Beetroot salad is very popular in Russian cuisine. Beets are the record holder for the content of vitamins and beneficial minerals. The abundance of nutrients gives this vegetable amazing properties, thanks to which those who often eat beets improve their metabolism and strengthen their immunity.
Beetroot salads are perfect for a festive feast and as a regular everyday dish. You can use either raw, baked or boiled beets.
It is recommended to use baked beets, because they become even more flavorful. Before baking, wash and dry the vegetable well, then wrap it in foil with slits for steam to escape and place in the oven for baking. You can sprinkle a small layer of salt on a baking sheet. Baking time will depend on the size of the fruit and averages 40-60 minutes.
If you use raw beets, you can pickle them. To do this, finely chop the washed and peeled fruit. Lemon or lime juice is perfect as a marinade. Carrots, radishes, radishes, spinach and herbs (parsley, dill) go well with raw beets in salads.
Once the choice has been made in favor of raw, boiled or baked vegetables, you can choose a recipe for a future delicious salad.
How to make beet salad - 15 varieties
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 3 pcs.
- eggs - 2 pcs.
- carrots - 3 pcs.
- beets - 2 pcs.
- salt - to taste
- salted herring - 2 pcs.
- mayonnaise - 200 g
- apple - 2 pcs.
- onion in peel - 1 pc.
Preparation:
We clean the herring from bones and divide the resulting fillet into pieces. Wash the beets, potatoes and carrots thoroughly and boil them in their skins, then let them cool. Afterwards, peel and chop the onions. Hard-boil the egg and grate it on a fine grater. Grate the cooled vegetables on a coarse grater. The apple, which will add a special taste to the salad, should also be grated on a coarse grater.
Initially, a layer of potatoes is laid out on the dish, with herring and onions on top, then greased with mayonnaise on top. Next, lay out a layer of carrots, half the beets, and eggs. Lightly salt each layer and soak in mayonnaise. Place the remaining potatoes and apples in the last layer. Place a layer of beets on top again, the surface of which then needs to be leveled. The last layer is mayonnaise. Now you need to put the dish in the refrigerator and wait 2-3 hours for it to be ready.
Chopped green onions, which can be sprinkled on a layer of herring, will add piquancy and taste to the salad.
Ingredients:
- vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
- grated horseradish root - 1 tbsp.
- pitted olives - 120g
- boiled beets - 2 pcs.
- vinegar (3%) - 1 tsp.
- salt - to taste.
Preparation:
First, boil the beets and cut them into small pieces. Then you need to cut the olives into circles, leaving a small part of which to decorate the salad. Mix beets with olives. Season the mixture with vegetable oil, to which vinegar and salt are added.
Place the resulting mixture on a dish, sprinkle horseradish and olives on top.
The dish is ready, bon appetit!
Ingredients:
- raw beets - 500 g
- salt - to taste
- sugar - 1 tsp.
- vinegar - 2-3 tbsp. l.
- vegetable oil - 100 g.
- garlic - 2-3 g.
- ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp.
- ground red pepper - 0.5 tsp.
- ground coriander - 0.5 tsp.
Preparation:
For salad, it is better to choose firm beets so that they are easier to chop. It needs to be cleaned, washed, dried and grated. Pass the garlic through the garlic press.
Add salt, vinegar, sugar to the beets and mix. Drain off excess liquid. Then add seasoning for Korean carrots or your own spices: garlic, coriander, black and red pepper. Mix everything well. Beets should acquire a unique taste that combines saltiness, sweetness and sourness. Add vegetable oil for flavor.
Korean beets are ready.
Ingredients:
- beets - 2 pcs.
- vegetable oil - 3 l.
- sour cream - 100 ml
- garlic - 5 g.
Preparation:
Boil the beets, grate them on a fine grater. Pour the chopped beets into a dish and add vegetable oil.
Lovers of refined taste will prefer to add olive oil.
Then you need to put it through a garlic press. Now all that remains is to add sour cream and mix everything thoroughly. A simple but very tasty salad is ready.
Ingredients:
- beets - 1 piece
- beans - 1 jar.
- onion - 1 piece
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- salt and black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Boil the beets, dry and grate (use a coarse grater). For the salad, you can use store-bought beans from a can or cook them yourself. Cut the onion into thin rings, moisten with vegetable oil. Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Add salt and ground pepper.
