Try a tall cool glass of Lavender Lemonade...both for you and the kids! This has been a favorite recipe of ours for many years. I love it in the summertime but it is nice in the off season too.
Here is my recipe for regular Lemonade:
1 cup fresh organic lemon juice
3 cups spring water
1/2 cup sugar, or use stevia or honey instead!
You'll need about 4 lemons. Wash, slice and juice!
Pour sweetener (honey, stevia or sugar) into lemon juice and stir until dissolved. Add water. Mix thoroughly. Pour over ice and enjoy! I used 6 packs of stevia.
Now...for the Lavender part.
Make tea with lavender buds! Put 1 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan. Bring almost to a boil. Take off the heat and add 1/2 cup lavender buds. Cover and let steep about 10 minutes.
Strain. Throw the lavender buds on your compost heap.
Look at that beautiful lavender tea! I saved a cup to have tonight at bedtime, I'll sleep like a baby!
Substitute one cup of water in the original recipe with one cup of your lavender tea so the recipe now looks like this:
Lavender Lemonade
1 cup fresh organic lemon juice
1 cup fresh lavender tea
2 cups spring water
1/2 cup sugar, or use stevia or honey instead!
It's a beautiful color!
I'm sipping this cup as I write. As my boys used to say when they were little...yummy to my tummy!
Enjoy....and relax!
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