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A few weeks ago, Maddie got into a bottle of olive oil I had left out on the counter, along with a lemon and some salt. I’d just finished making a marinade for a steak we were planning on grilling that night and hadn’t had a chance to clean everything up yet. I left Maddie alone for 5 minutes while I went to do some other chore. When I walked back in the kitchen, I saw that she had poured out a ton of olive oil into a cup, squeezed lemon juice all over it, and sprinkled a ton of salt. She was covered in oil!
When I asked her what she was doing, she told me she was making lemonade. Silly girl! (PS – is was a pain in the butt to clean up!)
After that day, I figured we needed to actually make some fresh squeezed homemade lemonade. It sounded like it would be a fun activity the kids could help with, and we’d have a tasty drink at the end of the project! I grabbed a bag of lemons at the grocery store and picked up one of the old-fashioned hand juicers. I wanted my kids to see that homemade treats take some muscle. No shortcut electric juicers for us!
However, I should have known that I would end up squeezing most of the lemons. #lazykids.
But it was a fun activity that helped kill some time during a long afternoon. And the finished lemonade was delicious!
Want to make your own yummy freshly squeezed homemade lemonade? Check out the recipe below!
And if you’re looking for some cute lemonade accessories, check these out:
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 5m
- Yield: 5-6 glasses of lemonade
- Category: Recipes
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of water (for the simple syrup)
- 1 cup of lemon juice
- 2 -3 cups of cold water (try 2 at first, taste, and add more if needed)
Instructions
- To make the simple syrup, add the sugar and 1 cup of water to a saucepan over high heat. Bring to a simmer and then turn off the heat. Stir until all the sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
- Sqeeze your lemons using a hand juicer or an electric juicer. You'll need 1 cup of juice.
- Add the lemon juice, simple syrup, and 2 cups of cold water to a pitcher. Taste and add more cold water if needed.
- Pour over ice, add a fun straw, and enjoy!
