Homemade Gatorade

[mikeschn]

With the really hot weather we've been having this year I've been sucking down the Gatorade like crazy, at $3 a bottle. I was drinking myself poor. So this morning I went looking for a recipe for Gatorade, and tried this one. It's perfect...

Mike...

"You won't believe how close this sports drink recipe is to a commercial product. It has 110 mg of sodium and 38 mg of potassium per 8-oz. serving. Cost is only about 30 cents per half gallon. Compare that to $3 for Gatorade! You can adjust the sweetness to taste.

► 1 packet any flavor of unsweetened Kool-Aid or similar product for making 2 quarts
► 8 tablespoons sugar
► 3/8 teaspoon of salt
► 1/8 teaspoon salt substitute that contains potassium chloride
► 2 quarts of water"

[DestinDave]

Thanks for the tip Mike - I'll try that... I take a six-pack of 16oz frozen to work every morning. They're gone by 1PM and I buy another 1 or 2 at the marina. I also eat several protein bars during the day as supplements to b'fast and lunch. I may experiment with adding some protein powder to the mix. Keep cool ! Dave

[ceebe]

Thanks from me too for the tip. I work in an open hangar at Scottsdale AZ Airport. It has been over 110 for the past week.

(Note: I never have had to shovel any heat off of the sidewalk!)

Remember, Its very important to keep your electrolyte level up. Drinking large quanitities of just water can lead to a fatal loss of sodium in your system!

[Guest]

Thanks Mike,
I'll have to try that for the kids...
It got up to about 70F last week... I thought I was in Redding for a while.

[SteveH]

I'm too lazy to procure and mix all that stuff...just buy the Gatorade in the powder form at the store and mix that with water.

[Laredo]

If you've got HEB in Bulverde or reasonably close there's a Mexican version of Kool-aid available there. Comes with some vitamins in it already. Mike's recipe should work with that; good thing about Mike's recipe: if you need to watch your sodium you can adjust it.

You can also swap out part (NOT all or you'll defeat the Gatorade purpose) of the sugar for Splenda, etc.

[mikeschn]

Too many ingredients? I didn't think so... But then again, I like to cook, and not everyone does...



Mike...

P.S. Give me a recipe with 50 ingredients and I'd probably pass on that too!!!

[asianflava]

I happen to have all those ingredients, I think I'll try it out tomorrow while cutting the grass.

[bledsoe3]

I buy this for my Employees. Only $1.87 a gallon. The powder is even cheaper.
http://ecommerce.conney.com/conneyi/hsr ... ECTYPE=ASC

[SteveH]

Mike,

Didn't say there were too many ingredients, I said "I'm too lazy to procure and mix all that stuff".

[mikeschn]

Yep, you're right. When you wrote "all that stuff" I thought you meant too many ingredients... my mistake!



Mike...

[Laredo]

You can make it with the salts and Sugar-Free Koolaid to cut down on ingredients.

I like it -- made mine half strawberry, half lime. It tastes way better than it looks.