With the onset of hot days, the body needs an increased amount of fluid. To quench your thirst, you can make homemade lemonade, which is not only tasty, but also very healthy.
No sugary soda will quench your thirst like a natural lemon-juice-based drink, lemonade. Natural lemonade is good because it does not contain any artificial colors and flavors, on the contrary, it contains a lot of vitamins and nutrients, moreover, it perfectly quenches thirst and regulates the water-alkaline balance in the body. You can make lemonade at home in various ways and with the addition of different ingredients.
Classic lemonade
The classic lemonade recipe is extremely simple. It has been used for hundreds of years in various countries to make a refreshing lemon drink. To prepare classic lemonade, juice is squeezed out of lemons and diluted with clean cold water in the calculation - a glass of juice per liter of water. Sugar is added to lemonade to taste, stirred, poured into glasses and served.
A more complex lemonade recipe involves boiling. Lemons, along with the zest, are cut into a saucepan, poured with water, sugar is added and brought to a boil. After cooling, the lemonade is bottled and stored in the refrigerator.
Modern lemonade
A very interesting way of making lemonade at home using mineral carbonated water. For this, a two-liter bottle of any mineral water is taken, a glass of water is opened and drained. Now one lemon is cut into pieces along with the peel to fit the neck of the bottle. Lemon slices are pushed into a mineral water bottle. You can take a few sprigs of mint and add it to your future lemonade too.
Lovers of sugary drinks can sweeten this mixture, but the mineral water lemonade tastes exactly when it is unsweetened. Now the bottle is closed, shaken and put into the refrigerator for cooling. After a couple of hours, you can drink simply amazing refreshing carbonated lemonade.
Ginger lemonade
For those who want to lose weight or just for those who like to pamper themselves with healthy drinks prepared by their own hands, we can advise you to make ginger lemonade. It is also quite simple to prepare. Put a glass of water and a glass of brown cane sugar on a small fire. When the sugar has dissolved, add 50 grams of grated ginger root to the syrup and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and let it brew for about ten minutes. After that, add juice from four lemons to the mixture and pour everything with two liters of water. After cooling completely, drain the lemonade and serve with ice.
