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How to quickly make lemonade at home. Homemade lemonade (lemon drink recipe)

In summer, when it gets insanely hot outside, you just want to drink something refreshing. You should not buy harmful carbonated drinks, it is better to make lemonade at home.

Making lemonade with this recipe is very simple. From the specified amount of ingredients, you get 4 liters of drink.

Required composition of products:

  • two liters of water;
  • five glasses of sugar;
  • a little more than a liter of fresh lemon juice;
  • ice, lemon, mint - for serving.

Cooking process:

  1. Prepare a large saucepan with sugar, water and lemon juice.
  2. Heat over low heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. The sugar should be completely dissolved. Then remove from the stove and let the mixture cool.
  3. Pour the lemonade into a glass dish and refrigerate.
  4. Add ice cubes, mint and lemon slices to the drink before serving.

Orange recipe

Homemade lemonade can be made from juicy oranges... It turns out to be bright and will certainly appeal to children.

Required composition of products:

Cooking process:

  1. We wash the fruits well, remove the skin from them, leave only the pulp.
  2. Place the slices of oranges with the sugar in a blender and beat until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
  3. Pour into a large container, add the specified amount of mineral water and put the lemonade in the refrigerator. Serve when it is completely cooled.

Cooking with lemon

If you want to get real lemonade, the way it was before, then we prepare it from lemon.


Required composition of products:

  • a glass of sugar;
  • six lemons;
  • six glasses of cold clean water.

Cooking process:

  1. First you need to carefully squeeze the juice from the lemons. It is best to do this with a juicer, but if there is no device, then first press the lemon against the table with your palm, roll it on the surface for a while, then cut and extract the juice.
  2. Prepare a 4 liter container, such as a jug. Put the resulting juice, the indicated amount of sugar and water there.
  3. Stir the drink thoroughly, try, add more water if necessary. Refrigerate before serving to cool down.

Unusual ginger lemonade

It would seem that this ingredient is completely unsuitable for a drink, because it is most often used for other dishes. In fact, ginger lemonade is very good at quenching thirst in hot weather.

Required composition of products:

  • two lemons;
  • 200 grams of ginger root;
  • two large spoons of sugar;
  • three liters of clean water;
  • four tablespoons of honey.

Cooking process:

  1. Peel the root, rinse and grind on a fine grater.
  2. Pour a liter of water into a saucepan, add chopped ginger there.
  3. Peel the lemons, finely chop the skin and put it in a saucepan too. Squeeze the juice out of the pulp in any convenient way and set it aside.
  4. Add sugar to lemon and ginger, stir and bring the mixture to a boil.
  5. As soon as the process has begun, we immediately remove from heat, filter and let cool.
  6. Pour in lemon juice, honey, mix and dilute with the remaining batch of water.
  7. Cool well and serve.

Cucumber drink

Required composition of products:

  • two lemons;
  • 0.4 kg of cucumbers;
  • a glass of sugar;
  • one and a half liters of water and another glass for syrup;
  • mint to taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Pour all the indicated water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil. We take the glass for the syrup, and let the rest cool.
  2. Combine a glass of water with sugar, bring to a boil, continue to cook for about two minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.
  3. Cut the cucumbers, send them to the blender along with the mint leaves and interrupt in a homogeneous mixture, strain it.
  4. Squeeze juice from lemons, mix with water, syrup and cucumber mass. Refrigerate and serve.

How to make from strawberries

Required composition of products:

  • half a liter of sugar syrup;
  • six lemons;
  • two and a half liters of water;
  • 500 grams of strawberries.

Cooking process:

  1. We wash the lemons, squeeze the juice out of them well, and finely chop the skin.
  2. Pour juice into the water, sugar syrup, put the zest, mix well.
  3. Add strawberries to this mixture, which we mash with a fork in mashed potatoes.
  4. We filter the drink and cool it down. You can serve by decorating whole berries, mint or lemon balm leaves.

Pear lemonade

Pear lemonade is a real salvation from thirst. Take only ripe fruit for the drink.

Required composition of products:

  • one liter of water;
  • 200 grams of pears;
  • four tablespoons of sugar;
  • one lemon.

Cooking process:

  1. We wash the pears well, remove the skin from them, cut them in half, cut out the hard core and seeds, grind them into small cubes.
  2. We put them in a blender, pour only 200 milliliters of cold water and interrupt until smooth.
  3. We make syrup from the remaining water. Add sugar to it, bring to a boil and cook until it is completely dissolved, then cool.
  4. Mix the pear puree, syrup, lemon juice and a few slices of it. We put it in the refrigerator and serve when the drink becomes cold.

