This past week’s Bountiful Baskets had a case of approximately 38 lbs lemons available as an extra. A friend of mine decided to get them and wanted to share, so I went in on the box. There were 3 of us, and the box had 75 lemons, so we got 25 lemons each. So, what does one do with 25 lemons? I cut and peeled them, then ran them through my juicer. I probably could have left the peels on, but I didn’t want the lemon juice to be too strong and tart.
I was very happy to end up with about 7 cups of lemon juice. 1 cup was made into lemonade, 4 cups are currently freezing in ice cube trays in my freezer (each cube is 1 oz), and 2 cups is in a container in the refrigerator until I decide what to do with it. I may make some Strawberry Lemonade next, since I have plenty of strawberries.
The lemonade was really easy, here is how I made it:
Lemonade
What you need:
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 4 – 6 lemons)
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups water
How to make it:
Pour lemon juice into a 2 quart pitcher.
Heat 2 cups of water and the sugar, and stir until sugar dissolves. Let cool.
Pour sugar and water mixture into the pitcher. Add another 2 cups of water to the pitcher.
Depending on your taste, you may want to add more or less sugar or water.
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