Recipes

Basic Lemonade

Ingredients  4 cups water  1 cup (or 4 to 5 fresh , juiced)  2/3 cup sugar

Directions 1. In a pitcher, combine the ingredients and stir until the sugar dissolves. Serve immediately over ice or chill until serving time.

Lemonade

Ingredients  1 ¾ cups white sugar  8 cups water  1 ½ 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.

Old Fashioned Lemonade

Ingredients  6 lemons  1 cup white sugar  6 cups cold water

Directions 1. Juice the lemons to make 1 cup of juice. To make your labor easier, FIRMLY roll the lemons between your hand and the counter top before cutting in half and juicing. 2. In a gallon pitcher combine 1 cup lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, and 6 cups cold water. Stir. Adjust water to taste. Chill and serve over ice.

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Vintage Lemonade

Ingredients  5 lemons  1 ¼ cups white sugar  1 ¼ quarts water

Directions 1. Peel the rinds from the 5 lemons and cut them into ½ inch slices. Set the lemons aside. 2. Place the rinds in a bowl and sprinkle the sugar over them. Let this stand for about one hour, so that the sugar begins to soak up the oils from the lemons. 3. Bring water to a boil in a covered saucepan and then pour the hot water over the sugared lemon rinds. Allow this mixture to cool for 20 minutes and then remove the rinds 4. Squeeze the lemons into another bowl. Pour the juice through a strainer into the sugar mixture. Stir well, pour into pitcher and pop it in the fridge. Serve over ice.

Pink Lemonade

Ingredients  2 cups white sugar  9 cups water  2 cups fresh lemon juice  1 cup , chilled

Directions 1. In large pitcher combine sugar, water, lemon juice and cranberry juice. Stir to dissolve sugar. Serve over ice.

Never Bitter Lemonade

Ingredients  6 cups water  1 cup white sugar  1/8 teaspoon salt  12 cup fresh lemon juice

Directions 1. In a pot combine water, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 2 minutes. Chill the sugar water for at least 60 minutes in the refrigerator. 2. In a 2-quart pitcher, mix cooled sugar water and lemon juice together. Pour over ice and serve.

Recipes also found in Making Lemonade: Parents Transforming Special Needs by Candee Fick www.CandeeFick.com Passionate Pink Honey Lemonade

Ingredients  1 cup water  3 fresh strawberries, sliced  1 cup white sugar  ½ cup brown sugar  1 teaspoon honey  7 cups water  1 ¾ cups fresh lemon juice  2 slices orange

Directions 1. In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and honey. Bring to a boil, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool to room temperature, cover and chill. 2. In a large pitcher, mix together water, lemon juice, and orange slices. Stir in cooled syrup; chill. Serve in a tall glass over ice.

Cherry Lemonade

Ingredients  1 cup hot water  ¾ cup sugar  4 cups cold water  ½ cup fresh lemon juice  6 ounces maraschino cherries, undrained

Directions 1. In a large pitcher, combine hot water and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Add cold water, lemon juice and cherries with their juice. 2. Mix well. Serve over ice.

Fresh Strawberry Lemonade

Ingredients  1 ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice  6 cups of water  10 ounces frozen strawberries, pureed (fresh would do perfectly well)  Sugar to taste

Directions 1. Combine lemon juice, water, and ¾ of the strawberry puree. Add sugar until you have reached the desired tartness/sweetness. Add strawberry puree until the strawberry/lemon taste balance is about equal.

Recipes also found in Making Lemonade: Parents Transforming Special Needs by Candee Fick www.CandeeFick.com Blackberry Lemonade

Ingredients  4 cups water  1 cup sugar  1 cup lemon juice  1 tablespoon grated lemon peel  1 cup blackberries  2 drops of blue food coloring (optional)

Directions 1. In a large saucepan, bring 2 cups of the water and all of the sugar to a boil. 2. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in the lemon juice, lemon peel, and remaining water. Cool slightly. 3. In a blender, combine 1 cup of the lemon mixture and the blackberries; cover and process until blended. Strain and discard seeds. 4. Pour blackberry mixture and remaining lemon mixture into pitcher. Stir well. Add food coloring if desired. Refrigerate until chilled.

Raspberry Lemonade

Ingredients  ¾ cup sugar  ½ cup water  1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)  3 ½ cups water  1 container (10 ounces) frozen raspberries in syrup, thawed  ¾ cup water

Directions 1. Mix sugar and ½ cup water in 1-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring once, until sugar is dissolved. Cool to room temperature. 2. Mix cooled sugar syrup, the lemon juice and 3-½ cups water in 2-quart nonmetal pitcher. Place raspberries in strainer over small bowl to drain (do not press berries through strainer). Reserve berries for making ice cubes. Stir raspberry liquid into lemon mixture; refrigerate. 3. Spoon raspberries evenly into 12 sections of ice-cube tray. Divide ¾ cup water evenly among sections with raspberries. Freeze about 2 hours or until firm. Serve lemonade over ice cubes.

Recipes also found in Making Lemonade: Parents Transforming Special Needs by Candee Fick www.CandeeFick.com Watermelon Lemonade

Ingredients  8 cups seeded watermelon cut into 1-inch chunks  1 cup hulled and quartered fresh strawberries  1 cup granulated sugar  ½ cup freshly squeeze lemon juice  2 cups water (approximately)  Thin watermelon wedges with the rind (optional)

Directions 1. In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, pulse the watermelon, strawberries, and sugar until blended and smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a 2- quart container, pushing down on the solids to get all the juice. 2. Add the lemon juice and enough of the water to make 1 ½ quarts. Chill until very cold. 3. Serve over ice with a wedge of watermelon, if desired.

Citrus Lemonade

Ingredients  4 lemons  4 limes  4 oranges  3 quarts cold water  2 cups sugar to taste

Directions 1. Squeeze the juice from the lemons, limes and oranges. Pour into a gallon container. Add water and sugar. Mix well. 2. Serve on ice with additional fruit slices if desired. Store in refrigerator.

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