Homemade Lemonade

This is by no means low calorie but we have never made homemade lemonade before and we have tons of lemons so we thought we should give it a try. 

I am glad we did! 

Best Ever Lemonade 

recipe adapted from Random Thoughts of a Supermom 

Ingredients 

1 3/4 cup sugar 

7 1/2 cups water 

2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice*

Directions 

1. In a small sauce pan combine sugar with one cup water and bring to a boil. 

Sugar will dissolve. 

Allow to cool to room temperature and then put in the fridge until ready to use. 

 2. Meanwhile, squeeze lemon juice out of the lemons. 

We used 8 lemons. 

After squeezing the juice out, run juice through a strainer to get out all the seeds that snuck by! 

3. Combine lemon juice, sugar mixture, and remaining 6 1/2 cups water. 

Stir and serve over ice. 

*The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup more water, 1/2 cup less lemon juice

but I like my lemonade just a little sour!

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