Lemonade is Awesome! Recipe

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Ingredients
3
Count
Nutrition
60
Calories
Total time
10
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 quart water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar

Directions:

  1. 1. In a 2 quart pitcher, combine the lemon juice, water and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Chill in refrigerator.
  2. NOTE: For those looking for an easier way to juice lemons, Grandma taught me to roll them on the counter while gently pushing down with the palm of your hand to get the juices flowing.
  3. My Note: I do recomment one thing. To make a sugar syrup, also known as simple syrup . Dissolving the sugar in hot water effectively disperses the sugar in the lemonade, instead of having the sugar sink to the bottom. To make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely. Use the same amount of water as per sugar. Then in pitcher add your juice and then the sugar water. Then add the rest of the water that is called for.
  4. Sometime I used half lemons, half limes, which was tasted great. Then because my kids were asking for pink lemonade I threw in 4 frozen strawberries and whizzed it all in the blender. And all lemons are different size it would help if I could say the mesurement in cups anyways brown sugar works better than white but you might have to experiment on the mesurements.
  5. We made this at a friend's house, except I substituted the water for Club Soda (a type of sparkling water) and doubled the recipe, so it was /really/ fizzy lemonade! It was cold and the lemon to Club Soda ratio was perfect, and not too sour. However, we did have to get a large spoon and scrape the bottom of the pitcher because the sugar sank to the very bottom in an obnoxious little clump. Due to this issue, I would recommend getting a pot or a small saucepan, and bringing the 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water to a boil to create a simple syrup. Then you can wait for it to cool, pour it in and add the rest of the water (or Club Soda!) and thus avoid the sugar problem. If I didn't have lemons I used lemon juice, which made it quicker.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 60.14 Kcal (252 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 4.95mg 0%
Potassium 64.27mg 1%
Total Carbs 16.18g 5%
Sugars 13.15g 53%
Dietary Fiber 1.39g 6%
Protein 0.46g 1%
Vitamin C 24.6mg 41%
Iron 0.5mg 3%
Calcium 31.1mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 24.28 Kcal (102 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 2mg 0%
Potassium 25.95mg 1%
Total Carbs 6.53g 5%
Sugars 5.31g 53%
Dietary Fiber 0.56g 6%
Protein 0.19g 1%
Vitamin C 9.9mg 41%
Iron 0.2mg 3%
Calcium 12.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.9
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low calorie,
  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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