Ingredients:
- beets - 1 kg
- hard boiled eggs - 4 pcs.
- onions - 1-2 pcs.
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste
- sour cream or mayonnaise - 100 ml
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
First of all, finely chop the onion, which needs to be fried until golden brown. Grate the boiled and dried beets through a coarse grater. Add fried onion, black pepper and salt to it, mix thoroughly. Cut boiled eggs into small cubes.
To prevent eggs from sticking to the knife, you can moisten it with water.
Add eggs to the salad and season it with mayonnaise. Now you need to mix everything and the salad is ready.
Ingredients:
- beets - 1-2 pcs.
- walnuts - 20 g
- prunes - 20 g
- garlic - 2 g.
- mayonnaise - 50 g
- salt - to taste.
Preparation:
For the salad, you can use both boiled and baked beets. Grate the vegetable on a coarse grater. Using a blender or mortar, grind the walnuts. Cut the prunes into thin strips. Now you need to put the beets, prunes and nuts in a salad bowl. Add a little salt and squeeze out the garlic. Add a little mayonnaise and mix everything thoroughly.
Meat dishes go very well with beet salad with prunes and walnuts.
Ingredients:
- medium-sized beets - 2-3 pcs.
- chicken egg - 3 pcs.
- hard cheese - 200 g
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- medium-sized garlic - 3 g.
- green onion - 50 g
- salt - to taste
- ground black pepper - to taste
- mayonnaise 73% - 250 g
Preparation:
Bake the beets in food foil for about 1 hour, then peel the fruits and grate them on a coarse grater. Hard boil the eggs and cut into cubes. Grate the cheese into an empty bowl using a coarse grater. Finely chop the garlic and green onions. The same should be done with pickled cucumbers. Place beets, onions, garlic, cheese and cucumbers in a salad bowl. Sprinkle ground pepper and salt on top. Season the salad with mayonnaise and mix all ingredients thoroughly. You can sprinkle the remaining chopped green onions on top.
Grated walnuts will add more satiety to the salad.
Ingredients:
- beets - 1 pc.
- cottage cheese - 100 g
- tomato - 1 pc.
- green onions - a few sprigs
- dill - a small bunch
- parsley - a few leaves
- sesame seeds - 1 tbsp.
Preparation:
For this salad, boil the beets in salted water. Cut the beets into strips or grate them on a Korean grater. Wash the tomato. Dry and cut into half rings. Wash and chop the greens (onion and dill) thoroughly. Place the cottage cheese in a salad bowl and mash with a fork. Add tomato half rings, chopped beets, herbs on top, add salt to taste and sprinkle everything with sesame seeds. All that remains is to mix everything well, garnish with a parsley leaf on top and you can serve.
Ingredients:
- Beet tops - 1 bunch
- Young onions - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 1-2 g.
- Dill - 1 bunch
- Pine nuts - 1 handful
- Olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- Spices.
Preparation:
Wash the beet leaves thoroughly, dry, cut and place in a salad bowl. Chop the garlic, onion and dill and place it on the beet leaves, add spices, oil and mix it all well. Serve on saucers with pine nuts sprinkled on top. Bon appetit!
Ingredients:
- beets - 2 pcs.
- champignons (fresh or frozen) - 200 g
- onions - 1 pc.
- garlic - 2 g.
- coriander - to taste
- cilantro - 1 bunch
- vegetable oil 1-2 tbsp. l.
- vinegar - 0.5 tsp.
- salt, sugar and ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Boil the beets and chop through a coarse grater, sprinkle with vinegar. Cut the prepared champignons into slices. Cut the onion into pieces and fry until golden brown.
Many people will like it if some of the onion in the salad is chopped raw.
Place beets, chopped cilantro and garlic, passed through a garlic press, into a salad bowl. Mix all ingredients, add vegetable oil, salt, sugar and ground pepper. Let the salad brew.
Ingredients:
- beets - 500 g
- potatoes - 250 g
- garlic - 2-3 g.
- mayonnaise - 5-6 tbsp. l.
- mustard - 2-3 tsp.
- powdered sugar - 1 tsp.
- spices (salt and black pepper, to taste).
Preparation:
Beets and potatoes need to be boiled and grated on a coarse grater. Mix mayonnaise, powdered sugar and mustard, add the resulting dressing to the salad bowl with chopped beets and potatoes. Mix everything thoroughly and then add salt and pepper to taste. Quite simple to prepare, but very tasty salad is ready.