Watermelon refreshing drink

Required composition of products:

  • a liter of cool soda water;
  • two lemons;
  • a kilogram of watermelon pulp;
  • three tablespoons of sugar, or to taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Be sure to peel the pulp of the watermelon, there should be no seeds.
  2. Rinse the lemons and squeeze the juice out of them very thoroughly, it is best to use a juicer for this.
  3. Place watermelon pulp, lemon juice and sugar in a blender, interrupt for a couple of minutes. It is not necessary to put sugar, if the watermelon is already very sweet, look to your taste.
  4. Pour carbonated water into the resulting mass, turn on the blender again. You should get a fairly liquid drink.
  5. Chill lemonade, serve with ice cubes, fresh mint leaves or aromatic catnip.

In the hot summer season, you want to drink some cooling drink, and then the classic summer trio come to mind: kvass, fruit drink, lemonade. Lemonades are good because they not only relieve us of thirst, but also saturate the body with vitamins that lemons are rich in.

In addition, you can be creative in creating homemade lemonade, then this refreshing drink will not get bored, because there are so many recipes for it.

This means that each hostess will be able to surprise her household with new culinary masterpieces that will not contain chemical components that harm the body.

Some interesting facts about lemonade

Today, lemonade is the name given to every carbonated sweet drink that refreshes and brings coolness in the heat, while lemonade appeared only in the 17th century. Then for its preparation they used a special lemon tincture and freshly squeezed lemon juice.

The very first lemonade in the world was prepared by accident, when the cupbearer of King Louis I of France, instead of wine, brought lemon juice into the hall, mixing up the casks. He decided that he had nothing to lose and risked adding mineral water to lemon juice. Surprisingly, Louis I liked the new and unusual drink.

After that, they began to make the lemonade carbonated using a special machine for saturating the water with oxygen. This moment became the peak for the popularity of lemonade, because it began to be produced on an industrial scale.

Classic Lemonade Recipe

This recipe is recognized not only as a standard and an example for any lemon drink, but also the easiest to prepare. To make about one and a half liters of homemade lemonade, you will need about 12 medium lemons.

Juice of lemons can be obtained using a juicer or peeling lemons and seeds, grind in a blender, and then strain through cheesecloth.

Add the resulting freshly squeezed juice to the water, stir and add sugar (to taste). After the sugar is completely dissolved, you can pour the drink into glasses, adding ice cubes (for freshness) and a lemon wedge (for decoration).

Homemade carbonated lemonade

  • 12 lemons;
  • About 1 liter of sparkling water;
  • Sugar to taste.

Carbonated lemonade is nothing more than the same drink, only made with the addition of carbonated water.

But here, too, there are secrets. For example, to get a richer taste, also use the zest of lemons, carefully peeling it off with a knife, without touching the white skin (otherwise bitterness will appear).

The pulp of lemons and zest must be ground in a blender or passed through a meat grinder several times, after removing the seeds. Put the resulting mass in a saucepan, add sugar to taste and pour 1 glass of boiling water.

Boil the mixture for one minute (no more), and then put it in the refrigerator to cool and infuse.

The resulting syrup must be filtered through cheesecloth (several times if necessary) and diluted with sparkling water to taste. A carbonated soft drink called lemonade is ready.

Ginger lemonade

  • Fresh ginger root;
  • 3 lemons;
  • 2 liters of clean drinking water;
  • Sugar or honey (to taste).

We are accustomed to the fact that ginger drink is good in winter, because it will raise the immune system, warm after frost and once again remind us why winter is beautiful. However, ginger can not only evoke winter memories, but also perfectly quench thirst in the summer heat.

It is especially good in combination with lemon, since both of these products complement and enhance beneficial features each other.

Some fresh ginger root needs to be peeled and grated. Pour water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil.

Add lemons, previously peeled and twisted in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender, and grated ginger into boiling water.

Simmer the mixture over low heat for about 10 minutes, then add honey or sugar (to taste).

Chill the drink, strain and serve chilled with ice cubes.

Raspberry lemonade

  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 1-2 lemons;
  • A few fresh mint leaves;
  • 1 liter of mineral water.

It is especially pleasant to drink such lemonade on a hot day in the country, sitting in a rocking chair in the shade of trees. Moreover, at any summer cottage there is a glass of raspberries and a little mint.

