Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosa”

Better late than never, right?

I hope you don’t mind this post hitting your inbox a little late this morning, but, trust me, there’s an important story behind it. Plus, this Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosa” I created in partnership with my friends at Drizly is too good to pass up!

So, here’s the thing. This post almost didn’t happen. I recently took a part-time copyrighting job with a local company, and let’s just say it’s been a bit of a challenge for me to find a new balance between the work I have on my plate from them, my own blog work and, well, LIFE. I’ve been working some late nights and completely ignoring my husband (sorry, babe!) just to make sure I continue to uphold the standards I’ve set on myself as a an entrepreneur and also now a part-time employee.

I knew I wanted to share this Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosa” with you all at some point, and I was hoping it would be today, but I was waiting to get word from my good friends at Drizly that it was okay to post this early. I was also jamming on an important project for my company and really had no time yesterday to write a witty post for you all anyhow.

I had resigned myself to just skipping a post day (I usually post Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with my Friday cocktail posts often being the most popular ones) which, for a perfectionist/Type A personality like me, is really hard to come to terms with. Anyone else feel me out there?

But I told myself, “You know what, it’s not worth the stress.” I did not have time to shoot another recipe and I REALLY wanted to be able to enjoy the weekend without beating myself up over something that, in the big scheme of things, is probably fairly insignificant anyhow. I bring this all up only because it seemed like a “big deal” to me, but with my goal of finding that healthy balance, both in life and in the kitchen, I thought it was really important for me to let you know that no, I don’t have it all figured out, and even I still struggle with not being perfect and knowing when I need to just let something go.

The good news is, I opened my inbox this morning and had the green light to share the recipe, so now you get to have some Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosas” in your life this weekend!

And what a perfect weekend to have them. I don’t know about you, but we’re in the middle of a warming trend here in California, which means we’re looking at the high-80’s/low-90’s throughout most of the state. It’s also Father’s Day, so I’m hoping most of you will be doing something fun to celebrate with Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosas” in hand!

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of mimosas. After all, I’ve only already posted four variations of them here on the blog (and if you need a refresher, those would be this Harvey Wallbanger Mimosa, this Peachy Tangerine Kombucha Mimosa, this Harvest Mimosa and, my latest, Sparkling Carrot Mimosas.) So when Drizly approached me and asked me to make a nonalcoholic brunch cocktail for them to share on their site, I knew a “faux-mosa” was my only answer.

All of the warm weather and sunshine these past couple of weeks has gotten me on a big tropical fruit kick, so I immediately started leaning that way for the direction I wanted to take with the drink. I also wanted something that was flavorful enough (but not too sweet) that sparkling water (instead of sparkling wine) wouldn’t dilute the taste too much. The pineapple-lime combination (plus a touch of coconut water to really bring out the “tropical-ness”) was the perfect answer!

I also love that this drink is legitimately healthy AND hydrating, so you can enjoy a few Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosas” at brunch and still be awake and ready to take on the rest of your day. Although, if you just can’t pass up the sparkling wine at brunch (and I don’t blame you,) subbing in the boozy stuff for the sparkling water would be perfectly acceptable 😉

You can check out the recipe for my Tropical Pineapple Lime “Faux-mosa” on Drizly.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend filled with many tropical drinks! xx