Lemonade Recipes

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13 May 2006 10:18 AM

Lemonade Recipes

It's already mid-summer hot in some parts of the country, and nothing tastes as good on a hot day as fresh lemonade. The basic lemonade recipe is 1 cup fresh lemon juice, 1 cup white sugar and 1 cup of water, but there are many other ways to make lemonade. Here is my collection of recipes, all of them delicious, whether you have fresh lemons or not. I don't think you can beat lemonade made with a simple syrup as in the first recipe, but if time is a factor, you might want to try one of the others.

Best Lemonade

1 3/4 cups sugar

8 cups water

1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice

Combine the sugar and 1 cup of the water. Bring to a boil while stirring so sugar dissolves. Cool the syrup and then store in the refrigerator. To make the lemonade, combine the syrup, lemon juice and 7 cups of water in a pitcher and stir well. Add a little more sugar if it is too tart.

Quick Lemonade

Juice from 10 medium lemons

2 cups sugar

1 quart water

Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add more sugar if needed. Serve over crushed ice.

Easy Strawberry Lemonade

1 (6 oz) can frozen lemonade concentrate

1 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup water

2 cups ice cubes Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until pureed.

Raspberry Lemonade Punch

1 (12 oz) can frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate

3 cups water

12 ounces lemon-lime soda

1 1/2 cups crushed ice

Fresh raspberries for garnish

Combine the water and concentrate in a punch bowl and mix together well. Add the lemon-lime soda and crushed ice just before serving. Float the raspberries on the top for garnish.

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Catherine Ipcizade (5617) 13 May 2006 11:56 AM

Laura, these look soooo yummy! It's a warm day today here in sunny California so I'm going to try these! I live across the street from a strawberry farm so that one's first on my list! Thanks so much!

Lisa P (24013) 14 May 2006 06:10 AM

I've used something similar to your "Best Lemonade" recipe all my life. there is nothing like homemade lemonade! years ago, I started making it with Splenda and it is still just as good.

Laura Torres (3958) 14 May 2006 08:03 PM

I'd like to try it with Splenda, too. I've never used an artificial sweetener. How much do you use? Does it give the sugar/Splenda ratio on the box?

Catherine Ipcizade (5617) 16 May 2006 08:16 AM

If I'm correct, you'd use the same amount of Splenda as you would sugar. With other sweeteners you'd use less, but I think Splenda is the same, cup for cup. I'll give it a try too! I generally don't like the aftertaste of Splenda but I'll take it if it means yummy lemonade without sugar!

bluetree (2947) 16 May 2006 10:01 PM

Yes, Splenda is a 1:1 ratio with sugar.