How to Make Homemade Lemonade

How to Prepare Homemade Lemonade with Juicer: 5 Steps

 

A cool glass of freshly squeezed lemonade is the best homemade drink you can prepare to enjoy with your family. There are several health benefits associated with a well-prepared homemade lemonade. The best part is how quick and easy you can prepare it.

To make your homemade lemonade even faster, use the best ninja blender that comes with a juicer to extract finer juice from the lemon fruits. A robust, high-speed juicer makes the process easier. Below are the five simple steps of a lemonade recipe for kids.

  

Choose Your Ingredients 

• 5 lemons
• 1 cup of sugar
• 6 cups of water 

A homemade lemonade recipe can take any taste. Besides using the above ingredients, you’re also going to see how to make homemade lemonade from lemon juice and homemade lemonade with mint. Here’s how to make lemonade with lemon juice.

Ingredients for homemade lemonade from lemon juice: 

• 1 cup lemon juice 
• 1 cup of sugar
• 6 cups of water 

If you’re like many, you’ve probably faced this question: is homemade lemonade healthy? Well, it depends on how you define the word healthy. For example, homemade lemonade with mint will have low sugar content but with sweet and sour perfection. Mint will be a healthier choice for those keeping track of sugar content in their every-day drinks.

For your healthy lemonade recipe with mint, you’ll need:

• 5 lemons
• ¼ cup of sugar
• 6 cups of water
• 20-30 mint leaves 

Depending on the number of people you want to serve, you can customize the homemade lemonade recipe to your liking. We’ve picked a pretty standard amount that’s enough to serve around five people. 

 

Extract the Juice 

If you prefer lemon fruits and not bottled lemon juice, use a juicer to extract the lemon juice. Pour the juice into a large pitcher. For homemade lemonade with mint, you’ll need to use 4-6 mint leaves for each cup of lemonade, and grind them for 5 seconds using a pestle. Add a little juice as you crush until the leaves have released all its bitter chlorophyll. You can also use another fresh herb on your homemade lemonade, depending on the taste you want to achieve.

Note: For 30 mint leaves, you’ll use six leaves in each cup, i.e., if you’re serving 5 cups.

 

Make a Syrup 

Instead of adding sugar to the homemade lemon juice and stirring until the sugar dissolve, we prefer making simple syrup. Pour 1 cup of water into a small pot and add 1 cup of sugar. Gently heat the solution until all the sugars dissolve entirely. What we get is a sweet liquid with sugar uniformly dissolved. Be keen not to overheat the syrup – just enough to warm the water and dissolve the sugar granules.

 

Sweeten the Juice 

Pour the syrup from the pot into the large pitcher and mix to sweeten the juice. If you’re preparing homemade lemonade with mint, the syrup will be made of ¼ cup sugar. Pour the syrup into the juice and mix evenly. 

 

Dilute With Water

Add the 6 cups of cold water to the pitcher to dilute the juice and syrup. Taste your homemade lemonade and adjust water until you get it as sweet or as tart as you want. Pour your lemonade into a glass with ice, and garnish it with some slices of lemon. Pour the homemade lemonade into the cups with crushed mint for a sweet and savory taste. 

One benefit of homemade lemonade is that you can customize it to suit your preferred taste. Whether you’re looking to try a new lemonade recipe for the summer afternoons or a healthy drink for the lazy days by the pool, the above steps will get the job done. Have you ever tried to make homemade lemonade? Share some fresh ideas of perfect lemonade in the comments section!

 

Author Bio
Nellie Rodriguez is a freelance writer with a keen interest in food and drinks recipes. She covers everything from exotic food recipes to the every-day culinary delights. Nelie is also a food photographer and personal chef. In her free time, she loves to explore the outdoors, getting lost in the woods and marveling at what Mother Nature has to offer.