Be sure to rinse the lemons thoroughly with a sponge, cut them in half and squeeze the juice out of them. However, if you like lemonade with pulp, then using a knife, you can extract the pulp from the lemon halves and use it, for me it is much tastier.

Crush the raspberries with a regular tablespoon and mix with the juice and pulp of the lemons. Put a few leaves of fresh mint in the glasses at the bottom, crush it a little with a spoon so that it gives aroma.

Add mineral or ordinary drinking chilled water, ice cubes to the resulting mixture and pour into glasses with mint. It is best to serve such a drink decorated with raspberries.

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Apple lemonade

  • Apple juice from 2 apples;
  • Mineral water (2 times more than apple juice);
  • 1 lemon;
  • Sugar or honey (to taste).

We are all accustomed to the phrase “ Apple juice”, But most people hear about the existence of apple lemonade for the first time.

The benefits of apples are perfectly combined with the freshness that lemon brings to a wonderful refreshing drink. You can use ready-made apple juice or prepare it yourself using a juicer.

Add mineral water to apple juice, observing the proportions: two parts of water to one part of juice, and then squeeze half a lemon there.

The remaining lemon, or rather half of it, thinly cut into slices and put in a jug. You can add sugar or honey to taste. Serve the drink chilled with ice cubes.

Orange lemonade

  • 2 oranges;
  • 1 lemon;
  • 0.5 kg of sugar;
  • 1 liter of ordinary drinking or mineral water.

The closest relative of lemon is orange, so why not add it to a soft drink made from lemons to refresh the familiar taste and add a touch of summer sun to the lemon mood.

We need two medium oranges, one lemon and half a kilo of sugar. First you need to remove the zest from the lemon and orange, and it is better to remove the white peel from the fruit immediately and discard, as it can give a bitterness.

Remove the seeds from the peeled fruits and rotate in a meat grinder along with the zest, then pour boiling water, add sugar, and let it brew until it cools completely.

The resulting drink will not be yellow, but rather orange in color with a pleasant lemon-orange flavor.

And if you use carbonated water instead of plain drinking water, you will not be able to distinguish it from the purchased forfeit by taste.

Only orange lemonade is much safer and healthier, and most importantly, tastier.

Cucumber lemonade

  • 12 lemons;
  • 1 cucumber;
  • 1 liter of drinking water;
  • Sugar or honey (to taste).

This recipe belongs to the most exotic recipes lemonade is most characteristic of the Russian side, since we have so many cucumbers that there is simply nowhere to put them.

This is probably why the craftswomen and hostesses came up with cucumber lemonade. The result is a simple, healthy and invigorating cooling drink and cucumbers are attached.

In order to prepare half a liter of this wonderful drink, we need twelve lemons and one cucumber.

The cucumber will need to be peeled, then the lemonade will turn out to be more tender, then use a blender to get a cucumber puree, which can be filtered and added to lemon juice and water.

Add sugar to taste, you can also add honey. Before serving, you can decorate the drink with slices of cucumber and lemon, while not forgetting about ice cubes and a straw.

  1. When making any lemonade, try to use only natural ingredients. If possible, then refuse to use canned purchased juices. After all, the whole benefit of lemonade lies in its composition, and the composition, in turn, contains only fresh fruits, berries and vegetables, and purified drinking water;
  2. Water can be any, both carbonated and non-carbonated. After all, water is half the success of any drink. It is important that it is cleaned, fresh and chilled. And the rest will be done by lemons and other ingredients;
  3. Do not forget about the aesthetic appearance of the prepared drink. The most pleasant thing is to sip lemonade through a straw, from a tall glass, decorated with slices of fresh fruit or berries;
  4. There is very rarely a need to store homemade lemonade in the refrigerator, because it is drunk in the blink of an eye. However, if it still remains, then do not store it for a long time, because the fruits and berries that you used cannot be stored for a long time, since they do not contain preservatives and chemicals;
  5. For sweetness, sugar or honey is used in most cases. These are the simplest sweeteners, but fruit flavored syrups can also be used. They will make your lemonade more unique, because you can create the taste of lemonade yourself, be creative and succumb to the flight of thought.

Most recipes use a lot of lemons and other fruits, which may lead you to the thought: "But this drink is expensive." Feel free to throw it away and think about how much benefit you and your loved ones can get by drinking a refreshing drink made with your own hands, with soul, warmth and love without preservatives and artificial colors.

Homemade lemonade will be enjoyed by both children and adults. Its benefits are obvious, and preparation does not take much time. Despite the name, you can make homemade lemonade not only from lemon: it is recommended to use berries, fruits, herbal infusions and even vegetables.

