If life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
This lens is about how to easily make your own delicious, homemade lemonade.
Here are recipes and suggestions for flavor variations, links to more information about lemons and lemonade, and links to fun and helpful lemonade-related websites.
Make Your Own Homemade Lemonade
recipes, tips & tricks, flavor variations and more!
- Do You Like Lemonade?
- Lemonade and Juice Cookbooks
- Lemonade Trick #1
- Classic Lemonade Recipes
- Get a Glass of Cool Lemonade!
- Juice Your Own Lemons
- Lemonade Trick #2
- Flavor Variations - Pink Lemonade Recipes and Beyond
- Juicing Tools
- About Growing Lemons
- See Lemonade In The Making - videos
- Hot Lemonade Recipes
- Lemonade Lovers Chat
Do You Like Lemonade?
I wasn't that big on lemonade as a kid. As an adult, I found out I did like it, but only when I can control how sweet or tart it tastes. I think a lot of other people feel the same way about lemonade as I do, as it can be very hard to get the taste you're searching for, even with something that seems as simple as lemonade.What I talk about here is the US version of lemonade, often recalled via the nostalgia of the childhood "lemonade stand."
I've learned that lemonade isn't the same in the rest of the world as it is in the United States. In Europe, it tends to be a carbonated drink, almost what Americans would call a lemon soda. You also find lemonade mixed with beer in Europe. Sometimes lemonade contains real lemon juice, and sadly, sometimes it really contains zero percent fruit juice. That's nasty so if you ever buy any pre-made lemonade, always read the labels!
Next, I have to learn to always remember to ask if the lemonade is made in-house when I go to a restaurant . I had two totally different experiences recently where I didn't remember to ask when I ordered. In one case, I was brought a perfect glass of homemade lemonade. Each sip started out with a tart splash on the tongue that then shifted to sweet as you swallowed and I could see real pulp on the rim of the glass. In the other instance, I was brought a can of commercial, premade bleech.... That'll learn me!
Lemonade and Juice Cookbooks
Lemonade
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Lemon Zest: More Than 175 Recipes with a Twist
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Oranges, Lemons and More: Practical Guide Citrus Cooking: The Complete Kitchen Reference to Varieties, Preparation and Use, with over 130 Zesty Recipes
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Lemonade Trick #1
Soak your lemons in hot water before you squeeze them!
The pulp is more engorged in a warm lemon than a cold one and this lets you squeeze more juice out of them. Ten minutes in a bowl of hot tap water works great.
Classic Lemonade Recipes
Simple and old-fashioned lemonade
- Simply Recipes: Perfect Lemonade Recipe
- Everybody knows how to make lemonade, right? Squeeze some lemons, add sugar and water. But how to make lemonade so that it tastes right everytime? Here's a surefire method.
- Lemonade recipe
- Healthy Recipes for Lighter, Healthier Fruit Juices and Beverages
- Grandma's Real Old-Fashioned Natural Lemonade Recipe
- Great pick-me-up, thirst-quenching, and not too sweet.
- Best Lemonade Recipes - Cold Beverages Recipes
- This simple and easy recipe makes perfect, tart lemonade. Keep the syrup on hand to make lemonade in minutes. Best Lemonade is a delicious and easy lemonade recipe.
- Lemonade, summer's sweet & sour pleasure
- Experts at making it share their secrets
By Chuck Martin
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Get a Glass of Cool Lemonade!
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Get your five dollar lemonade here.
Our lemon tree is overflowing with lemons
Lemonade, that cool refreshing drink
Lemonade
April 29 A nice drink.
I love making my own lemonade when eating out.
Juice Your Own Lemons
fresh lemon jucie makes the BEST lemonade!
Lemon Fruit Lemon Fresh Produce - Freight Included - 37 Lemon Fresh Lemons - 9 LBS - No Hidden Costs - includes $.14 Ea. Plus S&h - Picked to Fill Your Order
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Lemonade Trick #2
Softening your lemons helps get more juice out of them!
"Tenderizing" your lemons is another way to yield more juice, so roll each lemon back and forth firmly on the kitchen countertop with your hand before squeezing/juicing them.
Flavor Variations - Pink Lemonade Recipes and Beyond
adding other fruits and flavors to your lemonade
"Pink" lemonade can be made lots of ways, including adding a few drops of food coloring, blending the lemonade with cranberry or adding a dash of grenadine (a red syrup).
"Hard" lemonade refers to lemonade-related beverages that contain alcohol and which are appropriate for the 21+ crowd.
