lemonade, the right way!

real lemonade. not powder from a package. not frozen from concentrate. real, freshly juiced lemons. OMG! yum! i used a juicer, this gave the juice more body. sweeten with simple syrup and you’ve got an afternoon treat. sit & enjoy life while you sip it down. once again, YUM! you can do it! here’s how:

1 Jack Lalanne juicer
6-8 lemons, or, enough to make a 1 - 1½ cups of lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
ice cubes

peel the lemons like you would an orange. put in juicer and juice. in a small sauce pan, place 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar on med-high heat. just heat enough to dissolve the sugar. this will take less than 3 mins. remove from heat. in a pitcher add about 12 ice cubes, lemon juice and simple syrup. stir. i doubled the simple syrup recipe to have extra on hand for iced tea. taste the lemonade and add as much or as little simple syrup to sweeten. grow some spearmint in the ole herb garden and sip in style!

note: for an extra lemony punch you can use a veg peeler to remove strips of lemon zest from lemons and drop those into the simple syrup mixture and it heats. this will up the lemony tartness.

double note: you can add slices of ginger to the simple syrup and make ginger lemonade! Mmmm.