By placing the prepared drink in a beautiful jug or in sparkling glasses, decorating it with mint leaves, pieces of fruit, berries, you can get not only taste, but also aesthetic pleasure!

Homemade lemonade: recipes

Recipes for making homemade lemonade are not complex, and even a child can cope with them if desired.

"Classic" homemade lemonade

It would seem that there could be an easier recipe for making this lemonade. But here, too, there is a trick. It consists in the fact that you need to maintain a balance between the ingredients and end up with a drink that is neither too sour nor too sweet, can quench your thirst and taste good.

Ingredients:

    still drinking water -1000 ml;

    sugar -500 grams;

    large lemons -3-4 pieces.

Cooking method:

combine sugar and part of the water in a saucepan, put the mixture on a small fire and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then the resulting sugar syrup is cooled, and lemon juice and water are added to it. The drink is cooled in the refrigerator, if desired, ice is added when serving.

A little trick: you can shorten the preparation time of the drink if you use a blender and use it to mix lemon juice with sugar, then pour in water and set to cool. You can add variety to classic lemonade with berries, fruits, etc. You can use sparkling water instead of regular water.

Homemade ginger lemonade

The resulting drink will surprise even the most sophisticated gourmet with its taste; In addition to its taste, lemonade also has a refreshing effect, which will become a decisive point in favor of a drink on a hot day. Ginger root has a tonic effect on a person, using this drink in the morning, you can recharge with vivacity and energy for the whole day. In addition, ginger is extremely beneficial for the whole body: it supplies it with vitamins and improves the functioning of internal organs.

Ingredients:

    lemon juice - 20 ml;

    grated and squeezed through gauze ginger - a total of 20 ml;

    sea ​​buckthorn, rubbed with sugar - 25 ml;

    chilled tea with bergamot aroma - 150 ml.

Cooking method:

All components are mixed in a large container and the drink is poured into a jug. Cool, ice added as desired.

A little trick: in order to squeeze out as much juice as possible from the lemon, you need to heat it in microwave oven for 20-30 seconds at maximum power. You can hold it in hot (not boiling!) Water for a minute.

Non-alcoholic "Mojito" lemonade at home: recipe

The well-known Mojito cocktail may not necessarily be with alcohol. The refreshing taste of this lemonade with a hint of menthol - what could be better in the heat.

Ingredients:

    lemon - 1 piece and 2-3 mugs of fruit to decorate the drink;

    leaves and sprigs of mint - 100 grams;

    granulated sugar - 5 tablespoons;

    purified still drinking water - 1000 ml.

Cooking method:

Mint leaves and sprigs are washed under cold water and dried on a towel. Then the plant breaks with its hands into small segments. If you cut the grass with a knife, then there will be no strong aroma, since the aromatic substances oxidize from contact with the metal. A few leaves should be left for decoration.

The lemon is cut in two. Each half is squeezed out, you can use a juicer. About 5 tablespoons of lemon juice should form. Lemon peel is not thrown away, it will still serve as a drink.

Chopped mint is poured into enameled dishes (metal or aluminum will oxidize from lemon juice, and the taste of the drink will be spoiled), and all the leaves are completely filled with water. Lemon peel is added to the mass, and gradually heated over low heat, waiting for the mixture to boil. After that, the mass is cooked for another two to three minutes, and, finally, it is removed from the heat. Sugar is poured into the still not cooled mixture and mixed thoroughly.

Now the resulting infusion is filtered through a sieve, cleaning it from particles of zest and mint "flakes" and getting a beautiful color of lemonade as a result. Pour lemon juice into the cooled and strained lemonade, and remove the drink to cool in the refrigerator.

Pour chilled "mojito" into tall glasses, decorate with a lemon wedge and mint leaves. If you add ice, then two tubes are placed in the glass.

Homemade lemonade for a slim figure

Regular consumption of this lemonade will help keep your figure fit and slender, and the unusual combination of products will delight even the most demanding lady.

Ingredients:

    1000 ml of carbonated mineral water;

    three to four branches of purple basil;

    two fresh cucumber medium size;

    two lemons;

    granulated sugar to taste.

Cooking method:

Grate the cucumber with large holes, squeeze the juice and put it aside. Cut the second cucumber into thin circles. Cut the lemon into two parts, squeeze and collect the juice from one half, cut the second into circles. We put slices of lemon, cucumber in a jug or enamel container, and fill it with juice of cucumber and lemon, which we squeezed in advance.

