Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beverages. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Strawberry Cucumber Limonade

This stuff is the best lemonade I've ever sipped--seriously. I've been a fan of cucumber lemonade for over a year. And then I decided to mix two of my favorite flavors. The thought of adding cucumber and strawberry together was pure genius, if I may say so. It is totally worth the effort!!

Strawberry Cucumber Limonade (Lime-uh-nade)
by Alana Lee

Ingredients
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. lime juice
3/4 c. less 2 T lemon juice
3-3/4 c. cold water
few dashes salt (optional)
2 T. cucumber juice
1/2 c. strawberry puree.
a handful or two of ice cubes

Directions
1. Pour sugar and water into pitcher.
2. Pour 2 T of lime juice into a glass measuring cup. Now add lemon juice until lime-lemon mixture equals 3/4 c. Add to sugar water.
3. Add a dash or two of salt if desired. (Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't.)
4. Whisk well until sugar is dissolved.
5. Peel and slice half a cucumber and puree it in a mixer. Strain the pulp out using cloth or mesh fabric. Stir in cucumber juice
6. Cut of the stems of fresh, juicy strawberries and puree in mixer. Add 1/2 c. strawberry puree.
7. Whisk in ice cubes and serve.

Hint: Puree and drain pulp of one cucumber and store in fridge in a mason jar for easy mixing next time.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Recipe: Lala's Limonade #2

This is the easier version--no boiling water to dissolve the sugar.

LaLa's Limonade #2

Ingredients
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. lime juice
3/4 c. less 2 T. lemon juice (*see Step 2 under Directions)
3-3/4 c. cold water
few dashes salt

Directions
  1. Pour sugar and water into pitcher. 
  2. Pour 2 T. of lime juice into a glass measuring cup. Now add lemon juice until lime-lemon mixture equals 3/4 cup. Add to sugar water.
  3. Add a dash or two of salt.
  4. Whisk well until sugar is dissolved. 

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Recipe: LaLa's Limonade#1

You are going to be so happy sipping your homemade limonade this summer--actually, this lemonade you can enjoy in any weather. It's costs less than half as much as buying frozen lemonade concentrate (which is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, a bad thing for your body), and it is much healthier for you. I've tested and tweaked this recipe a half dozen times to find the right balance of tart and sweet, and here it is....

Lala's Limonade (pronounced "lime-oh-nade")

Ingredients
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
Boil these ingredients together for one minute and then cool completely.

Then add:
3/4 c. lemon juice
1 T. lime juice
3-3/4 c. water
a few dashes salt (helps take away bitterness)

Mix together and serve chilled.
 
Cook's Note: Do NOT be tempted to add the lemon and lime juice until the sugar water is cold! You can mix a bulk batch of sugar water ahead of time and store it in the fridge to make it more convenient to make. 

Bulk Batch Sugar Water (for 5 batches)
4 c. sugar
3 c. water

Bring to boil; boil one minute. Place pan dish of ice water to cool it down faster. Makes about 5-1/4 c. sugar water, or 5 batches. Store in fridge in a container that holds 3 pints (or even a left over 2-liter bottle or something).