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Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Recipe

How about a glass of refreshing fresh squeezed lemonade? It’s delicious and a great thirst quencher on warm days. Next to iced tea it’s one of my favorite beverages.

Making fresh squeezed lemonade is easy and takes only minutes. I always love seeing child entrepreneurs with their pop up stands selling lemonade in summer.

Life’s lessons can come from something so simple as selling a glass of cold lemonade to thirsty patrons.

Ingredients

  • 8-10 Lemons, ? juiced (2 cups)
  • 2 Lemons, sliced for garnish
  • 1 c Hot Water
  • 1 1/4 c Sugar
  • 12-15 c Cold Water
  • Ice, for serving 
pitcher and glass of lemonade

Lemonade Recipe

 

Begin by adding hot water to a pitcher. I use the hottest tap water.
 
Next, add the sugar to hot water and stir until dissolved.
 
Juice the lemons into a large measuring cup. Each lemon should yield about 1/4 c of juice. I don’t worry about seeds getting into the measuring cup. You can just pour through a strainer into the pitcher to remove the seeds.
 
Add fresh lemon juice and cold water to the pitcher, stir to combine.
 
Add fresh lemon slices to lemonade pitcher if desired.
 
Serve with ice and a slice of lemon.
glass of lemonade garnished with a slice of fresh lemon
 

I can’t imagine anything better than sitting on the porch with friends and family chatting over a tasty glass of lemonade. Perfect sweet and tangy.

Some of my favorite childhood memories involved sitting on my grandmother’s front porch. Everyone laughing and enjoying socializing with each other. Those were some good times.

These days I’m making more wonderful memories on my own front porch. We love sitting out and enjoying the fresh air, feeling a nice breeze and listening to the birds.

 

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Recipe

Yield: 1 Pitcher of Lemonade

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Recipe

Freshly Squeezed Homemade Lemonade in a glass pitcher

Refreshing fresh squeezed lemonade recipe to quench your thirst on a hot summer day.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8-10 Lemons, juiced (2 cups)
  • 2 Lemons, sliced for garnish
  • 1 c Hot Water
  • 1 1/4 c Sugar
  • 12-15 c Cold Water
  • Ice, for serving

Instructions

  1. Add hot water to a pitcher. I use the hottest tap water. Add sugar to hot water and stir until dissolved.
  2. Juice lemons into a large measuring cup. Each lemon should yield about 1/4 c of juice.
  3. Add fresh lemon juice and cold water to the pitcher, stir to combine.
    Add fresh lemon slices to lemonade if desired. Serve with ice and a slice of lemon.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

16

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 79Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 109mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 2gSugar: 17gProtein: 1g
 
Fresh Squeezed lemonade
 

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messi

Saturday 9th of September 2017

nice

Miz Helen

Tuesday 16th of May 2017

I love a nice cold glass of Lemonade, this looks so good! Hope you are having a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. We will look forward to seeing you again real soon!Miz Helen

Julia

Wednesday 17th of May 2017

Thank you :)

Virginia Megin Gallagher

Wednesday 10th of May 2017

I love fresh lemonade and hot weather is around the corner and I'll be needing this!I'm visiting today from Wow Us Wednesday and it's nice to meet you.~ Megin of VMG206

Julia

Thursday 11th of May 2017

So happy you stopped by Megin. So nice to meet you too! See you again soon.

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