When you squeeze your own lemons, the fresh smell of this invigorating fruit will convert you to a homemade lemonade addict forever!
If you're watching your sugar or calories, it's an easy switch. With all the sugar substitutes around, choose your favourite and try this delicious fruity classic twist today!
I love the fact you can eat lemons and that they're generally versatile household helpers.
*(See below!)
Here's what you'll need:
1 cup lemon juice (about 6 to 7 lemons, depending on size)**
5 C water
2 T DaVinci sugar free syrup
Fresh Rapberries for garnish
Mix the first 4 ingredients in a pitcher. Add raspberries and ice in each glass. Fill with tangy and fruity thirst quenching lemonade. (I promise I won't tell anyone if you want to spike it with gin!)
**If you nuke your lemons for 20 seconds each in your microwave, you'll get more juice out of them! You can also try rolling them back and forth with your palm on your counter to express more juice.
*Other uses for Lemons:
Got a stinky microwave? With a fork, pierce a lemon all over. Place it in your microwave and nuke for 30 seconds at a time until the putrid smell of last week's fish sticks is replaced with the fresh scent of citrus!
Lemons are a natural facial astringent and cheaper than any commercial face product.
Clean that stinky garlic infested cutting board: sprinkle with salt and run the cut side of a lemon over it vigourously.
Run out of bleach? Use a 1/4 cup of lemon juice to brighten those whites!
Suck on a lemon wedge to shock your hiccups into silence!
Tea with lemon is a natural way to help ease morning sickness. Of course, the only morning sickness I have is that I am sick of mornings (night hawk here). No amount of lemons can help that.
Run out of your favourite deodorant? Cut a lemon and run it over your pits for emergency freshness! Your friends will thank you.
So we know how to de-stink you... do your fridge the same courtesy. Soak a sponge in some lemon juice. Place it on a dish in your fridge overnight. And throw out that leftover jar of herring you've been housing since 2011.
Cut a lemon in wedges. Boil on your stove top along with cinnamon sticks and cloves to naturally scent your home. No one will know you live with 7 cats.
Got a little heartburn after eating something yummy from my blog? Two teaspoons of lemon juice in a glass of water should help... then get cooking again!
Soothe the irritation of insect bites with a little lemon. Vow to never go to the nude beach again.
Excellent tips for lemons!! thanks Brigitte
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