Add sugar to taste, pick up basil leaves and branches with our hands, and fill in the amount of water required according to the recipe. We infuse lemonade for about an hour, and refrigerate. Fill tall glasses with ice for one quarter and pour lemonade into them.

Homemade lemonade "Fruit Paradise"

This lemonade is good to prepare in the summer when there are a lot of fruits in the markets.

Ingredients:

    strawberries - 300 grams;

    peaches -2 pieces;

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    pear-1 piece;

    grapes - 6-7 large berries of green and blue;

    water - 1000 ml;

    sugar - 300 grams;

    mint leaves - for decoration - 4-5 pcs;

    lemon - 2 pieces.

Cooking method:

In an enamel saucepan, boil sugar syrup from a little water and sugar. Cool and pour in chopped strawberries, apple wedges, chopped pear, grapes cut in two, peaches cut into quarters.

Mix gently with a wooden spoon. Fill with the remaining water, add lemon juice. Cool it down. Pour into glasses, decorate with mint leaves. This lemonade has a high content of vitamin C and microelements, since there is no heat treatment drink.

Useful tips for making lemonade at home:

    if you have diabetes, you can substitute fructose for sugar in recipes;

    more juice from lemon can be obtained by rolling it on a board (uncut);

    the remaining zest during the preparation of the drink does not need to be thrown away: dry it and put it in the cabinet where the cereals are stored - this way you will protect them from pests;

    Stevia herb can be used instead of sugar. It tastes as sweet as sugar;

    Choose lemons with medium-sized peels - they should have an even combination of peel and flesh on the cut. If there is more pulp, and the crust is thin, then this is a stale lemon, and it will be too sour;

    you can restore dried lemon by soaking it for a while in salty cold water;

    with the remaining zest, you can clean your shoes, and if you have a headache, attach a slice of lemon zest to your temples;

    of the remaining lemon peels you can make delicious candied fruits. To do this, the white inner layer is completely cut off from the zest, leaving only a yellow rind. The prepared crusts are soaked for two days in cold water; the water needs to be changed 1-2 times;

This is necessary to eliminate bitterness. Then the crusts are boiled with added sugar for 20-30 minutes. Spread on a sieve and dry in the oven for 15 minutes. After that, the candied fruits are doused in powdered sugar and stored in a cool dry place. These candied fruits can be used to decorate cakes, especially if you cut them in the form of "spirals".

Whichever recipe for making lemonade you would not choose, it is important to remember that it will be much healthier and tastier than purchased "chemical" soda!

The most important thing is not to be lazy, but to develop a healthy habit of making healthy drinks. You can involve children in the process of making lemonades, and then culinary masterpieces"A la home fresh bar" will take the form of exciting family leisure.

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Lemon water - you have probably heard how to make the simplest nectar for health.

We have prepared several variations of delicious and healthy drink, as well as a story about how to use it correctly in order to maximize the benefits, because lemon water is an effective way to become healthier, slimmer and more beautiful without much effort!

What are the benefits of lemon water

Various versions of drinks based on lemon and ordinary water have been known to people for a very long time. First of all, they spread in those regions where lemon trees grew, so it cannot be said that even our ancestors loved this drink. Lemon appears to be native to India or another country in the same geographic area. The plant was brought to the Middle East and Europe in the 12th century.

The most famous and delicious drink based on this citrus is, of course, lemonade. Since the 17th century, it was cooked at home, and a century later, industrial production began. Both classic homemade and industrial lemonade contain sugar (the second is in rather high concentrations, like any sweet soda), and therefore it is difficult to call them especially useful for health.


Lemon Refreshing Water is an excellent replacement for lemonade and regular water. She more useful than the first, tastier than the second and easy to prepare. In particular, such water contributes to:

  1. Stabilize digestion
  2. Slimming
  3. Improving skin condition and color

Why is lemon water, being a completely uncomplicated drink, has such a healing effect on the human body? The secret lies in the properties of the ingredients. Water is a versatile solvent needed to accelerate biochemical processes in cells and intercellular space, it delivers useful material to the most remote corners of the body, and also additionally saturates the tissues with oxygen, gives them tone and elasticity.

Tip: you should not use tap water for drinking, even filtered or boiled water - artesian or spring water will be more useful. Non-carbonated liquid is suitable for daily use.

Lemon is a rich source of vitamin C, which has immunostimulating, disinfecting and tonic properties. The acid in the citrus composition stimulates the secretion of gastric juice and accelerates digestion. There is information that lemon has the effect of a mild laxative and helps in the complex cleaning of the body from toxins and toxins.

