Drink: Green Goddess Cocktail

Recipe by A.O.C., L.A. No need to buy preflavored vodka; we got great results making our own.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Lemon, Green Tea

Health benefits of Green Goddess Cocktail

Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to. Lemons are also rich in vitamin C, flavonoids, and other antioxidants. They can potentially support the immune system and have other health benefits. Lemons also have a low glycemic index, so they should not cause a rapid rise in blood sugar when consumed in natural form. Green tea has been found in recent studies to actually reverse insulin resistance, as it increases the number of glucose receptors on cells in key tissues.

Ingredients

8 ounces vodka
1 teaspoon or 1 bag green tea
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups (packed) baby arugula
1 English hothouse cucumber
1 jalapeño, quartered, seeded
4 ounces fresh lemon juice
Mint sprigs (for serving)

Instructions

Combine vodka and tea in a jar. Cover and let infuse 8 hours. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl; discard solids. Cover and chill.
Bring sugar and 1/3 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat, add arugula, and stir until wilted. Cover and let syrup steep 5 minutes, then strain into a small bowl; discard solids. Cover and chill arugula syrup until cold, at least 1 hour.
Cut 12 thin slices from cucumber; set aside.
For each cocktail, finely grate onefourth of remaining cucumber directly into a cocktail shaker. Add a piece of jalapeño and muddle until chile is broken into small pieces. Add 2 ounces green-tea vodka, 1 ounces arugula syrup, and 1 ounces lemon juice to shaker. Fill with ice and shake vigorously until outside of shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds. Strain cocktail into a Collins glass filled with ice and garnish with mint and 3 reserved cucumber slices.

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