Perfect homemade lemonade detox your body & skin {recipe} {photoshoot}

in food •  8 years ago  (edited)

There s nothing quite like a big glass of freshly homemade lemonade on a hot summer day! Quench your thirst with this old fashioned beverage!
Make this delicious lemonade and you will see that worth every squeeze!

Lemons are loaded with healthy benefits, they’re a great vitamin C food source. One cup of fresh lemon juice provides 187 percent of your daily recommended serving of vitamin C ! Lemon juice also offers up a healthy serving of potassium, magnesium and copper.
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  • 2 ½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 500gram stevia extract
  • 2 cups water
  • flakes of 1 lemon
  • a few slices of cucumber and lemon
  • a few fresh mint leaves for garnish
  • ice for serving
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Method

  • add the water, stevia and lemon flakes to a saucepan and heat over medium heat
  • whisk constantly until the stevia dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil
  • let it bubble for about seven minutes, then reduce the heat and let it cool completely
  • add the lemon juice when syrup is cool
  • put the lemonade in bottles and maintain in fridge for about 3 weeks
  • stir before serving
  • served with 1/3 of lemonade syrup and rest water or soda water
  • garnish with mint leaves, slices of cucumber, slices of lemon or lime and lots of ice!!

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Enjoy!

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thank you! go for it ^^

Ωραιος!

I love homemade lemonade and fizzy drinks. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe. We often make fizzy fermented ginger-turmeric ale. That stuff is so good.

you are very welcome ! these kinds of drinks are little awesome power up in the middle of the day !!

Interesting recipe and beautiful photos!

thank you @milaoz ! ^^