Lemon water is especially famous in the fight against excess weight: indeed, regular use of the drink in the morning helps to get rid of several kilograms, make the waist thinner and the stomach more toned. The merit of the discovery is attributed to the British doctor T. Chong, who created her own weight loss program based on the recipe for making water with lemon. Many world stars have become adherents of this program: in particular, Beyoncé. The singer has thrown off about ten kilograms, and just look at her figure now!

Tip: The optimal and most noticeable effect will be achieved by combining water with lemon with sports and a healthy lifestyle. Remember that liquid is more of an adjuvant that accelerates and enhances the effect of other ways to lose weight and stay slim.

It is worth noting that lemon water has its own contraindications. It should not be drunk by people suffering from ulcers and other stomach ailments, as acidic foods and drinks only worsen their condition. If in doubt, consult a dietitian, and also listen carefully to your own body: if the use of such a liquid causes discomfort, do not drink it.


Of course, it is important not only to know how to properly prepare water with lemon, but also the rules for its use. This is how you can get the most out of incorporating the drink into your diet.

Drink lemon liquid:

  1. One glass at a time. A more plentiful use will only clog the stomach, because it is not a matter of quantity, but of quality.
  2. On empty stomach. Drink the liquid as soon as you wake up, half an hour before your first meal and before starting your hygiene procedures.
  3. Fresh. Do not be lazy to prepare a drink right before drinking - most of the beneficial properties will evaporate from it overnight in the refrigerator.
  4. Through a straw. This will help minimize the corrosive effect of acid (lemon juice) on tooth enamel.

Also, half an hour after drinking, nutritionists recommend a hearty breakfast. Pay attention to the first meal, do not snack on the go, eat porridge, scrambled eggs or a juicy sandwich.

Lemon water: 5+ recipes

Unlike various types lemonade, making lemon water does not require boiling. It requires only fresh ingredients of the best quality. You should use clean bottled water. It needs to be heated a little, but not boiled. The ideal temperature would be room temperature - neither cold nor hot. Lemons need to be washed thoroughly, as they are sent to the cocktail along with the peel.

Basic Lemon Water Recipe

To prepare the drink in its original form, nothing is required except lemon and liquid. However, even in the very simple version there is different ways cooking. You can simply squeeze citrus juice into water at the rate of one lemon to one liter of water, that is, a quarter of the fruit per glass. You can cut the lemon into thin slices and fill it with warm water, or you can grind part of the fruit into gruel in a blender and stir the resulting mass in liquid.

Lemon honey water

This recipe is a suitable option for everyone who wants to drink sweet liquid, but at the same time continue to lose weight and receive vitamins and minerals. For cooking use basic recipe and add a teaspoon of honey, mix thoroughly. The drink is ready!


Water and lemon and mint

Mint leaves are a natural antiseptic and - unexpectedly - also act as a sweetener. Here's how to make lemon and mint water:

  1. Wash and cut lemon into thin rings
  2. Wash and tear one or two sprigs of mint with your hands
  3. Place the ingredients in a glass and crush them slightly with a spoon.
  4. Fill with lukewarm water (about 30 ° C)

This helpful and delicious cocktail will charge you with cheerfulness and good mood all day.

Lemon, water and apple cider vinegar

This water is prepared based on green tea. Give preference to natural large-leafed - it is healthier and more aromatic than analog in bags. So, having made the brew of your usual strength, add a slice of citrus and two teaspoons to the glass. apple cider vinegar... Drinking liquids should be before meals, but not necessarily exclusively before breakfast.

Sassi water - the most famous lemon recipe

You've probably heard about the famous Sassi water. Let's find out how to do tasty water with lemon, ginger and cucumber, which, when consumed daily, will contribute to weight loss and overall health of the body. How else with such a rich set of ingredients!


To prepare Sassi water you will need:

  1. Pure water (two liters)
  2. Lemon (one)
  3. Cucumber (one large or two small)
  4. Ginger root
  5. Mint (optional)

The fruits should be washed and cut into thin slices: peel the cucumber and use the lemon with the peel. Rub about a 3-centimeter piece ginger root(it should turn out about a tablespoon of the crushed mass). If using mint, wash and tear.


Mint and ginger are great healing ingredients in lemon water

Place all ingredients in a jug, cover with water. Close the lid and let the mixture sit overnight. During this time, the water will absorb everything useful components fruits and will acquire a rich pleasant taste. It should be drunk during the day, since two liters is the average daily intake for an adult.

