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Simple Homemade Lemonade- Skip the powdered stuff and make your lemonade with just three simple ingredients.  It's delicious.💛

This is a recipe that I only remember my Mom making once us kids were grown. Probably, because, when we were young, fresh lemons for lemonade for a family of seven were most likely, not in her grocery budget. 

But, once we were grown and her grandkids were visiting?  Fresh lemonade every summer!🍋

Ingredients Needed

• Lemons
• Sugar
• Water
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How to Adjust the Amount of Your Lemonade + Notes

• Use a 5 to 1 to 1 ration.  
• For example:  5 cups of cold water- 1 cup sugar- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (which will come from your 6 lemons)
• When you are squeezing your lemons, do it over a measuring cup.  This way, you know exactly how much juice you are getting from the lemons.
• Bottled Juice?  I do not recommend using bottled lemon juice.  It's just not good for this recipe.  It contains extra additives and preservatives.  Not good for your fresh lemonade. 

💡 Tip: To get more juice from your lemons, you can microwave the whole lemon for about 10-15 seconds or you can roll the lemons on your counter top, to get the juices flowing.

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Simple Homemade Lemonade

By Erin | Category: Drink (American)

Skip the powdered stuff and make your lemonade with just three simple ingredients. It's delicious.💛

Prep Time:
10 mins

Total Time:
10 mins

Yield:
approx. 6 cups

Ingredients

• Juice from 6 lemons
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 cup white sugar
• Ice cubes, if desired

Instructions

1. In a large jar or pitcher, add all ingredients and stir completely. Make sure your sugar is dissolved.
2. If desired, you can add a sliced lemon (with the juice already removed from it) into the jar too.
3. Serve immediately. Keep in a covered container in the refrigerator. It is best to drink within a week.

Nutrition Facts (Per Serving): Calories: 135 Fat: 0g Carbs: 35g Protein: 0g Sodium: 3mg