Flavored Lemonade Inspiration

Elsie and I are starting to plan some spring/summer back-yard parties for this coming season. It's going to be my first summer in my house (just became a first time home-owner this past autumn). We plan to host a few little get togethers, I may build a small fire pit for s'mores. Who knows! We decided to try creating a few different lemonades, gearing up for the season. Once you have made your own lemonade (make your own from sugar, water and lemons or you can use a concentrate or store-bought kind as your base) you can add in all sorts of flavors to dress them up to you or your guests tastes. Here's what we made: 

Grapefruit Lemonade- to a large pitcher of lemonade add in 2 cups of grapefruit juice and fresh slices of grapefruit. Give this one a taste when your done-as you may want to add more sugar if you feel it's too tart.

Strawberry and Basil Lemonade- to a large pitcher of lemonade add 2-3 cups of chopped strawberries and a handful of chopped basil. The longer this lemonade sets the more the basil flavor will infuse with the beverage!

Cucumber Mint Limeade-to a large pitcher of limeade (or lemonade) add one cucumber, thinly sliced, and a handful of chopped mint leaves. This one is similar to the Strawberry Basil lemonade in that the mint flavor will become stronger the longer this beverage sets. 

Blackberry Lemonade- to a small pitcher of lemonade add 1 cup of slighlty mashed blackbarries. You can smash these by hand or with a spoon, but the more you smash them the more the color will infuse in your lemonade-pretty!

Happy Monday! emma + elsie

Comments

[Rachael]

Scrummy! What interesting flavours, I love the idea of herby lemonades such as the basil and the mint!
Rachx

[Corrie Anne]

I love the grapefruit one!! That's just my style! Yay summer!!!!!

[Sm!Le]

all of them look so refreshing!! great ideas
=)

[chantilly]

cucumber-mint limeade??!! i am so there. last summer, we drank salted rum limeade quite frequently. this recipe sounds like it would also be great with a little added kick of rum :P

[LucyExpress]

It's so pretty and it looks tasty!

[libby]

looks soo good! i'm gonna try the cucumber mint one for sure!

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[Ida May Bueno]

I really love the one with the strawberries! :-) They all look so refreshing and I just can't wait for summer!!!

xoxo
Ida

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[Vivi K]

Oh my! These are like works of art they are so beautiful! Definetly making some! :)

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[shyscout]

Yum! I want the summer to get here. The strawberry basil and blackberry lemonade sound delish!

[Leslie Millrod]

Try adding some fresh basil to iced tea. It tastes yummy and is very refreshing. BTW, congrats on the big win! you had my vote!

[The Slow Pace]

I'm willing to drink one of those,and makes me think about the summer.

[Shannon (8foot6)]

yum
I am pinning these to make in the summer!

[Katrina]

Need to do this for a party!

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[claire]

The strawberry one sounds amazing!

[Trish Gibson]

These all look so yummy! I'm excited to try the blackberry.

[call me debbie]

I love so much the decoration!!!

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[Material Fixations]

These are amazingly good looking and beautiful!
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[Savannah Marie]

Congrats on your first Spring in your new house! I've made blackberry lemonade before & it is delish!
Cheers,
Savannah Marie

[Marina]

Great post!

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[Bob]

This will be my second summer in my new house. I'm going to try all your lemonade recipes. Will be a nice addition to the pool parties. Thanks.