Tip: do not put water in the refrigerator for infusion. At low temperatures, it takes much longer for vitamin C and other substances to saturate the liquid. Besides, cold water less beneficial to the body and absorbed more slowly.

Lemon water on garlic

This non-trivial recipe will be most effective if you consume a lot of water - about two liters per day. They should replace all other drinking water in their diet. For one liter, you need a medium sized head of garlic and one lemon. Chop the citrus and garlic in a blender and add a spoonful to water or tea.

Pepper Tincture with Lemon

A recipe for those who like it hot. Take fresh cayenne pepper, chop, add wedges of one lemon and fill with a liter warm water... The daily rate will be about two liters.


Now you know how to make lemon water for the most different recipes... Experiment and use the options that suit your taste. And do not forget that, while losing weight with lemon water, you should devote time to exercise, walking in the fresh air, and not eating junk food. If you have a lot to lose, it is better to go on a diet based on lemon water.

Store-bought soft drinks are useless, but homemade lemonades not only perfectly quench thirst in hot weather, but also enrich the body with essential nutrients and vitamins. Literally everyone loves this wonderful drink!

An interesting story is the origin of lemonade, which, like many popular products, is considered a consequence of an accidental mistake. Back in the days of the sun king at the French court, the butler accidentally confused the barrels with lemon juice and wine, but the king liked it so much new drink what's wrong with him light hand lemonade diluted with fizzy water became popular among the aristocracy. In Russia, lemonade appeared after Peter I brought it, and over time, the drink began to be consumed by all classes.

The health benefits of homemade lemonade

Of course, we are not talking about factory-made drinks saturated with dyes and flavors, but about a natural tonic. The raw materials for homemade lemonade are the following main ingredients:

  • freshly squeezed lemon juice;
  • sparkling water;
  • sugar (if necessary).

Mixed components saturate the human body with B1, B2, D, A, C, P vitamins, enrich with calcium, copper, potassium, ascorbic acid and phosphorus. The most important ingredient in homemade lemonade is lemon, which is familiar to us for its antiseptic and bactericidal properties.

The healing effect of lemon extends to the treatment of diseases such as hypertension, metabolic disorders, scurvy, tonsillitis, vitamin deficiency and atherosclerosis. We figured out the usefulness of the drink, but how to make lemonade at home? This is what will be discussed in our article.

How to make lemonade

This unique tonic is very easy to make: even a child can easily master its preparation. There are many recipes for lemonade, but we will give examples of the most popular and useful ones. It is great that homemade lemonade can be safely offered to children: the main thing is to make sure that the kids are not allergic to citrus fruits.

Classic children's lemonade

Now we will show you how to make lemonade at home from lemon, water and sugar. To prepare a drink, take 1 liter of water, 2 large lemons and 4 tbsp. l. granulated sugar. Wash the lemon well under running water, cut off the zest with a sharp knife and cut the fruit in the center. Then take a suitable container, fold the sliced ​​zest on the bottom and squeeze out the lemon juice.

After adding sugar and boiling water, the container is closed with a lid and allowed to brew. Then the drink is chilled and served to kids in beautiful cups. Do not forget that children like to be capricious, and therefore during the preparation process, try to prevent lemon seeds and films that separate the slices from getting into the liquid: it is they who give the drink a bitter taste.

Family lemonade

For cooking, all the same products are taken: sugar, lemons and water, but in different proportions: 2 large lemons, 3 liters of water and 300 grams of granulated sugar. It is necessary to thoroughly wash the surface of citrus fruits, chop them as finely as possible, choosing seeds and films. Tip: so as not to lose precious juice when chopping, cut the lemons on a plate, not on a cutting board!

Meanwhile, put the water in a saucepan on the stove and bring it to a boil, then add all the sugar there and carefully place lemon wedges... The drink should be brewed for 10 minutes and then set aside to cool. Open the lid and add lemon zest or rind to the lemonade for a spicy bitterness. It is recommended to serve it to the table with ice and mint sprigs.

How to make soda lemonade at home: a recipe

The most popular is the option with the addition of sparkling water. We will now talk about it in more detail. To prepare the drink, take the following ingredients:


On a small fire, put a container of water without gas and add sugar there. Stir constantly, wait until it is completely dissolved and cool. sweet water... Lemons are processed in a standard way: they are washed with a brush under warm running water and cut, after which the juice is squeezed out of them.

The resulting juice must be filtered, removing seeds and lemon films. Then add it to the sugar syrup and, stir well, strain again. Important: Carbonated chilled water is added to the lemon-sugar syrup before drinking to taste!

