The extra ingredients for this tasty version of Lemonade are cucumber and mint:
Cucumber Mint Lemonade
1 cup lemon juice, freshly-squeezed
¾ cup white sugar
¾ cup water
1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
1 handful fresh mint, torn
3 cups water
After juicing the lemons (6 lemons yield about 1 cup of juice), follow these steps:
- In a small saucepan, heat water and sugar until the sugar has dissolved completely.
- Allow mixture to cool.
- In a blender, puree cucumbers, mint and simple syrup.
- Mix lemon juice, cucumber puree and water in a pitcher.
- Garnish with lemon slices and more mint.
Now watch Sara Lynn as she demonstrates how easy it is to make 3 different kinds of delicious and refreshing Lemonade in this video: