apple Juice (optional)

Let me tell you how I like my drink. FULL OF MINTS, and tasting more than just sweet or sour. I like a bit of depth so I did use pretty much all the ingredients I stated above.

Here's what I did:

• Chop up the mint leaves. I used about one whole batch of them. 
• Cut the limes into decent sizes. Make sure you wash them first since they'll be soaking in your drink the whole time!

• Make the juice:
• In one serving cup size, I put in 1/4 cup of lime juice.
• Then, I added 1/2 cup of ginger ale.
• Added just a sip of apple juice (apple soda). Literally, a sip. Nothing too much!
• Topped it with pelligrino to the top. 
• Add ice accordingly. (I didn't have ice, so I made sure to make all my drinks really cold before using them).

• Add the mint leaves. More the better.
• Squeeze in some fresh lime, then just drop them into the drink.
• MIX! Let the mint really get soaked with the rest of the drink.
• Pour more ice (if you want)
• THEN, VOILA YOU ARE DONE :)
• You've got yourself a fresh, icey, minty, refreshing sweet tarty VIRGIN MOJITO :) 

Yum yum! It is so refreshing, I love it. What I did was, make just the juice and constantly added it to my drink as I finished it. I think it's easy to get creative with it, no set rules!

Tell me if you've ever made a mock-tail before, and what drinks you recommend. If you do try this virgin mojito, send me a link so I can take a look! I love to see it :)