Lemonade of oranges and lemons for a large company

Take 2 oranges, 1 lemon, 4.5 liters of water and 300-350 gr. Sahara. To prepare a drink, preliminary procedures are required: oranges are poured over with boiling water, and, put in a plastic bag, are sent to the freezer for at least 12 hours.

Frozen fruits are poured with water and cut into 8 slices, and then passed through a meat grinder or chopped with a blender until mushy. The mass must be poured with 1.5 glasses of water and left to infuse for 15 minutes. The mixture is filtered, mixed with sugar, lemon juice and the remaining water. The result is almost 5 liters of a delicious natural drink!

How to make citric acid lemonade

If there is no lemon at home or someone from the family is allergic to citrus fruits, you can replace them citric acid... In addition, "lemon" is often added as additional ingredient in sweet lemonades made from strawberries, pears or grapes. Yes, yes, do not be surprised, it just so happened that people call lemonades any homemade drinks mixed with soda
water.

So, take the following components:

  1. 4 tsp citric acid.
  2. 150 g granulated sugar.
  3. 1 large lemon or orange.
  4. 2-3 liters of purified water.

Wash the fruit and carefully cut off the zest from it, in no case grabbing the white skin, which is bitter: it is removed separately and discarded. Then the orange or lemon is chopped as finely as possible and mixed with the zest.

Meanwhile, dissolve the granulated sugar in water and bring the syrup to a boil. It's time to pour in the zest with lemon or orange and boil for about 5 minutes. After the drink is ready, strain it well through cheesecloth or a sieve. Finally, add citric acid to the lemonade and shake the mixture thoroughly. Refrigerate and serve.

Remember that the proportions of the lemonade ingredients can be altered based on personal preference. To make the drink even tastier, you can add fruits to the glass: cherries, raspberries, strawberries. And in order for the lemonade to become effervescent, pour soda into each glass at the very tip of a knife. We told you how to make lemonade at home from citric acid, and now we bring to your attention a few simple recipes for tonic drinks that have real health benefits.

The most useful lemonades: recipes

The soft drink should taste good and be attractive to appearance... But the most important thing is that it must be of practical benefit to the body. This is exactly the kind of lemonade we offer you to prepare at home.

Recipe number 1

Take care of the lemons first: wash them and remove the zest. The ginger is peeled from the brown peel, then, together with the zest and pulp of the lemon, it is passed through a meat grinder several times. At the same time, dissolve the sugar in heated water and pour the syrup into the twisted mixture: now let the mixture infuse for 60 minutes.

Then the drink should be thoroughly filtered and tasted: if there is too little sugar, add a spoon and stir again. After that, feel free to put the drink in the refrigerator for cooling. By the way, the leftovers of the drink are kept in the same place. When serving lemonade, toss ice and mint leaves into the glass to further refresh the drink.

  • Useful Tips: The squeezed zest remaining after cooking does not have to be thrown away! It is crushed using a blender or a meat grinder, water with sugar and citric acid is added, and boiled over low heat until a fragrant and delicious jam... Leftover lemon zest can also be used to make a decoction for rinsing the head at.

Recipe number 2

The following recipe helps not only quench your thirst, but also burn excess fat, which is so important for many people. This is the name of the drink: detox lemonade, that is, it not only tones up, but also gives vigor. You need to take the following components:

  • 1 pinch of natural saffron strands;
  • 1 lime;
  • 1 lemon;
  • 1 liter of water.

The preparation is the most elementary: in any way you can, squeeze the juice out of the citrus fruits, mix it with sugar and saffron threads. Let the mixture steep for 10 minutes, cool and drink to your health!

Recipe number 3

Another wonderful recipe lemonade, which helps to maintain a slim figure. To prepare it, take about 1 liter of sparkling mineral water, 3 basil branches, 2 large fresh cucumber, 2 lemons and a little sugar (to taste).

Grate one cucumber on a coarse grater and remove the juice, and cut the second into thin rings. Cut 1 lemon in half and squeeze the juice out of it, and also cut the second into rings. Put chopped citrus fruits and vegetables in a container for lemonade at the bottom, pour in cucumber-lemon juice, add sugar or honey to taste and fill everything with water. At the end of cooking, throw basil sprigs into lemonade and let the drink brew and cool. When serving, fill glasses with ice cubes and add lemonade.

So, we have shared with you the most popular recipes for holiday and everyday lemonades. During the cooking process, you can feel free to experiment by adding other fruits. Whichever version of lemonade you choose, you can be sure: everyone will like the drink!