Lemonade - 10 step-by-step homemade recipes

Lemonade is one of the most popular and beloved refreshing drinks. And hardly anyone doubts the benefits of drinks made at home from natural products. In this article, we have collected 10 recipes for the most delicious lemonades that you can easily repeat yourself at home.

Classic lemonade at home

What could be better than natural lemonade on a hot summer day? The main benefit of homemade lemonades is that you can regulate the amount of sugar and influence the fruit's beneficial properties.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4-5.

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  Squeeze the juice out of the two lemons.
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  Cut one lemon into thin slices.
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  Dissolve sugar in 100 milliliters of hot water. Cool the solution.
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  Tear off the leaves from the mint sprigs.
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  Mix lemon juice and sugar syrup, add mint and lemon wedges.
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  Fill the ingredients with chilled soda water and add ice if desired. The lemonade is ready.

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Homemade lemonade made from lemons and oranges

Natural lemonade is a very healthy drink, it contains a lot of vitamin C. But besides its useful properties, it is also very tasty and good thirst quencher.

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 5-6.

Ingredients:

• Water - 1.5-2 liters.
• Orange - 2 pcs.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Sugar to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the fruit thoroughly because the zest will be used in the recipe.
2. Grate the lemon zest on a fine grater. Then pour boiling water over it.
3. Cut the fruit in half, cut a couple of slices from lemon and oranges for decoration.
4. Squeeze the juice from the fruit, dilute it with water and add sugar.
5. When the sugar is completely dissolved, add the lemon zest and orange and lemon wedges. Serve chilled lemonade.

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How to make a refreshing lemon and mint lemonade?

A refreshing lemon and mint lemonade can be made in minutes. This is especially helpful on hot days and you always have a natural drink on your table to quench your thirst.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Lemon - 3 pcs.
• Sugar - 100 gr.
• Mint - 6 branches.
• Ice to taste.
• Water - 1.5 liters.

Cooking process:

1. Wash 2 lemons well with hot water and squeeze the juice out of them.
2. Wash the remaining lemon thoroughly, cut into wedges and remove all seeds. Place the lemon in a glass container.
3. Wash the mint, tear off the leaves and transfer them to the jar.
4. Add sugar and ice.
5. Pour in lemon juice and water, stir until sugar is completely dissolved and serve lemonade on the table.

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Delicious homemade ginger lemonade

Delicious, incredibly aromatic, with a slight spicy note, ginger lemonade will perfectly refresh and quench your thirst. Making such a healthy lemonade at home is as easy as shelling pears.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Lemons - 2 pcs.
• Sugar - 100 gr.
• Ginger - 5-10 gr.
• Sparkling water - 250 ml.
• Ice to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the lemons thoroughly with hot water and squeeze the juice out of them.
2. Peel the ginger root and cut into strips.
3. Pour a glass of water into a saucepan, add sugar and ginger, bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
4. After that, strain the broth and cool. Add lemon juice, soda, and ice to taste.
5. The lemonade is ready, you can treat your loved ones.

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Homemade lemon and lime lemonade

The bright taste and aroma of lemon and lime will save you from the heat on a sultry summer day. Homemade lemonade can be made more or less sweet to your liking, but the slight sourness will still remain.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Lime - 1 pc.
• Lemon - 2 pcs.
• Mint - 20 gr.
• Sparkling water - 1 liter.
• Water - 150 ml.
• Sugar - 150-200 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Pour sugar into a saucepan and pour in water, stir, bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 1 minute.
2. Then cool the sugar syrup and pour into a jug. Wash the mint and put it in a jug as well.
3. Cut a couple of slices from lemons and limes and add them to the pitcher.
4. Squeeze the juice out of the rest of the citrus fruits.
5. Add lemon and lime juice, soda water to a pitcher, stir. Add ice to taste and the lemonade is ready to eat.

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A simple and delicious soda lemonade recipe

If you like sugary carbonated drinks, but try to keep track of what you consume, then you can use this simple recipe and make a delicious and natural homemade lemonade. There are no preservatives in it and the lemonade is prepared on the basis of natural juice.

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Oranges - 2 pcs.
• Lemon - 1 pc.
• Sparkling water - 500 ml.
• Sugar - 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the fruit thoroughly with hot water.
2. In a saucepan, combine 150 ml of water and sugar. Put the saucepan on the fire, bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the sugar dissolves. Cool the sugar syrup completely.
3. Cut 1.5 oranges and half a lemon into wedges. Pour a liter of water over the fruit and bring to a boil.
4. Then crush the fruit with a crush so that they give off as much juice as possible.
5. Rub the fruit mass through a sieve.
6. Add sugar syrup, soda water, a few slices of orange and lemon to the juice. Also add some ice cubes to the lemonade to taste.

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Refreshing cucumber lemonade at home

An unusual, but very tasty and refreshing drink can be made from cucumbers. You should definitely choose juicy varieties of this vegetable with a bright green skin and no seeds.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Cucumbers - 4 pcs.
• Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• Carbonated water - 1.5 liters.
• Ice to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the cucumbers and lemon.
2. Cut the cucumbers and lemon into slices, transfer them to a large bowl, add ice cubes. Leave a couple of lemon slices for garnish.
3. Place lemon, cucumber and ice in a blender bowl, add sugar and pour in soda water.
4. Grind the ingredients to a fine gruel.
5. Pour the resulting lemonade into a jug and garnish with lemon wedges.

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Step-by-step recipe for making tarragon lemonade

Many people remember the taste of Tarhun lemonade from their childhood. It's time to introduce this wonderful taste to your children. At home, "Tarhun" is delicious, natural and refreshing.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Tarragon greens - 100-150 gr.
• Sugar - 100-120 gr.
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Lemon juice - 50 ml.
• Sparkling water - 500-600 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Wash greens and shake off excess moisture.
2. Chop the tarragon coarsely, transfer it to a blender bowl, add sugar and chop the ingredients.
3. Transfer the resulting mass to a bowl and pour in a glass of boiling water, leave the mixture for 40 minutes.
4. Then strain the mass through a sieve or cheesecloth folded several times.
5. Add lemon juice and soda water to the herbal infusion. When serving lemonade, add ice cubes to taste.

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Delicious homemade honey lemonade

This is a simple recipe for making healthy homemade lemonade with honey and lemon. Such a drink will not only refresh you in the summer heat, but it can be served warm in case of mild ailment and the first signs of a cold.

Cooking time: 135 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Water - 1.5 liters.
• Honey - 70-100 ml.
• Lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the required ingredients from the list for making lemonade.
2. Pour clean drinking water into a jug. Add honey to the water and stir until it is completely dissolved.
3. Wash the lemon thoroughly and cut into rings.
4. Add lemon wedges to a pitcher and leave to infuse for 2 hours.
5. After that, cool or warm the drink, depending on the situation.

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Summer refreshing lemonade with strawberries

With the onset of the summer heat, the need for delicious refreshing drinks increases. Various homemade lemonades are very popular. For example, using this recipe you will get an incredibly tasty and aromatic drink with strawberries.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Lemon - 2 pcs.
• Strawberries - 300-350 gr.
• Sugar - 120-150 gr.
• Water - 1.5 liters.
• Mint to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour sugar into a saucepan and add 100 ml of water, stir and bring the syrup to a boil over medium heat. The sugar should be completely dissolved.
2. Wash the lemons well and squeeze the juice out of them.
3. Wash and chop the strawberries with a blender.
4. In a pitcher, combine the strawberry puree, lemon juice, cooled sugar syrup, water, and mint.
5. When serving, add a few ice cubes to strawberry lemonade.

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