There is nothing more refreshing than a lemon drink in summer. Just the right mix of sweetness with an extra tang.
There are a wide variety to make using homemade lemonade as the basic ingredient. Drink them on their own or use them as a mixer with other ingredients to make alcoholic drinks.
Pink Lemonade is a twist on traditional lemonade that looks and tasts amazing. Different fruits add flavour as well as a pretty pink colour. Add strawberries and raspberries for sweetness or cranberries for a sharper flavour.
Try pink lemonade for something a little different. If you are holding a wedding or valentines day picnic these drinks would fit in perfectly. If you have decided on a pink theme you can serve drinks to match.
Hot Pink Lemonade With Blueberries
You will need
Boil one cup of water with the sugar to make a syrup. Remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice.
Pour 7 cups of cool water and ice into a jug. Add the lemon syrup and blueberries. Stir until you get a 'hot pink' color. Pour into bottles to take to your picnic
Tip Using frozen blueberries will make the drink icy cold.
Cranberry Lemonade
A very simple recipe.
You will need
Combine the sugar and the water. Stir well to disolve the sugar. Add the lemon and cranberry juice. Chill and pour into bottles to carry to the picnic.
Canberries add a sharp, tart flavour to lemonade and give it a pretty pale pink colour.
Raspberry Lemonade
Raspberries or strawberries added to lemon make a sweet, flavoursome and pretty summer drink. Use sparkling water to make a bubbly drink.
You will need
Puree the strawberries or raspberries. Mix with the boiling water and lemon juice, dissolving the sugar into the mixture. Freeze the mixture in a plastic jug.
Carry the frozen mixture to the picnic in a cooler box. At the picnic place pour the sparkling water over it the jug of mixture. Stir well. Your icy sparkling drink is ready to drink.
Watermelon Lemonade
Watermelon is full of cool juice to add a smooth texture to the slightly tart flavour of lemon drinks. It makes for a lovely refreshing summer drink.
You will need
Crush the watermelon. Juice the lemon. Place the sugar in a bowl and pour in the hot water to melt it. Add the watermelon and lemon juice. Freeze the mixture.
At the picnic make up a cooling drink. Pour a bottle of sparkling mineral water over the watermelon mix and stir well.
Ginger Lemonade is full of extra zing. Add some ginger root to give your mixture that added punch.
You will need
Combine sugar, water and ginger root. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Stir in lemon juice. Cool for about 15 minutes then remove ginger. Refrigerate until chilled.
Serve over ice, and garnish with lemon slices
Whatever lemon drink you enjoy at home you can take on your picnic. Add different combinations that suit your family.