Strawberry Lemonade

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

1 1/4 cups fresh lemon juice (from about 6 lemons)

1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced

14-28 oz fresh cold water

 ice

 

 1.  Bring the sugar and water to a simmer in a small sauce pot stir so that sugar melts completely then remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.

2.  Place the strawberries in a blender and process until smooth.  Pour pureed strawberries in the sugar water and stir well.  Add the lemon juice.

3.  Combine the strawberry lemon syrup and the cold water in a large pitcher.  Stir well and add lots of ice. 

4.  Serve lemonade with thin slices of lemons and strawberries.

 

Yield: six servings

Honey Sweetened Strawberry Lemonade

 1 1/2 lb strawberries, rinsed and halved

6 cups water

3/4 cu Meyer or regular lemon juice (about 3-4 lemons)

1/2 cup honey (or more to taste)

1.  Make sure you have a strong, powerful blender that will blend up the strawberries.

2.  Add the strawberries, 2 cups of water the lemon juice, and honey to the blender.  Blend on high for at least 2 minutes or until smooth.  Pour into a large pitcher and stir in the remaining water.  Taste.  Stir in more honey if you'd like it sweeter.

3.  Lemonade is frothy right out of the blender so if you'd like the froth/foam to settle down before dirinking, place the lemonade in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours before serving. Serve over ice.

Turmeric Ginger Lemonade

 1/3 tsp dried ginger

1 tsp fresh turmeric root

1/4 tsp raw honey

1 lemon slice

Boil a cup of water, then add the spices and steep for 5 minutes, strain and sweeten with honey.  Add in black pepper and the lemon slice.

Homemade Lemonade

 6 lemons

1 cup sugar

Using a vegetable peeler. Gently peel the rinds off the lemons.  Combine rinds in a bowl with sugar.  Mix and rest for 2 hours or overnight.

Boil 4 cups water and stir into lemon/sugar mixture. Stir into the water to mix. Separate the juice from the rinds in a colondar by straining the lemon peels out from the warmed water. 

Squeeze the lemons getting at least 3/4 cup of juice. 

Add 1 cup ice to strained lemon and the squeezed juice.  Chill for 2 hours and serve with ice.

Pineapple Lemonade

 1 cup Country Time Lemonade mix

3 cups cold water

1 (46 oz) pineapple juice

2 cans sprite (24 oz)

Stir together in a large pitcher and refrigerate.  Serve in a glass with ice.  Garnish with strawberries.