- Cooks Recipes | Pretty Lemonade Recipe
- this variations has hibiscus and violets in it
- Simply Recipes: Old Fashioned Pink Lemonade Recipe
- Why is pink lemonade so much more appealing than regular lemonade?
- green apple lemonade recipe
- green apple lemonade recipe from our free lemonade recipes collection
- Cayenne Lemonade Recipe
- I've tasted this blend before, and it's quite interesting
- Brazilian Lemonade Recipe
- The condensed milk adds an unusual creamy touch to an otherwise classic lemonade recipe.
- Icy Hard Pink Lemonade
- A cocktail version for those of legal-drinking age.
- Hard Strawberry Lemonade recipe
- A delicious recipe for Hard Strawberry Lemonade, with lemonade, La Paz® strawberry margarita mix, sweet and sour lemon bar mix, Malibu® coconut rum and vodka.
- Extratasty - Hard Lemonade, Take 2 by RevDrDark - Ingredients: Vodka, Lemonade
- Use a middle-shelf vodka. Get a first-rate, commercial, in-the-bottle, lemonade.
Juicing Tools
Squeeze easier
About Growing Lemons
info about growing your own lemons
- HOME FRUIT PRODUCTION-LEMONS
- The primary use of lemon fruits is as a flavoring agent, as their very high acidity is too much for most palates. The trees are rather cold tender, which precludes their commercialization in the Texas citrus industry. Although most Texans know true lemons, which mostly come from California and Arizona, Valleyites also know 'Ponderosa' and 'Meyer' lemon. All three types are common in home plantings in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
- TreeHelp.com: Trees: Citrus Trees: Types: Lemon
- The origins of the lemon are a bit of a mystery with some sources suggesting that India was its first home. It arrived in North America from Europe where it has been cultivated for many hundreds of years. Lemon trees generally reach a height of between 20 and 30 feet at maturity.
- Four Winds Growers: Meyer Lemons - Facts & Lore
- Meyer lemon lore.
- About the Lemon | Lemoncella
- The lemon is indigenous to the Northern Indian subcontinent. Trees reached Europe by way of Asia Minor and were first frown in Greece and then Italy. According to Greek Mythology, oranges and lemons were a symbol of fecundity and love.
- Ponderosa Lemon - Citrus limon 'Ponderosa'
- The Ponderosa began as a chance seedling in the late 1800's from a United States citrus grower. The exact parentage is unknown, but may be a lemon-citron hybrid.
See Lemonade In The Making - videos
Hot Lemonade Recipes
lemonade: it's not just for summer anymore!
When the weather gets chilly, most people don't think about lemonade, but here are a few hot and spicy variations that can bring a touch of golden goodness to a cold winter's night. A warm lemonade can also be very soothing for sore throats, but you might want to use the non-alcoholic variations to avoid aggravating congestion.
- Saveur - Hot Lemonade
- Spiced with ginger or mint, this sunny drink is a lovely antidote to chilly weather.
- Hot Lemonade with Rum Recipe - Suzanne Lombardi | Food & Wine
- Many grandmothers consider hot lemonade to be good for whatever ails you. It is especially soothing when spiked with high-quality dark rum.
- Hot Honey Lemonade Recipe - CHOW
- This comforting winter warmer is full of flu-busting vitamin C, with plenty of honey to soothe a sore throat. If you can find Meyer lemons in your area, use them to make an extra-sweet and fragrant drink.
Lemonade Lovers Chat
Share your love of lemonade or tell us about a great recipe or flavor variation that you make!
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Sarahanne
I'm with you--I wasn't crazy about lemonade as a child, but now, if it's made right, I just love it. Thanks for the tip to soak the lemons in hot water first! Posted July 22, 2008 |
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tropicalstarlet
hmm~ better to make one now. Thirst quenching! Posted July 20, 2008 |
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Steve-SEO-UK
As the cook around the house, I am always looking for ideas. Will be using these ideas for the BBQ this Sunday (if the weather hold out). Many thanks, Steve Posted July 17, 2008 |
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The_Homeopath
I'm a Lime-ade girl myself, but all of these can go either way! I'm so addicted to the stuff it isn't even funny. Yum. My favorite thing to do with the homemade lemonade is to freeze it into popsicles, but I drink all of the limeade before it can make it to the freezer. Posted July 15, 2008 |
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RentMyGarden
I enjoy making lemonade and serving it in my garden. Great lemonade tips! *****5 Stars. Posted July 11, 2008 |
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debnet
Great tips! Posted July 05, 2008 |
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willingboro
Great Lens, very informative. thank you for the lemonade trick too. especially soak it in hot water to extract more juice. Posted June 26, 2008 |
