Sugar Free Lemonade
Now I did call this a lemonade in the title but this drink actually has more orange juice than lemon juice. However I still consider this a lemonade as the lemon is the one that comes through when drinking it.
Ingredients for the lemonade(for about 1l):
2 lemon
4 oranges
2 tbsp runny honey
sparkly water to top up
First wash and cut the lemons and oranges in half. Using a lemon squeezer and an orange one squeeze the juice out of the fruits in a big enough container.
My hubby got me the squeezers below and I love them. They can be found everywhere(Amazon, Dinghams) at the moment and they really takes all the juice out.
Next you need to mix the honey into the lemon and orange juice and pour the whole thing into a bottle or container. I like putting mine in a bottle like below and then top it up with sparkly water and keep in fridge. Like this it is ready to drink anytime I feel like it. However you can keep the juice as it is in the fridge and create your lemonade in a big jug when you are ready to serve.
At the beginning of this year I decided to stop buying drinks from the shops and although it took me a while to get the girls used to drinking lemonade like this they love it now.
My eldest even said that she loves it now because is not as sweet as others. She used to love to be treated with a can of Fanta every now and then.
Would love to hear what kind of homemade drinks you are having with your family so please do share your recipes.
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11 Comments
Joanna @mumbalance
It sounds like a great refreshing drink!
My mum used to make home-made elderflower cordial. It was delicious! I did have a recipe from her, but where we currently live there is no good place to harvest elderflowers. I don’t want to pick them too close to the road.
#pocolo
Mama Herself
I find most fruit juices too sweet and cut them with water anyway – this is taking it to a whole new tasty level though. Must give it a go now the weather is heating up.
My MiL makes a drink by boiling berries briefly with a bit of sugar and then straining it.
Kgomotso
OOh I am definitely going to try this. It’s so simple too! #PoCoLo
Debbie
Hi Otilia, this lemonade sounds lovely. In November we have plenty of fresh oranges on our trees, so it’s a recipe I’d save for then.
I used to make old fashioned lemonade a lot, but stopped because of the amount of sugar in it. I had to soak the lemon peel overnight too, so it was a fiddly recipe too. Your recipe sounds so much simpler.
#PoCoLo
Trish
My mum used to make lemonade but it was always stuffed with sugar! This looks a much healthier and more natural alternative – will certainly give it a try x
Emma
This sounds delicious, and far far healthier than the processed alternative! Emma 🙂
susanna
That looks lovely and refreshing!
Ruth
Ooh that looks lovely! We have a lemon tree in our garden which is absolutely bulging with fruit. They’re not all ripe yet, but in a few weeks this sounds like a perfect way for using some of them up! x
mari
Love this recipe, perfect for summer barbecues, I’ve pinned it to my BBQ board
Mary Keynko
This looks amazing, will definitely have to give it a go!
Penny Carr
Oooooh – we need to cut down the amount of carton juice that Master C drinks so I may have to give this a try. Thanks for sharing!