Home AboutMe Crafts Food

Thursday, June 10, 2010

When Life Gives You Lemons...

...or when you buy a bag of lemons at the produce stand...
Make Lemonade
We made The Best Lemonade Ever!
Really, that is what the recipe is called, and it was SUPER good!
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups white sugar
8 cups water
1 1/2 cups lemon juice
Directions
1.In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2.Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.
I made the water/sugar mixture and chilled it in the fridge.
Then the boys helped me squeeze the lemons. We used a collander over a bowl to catch all the seeds and pulp.
We added our fresh squeezed lemon juice to the water/sugar mixure and then everyone got a turn to stir the lemonade....
...even Eli!
Pour your yummy lemonade over ice and enjoy!


Pin It!

29 comments:

Ruth said...

What a great idea, I never though of make freshly squeezed lemonade with the girls. I know what we will be doing this weekend:)

Stephanie said...

yummy!!!! We've never made fresh lemonade!!!! Was one bag of lemons enough for the batch?

KTW said...

We love fresh lemonade! :) A little tidbit I'll share: If you roll the lemons back and forth on the counter while applying pressure with the palm of your hand and you'll get LOTS more juice much more easily. :)

jules said...

Now my mouth is watering. I've never made fresh lemonade before. I didn't realize it was that easy...

Jennifer said...

I too have never made fresh lemonade. Thanks for the info. Looks like the kids had fun..that is what counts!

amanda said...

looooooooooooooooooooks so good. i LOVE lemonade. i'll have to try that with the kids. and add some strawberries too. strawberry lemonade is my favorite!

christina said...

Oh man, that looks AMAZING!! Gosh, my mouth is watering!

Bridget said...

Man that looks good and so refreshing on one of these HOT days!

Bits-n-Pieces said...

I haven't made homemade lemonade in 2 decades probably. What a fun idea!!

Darcie said...

Yummy! I am so going to try this recipe this summer! I love lemonade, but have never tried homemade, thanks for sharing the recipe.

What do I see in the background? A broken arm? I know that feeling...hope the little guy is OK!

Angie said...

Fun fun fun idea! I love the "W" pitcher!

Kmama said...

Oooh, that sounds good!! I never thought about boiling the water and sugar.

Amanda @ Serenity Now said...

MMMmmmmm!!!! We love lemonade here. :)

He & Me + 3 said...

That looks so good. We all love lemonade over here. What a fun summer activity and treat.

More Than Words said...

I need to make that because our neighbor brought over tons of lemons from their tree!

Lexie Loo, Lily, Liam & Dylan Too said...

I love homemade lemonade! Yum!

Jen @ tatertotsandjello.com said...

Ahh, homemade lemonade. So yummy! What a fun thing to do with your kids on a Summer afternoon!

XOXO
jen

blueskiesandgreenlights said...

We did this about a week ago, and it was so much fun. And of course...so refreshing on a hot Sunday afternoon.

I hope you don't mind I posted a link from my blog post today to your page. Iwanted to make sure I gave you credit for your cool rainbow pudding pops. I'm a newbie to blogland, and I don't quite know the ins and outs and rules. Hope it was okay!!! Thanks.

--Tabitha

www.bsandgl.blogspot.com

Heather said...

Oh my gosh, I love fresh squeezed lemonade but for some reason I've never done it myself. Thinking now may be the time. In fact, may make it for small group this Sunday since we're hosting! :) Please come link this up to Fabulous Friday our linky party! Thanks!
Heather @ www.savingmoneylivinglife.com

Lisa said...

mmm! Perfect for a warm summer day! I've never actually made lemonade from scratch before. I'll have to try it! Thanks!

Amy @ Positively Splendid said...

FUN! Another terrific idea, Kelli.

Blessed Mommy of 2 said...

Looks delish! Must have for these hot summer days in Alabama!

McCrakensx4 said...

Oh that looks so very yummy and refreshing!

Stephanie Lynn @Under the Table and Dreaming said...

This looks so yummy! Perfect for those hot summer days! Thanks for sharing the recipe - I must make this! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn

Anonymous said...

Oh yum! I'm going to have to make this as I love lemonade!

Kelley said...

Yum-O! My sone was asking to do ao lemondae stand the other day.... this would be much better than a koolaid package,for sure!

Have a great day~

{Kimber} said...

yum!!!
love the pitcher

Holly Lefevre said...

Homemade fresh lemonade...I love drinking it and the kids love making it! Thanks for linking up!

Unknown said...

I'm totally stalking your blog! LOL Your pics are so great. I just want to keep browsing. The lemonade looks super yummy! :)

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...