Homemade Lemonade Recipe

Making lemonade is one of my kids’ favorite activities! Big cheers are usually in order when I ask: Do you want to make lemonade today? When someone else is making it, I am asked to provide the exact ratios because apparently it just has to be exactly the same every time. This lemonade is not overly sweet and has a pinch of salt to balance it out. Thankfully, we are blessed with a very bushy and productive lemon tree. 

Lemonade tips:

• You can make lemonade even if all you have is a few lemons. Just squeeze them, measure the juice and add equal parts sugar. Golden ratio: Equal parts Lemon juice, sugar, and hot water. Then multiply what you get from your base by 3. For example for a single serving: 1/4 cup lemonade base to 3/4 cups cold water over ice.
• Refrigerate the lemonade concentrate without water added to save room in your fridge. Just add water or sparkling water every time you make a fresh glass.
• Or make a whole batch of lemonade and freeze extra lemonade to enjoy the most delicious popsicles!

Ingredients 

• 1 cup fresh lemon juice (7 lemons)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• A pinch of sea salt* (optional)
• 1 cup hot water
• 9 cups cold water
• Ice to fill pitcher

Make It

Lemonade Base

1. Boil water;
2. Halve your lemons, remove any seeds and press over an orange juicer;
3. In a mason jar, dissolve sugar in boiling water;
4. Add fresh lemon juice.
5. Refrigerate lemonade base.

Lemonade

1. Serve 1 part lemonade base over ice and 3 parts water.