Ingredients:
- boiled beets - 1 piece
- boiled carrots - 1 pc.
- pineapple (squeeze) - 100 g
- salt - to taste
- ground walnuts - 1 tbsp. l.
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.
- wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
- garlic - 1 g.
Preparation:
Cut the beets and carrots into cubes, and the pineapple into slices. Add salt and mix everything. Beat the oil, vinegar and garlic well by hand or in a mixer. Add the resulting sauce to the vegetables and mix everything thoroughly. Sprinkle grated nuts on top.
Ingredients:
- beets—1 pc.
- fresh cucumber—2 pcs.
- avocado - 1 pc.
- cashew nuts - 1 handful
- Bavarian mustard - 1 tsp.
- vinegar (wine) - 2 tbsp. l.
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.
- lemon - 1/2 pcs.
- spices (salt, ground black pepper - to taste)
Preparation:
Boil the beets, cut into cubes. Slice the avocado with the seeds removed and sprinkle with lemon juice. Chop cashew nuts and lightly fry. Cut the cucumbers into pieces. Take a separate bowl and mix oil with mustard and vinegar in it. Combine vegetables, stir, pour sauce on top.
Ingredients:
- beets - 200 g
- fried garlic - 70 g
- hard cheese - 40 g
- lemon juice - 3 tbsp. l.
- mustard (Dijon) - 1 tsp.
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.
- salt (to taste)
- honey - 1 tsp.
Preparation:
Fry the garlic and bake the beets in foil in the oven. Afterwards, cut the beets into cubes, mix with fried garlic and lightly sprinkle with salt. In a separate bowl, prepare a sauce from olive oil, mustard, lemon juice and honey. Season the vegetables with the sauce and mix thoroughly.
There are hardly people nowadays who have not tried lemonade. It is usually sold in stores or on tap. But you can make it yourself, and today I will tell you how to make lemonade at home in the easiest way.
Lemonade is a lemon drink. The name has different meanings in different countries.
For example, in the United States, lemonade is usually made from lemon juice, water and sugar. In most cases, this is a drink prepared at home. But in England, the production of lemonade has been put on a commercial basis; it is a sweet carbonated soft drink with lemon flavor. Traditionally, lemonade is a non-alcoholic drink, but recently so-called “strong lemonade” with the addition of alcohol has begun to appear in different countries.
Total cooking time – 40 minutes
Active cooking time – 10 minutes
Calorie content per 100 g – 26 kcal
Number of servings – 12
Lemonade is also prepared in India and Pakistan by adding salt, ginger juice, saffron and even garlic and cumin. And in the Middle East, rose water is traditionally added to lemonade.
How to make lemonade
Ingredients:
Sugar – 1 cup.(or to taste)
Water – 1 glass.
Lemon juice – 1 glass(freshly squeezed, from about 5 lemons)
Carbonated water– 2 l(like Bon Aqua or Aqua Minerale, amount of water to taste, you can also use still water)
Ice– for serving
Lemon– for serving (slices)
Preparation:
Combine sugar and water in a saucepan. Heat, stirring, over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
Add lemon juice. You can filter if you don't want any lemon pulp in your lemonade. This is a preparation for lemonade. It can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator until needed.
And just before serving, dilute the syrup with sparkling water. Do this gradually and taste to get exactly the concentration of the drink that you like. Serve lemonade over ice and garnish with a slice of lemon.
Bon appetit!
Text and photo of making lemonade: Tatyana Vorona
Hi all!
Summer is in full swing and I'm glad it's only the beginning of June! It means that everything is ahead. The strawberry season has begun, the cherries are ripe. And soon there will be cucumbers, tomatoes and many more tasty and healthy berries, vegetables and fruits.
To summarize about summer, I will say that it is a wonderful time. But there are also hot days. This is where, in addition to air conditioners and fans, come to the rescue, or refreshing lemonade. Let's talk about the latter. Fortunately, it’s easy to make and requires a minimum of ingredients.
The essence of preparing a healthy summer drink is very simple. You need clean water, fresh lemons and sweetener. It is important to simply follow the proportions to make really tasty and high-quality lemonade. As for water, you can take both carbonated and still. It depends on whether you like fizzy food or not.
When creating a summer drink, you need to freeze the ice in advance. It will quickly cool any drink that is not too cold. You'll also need straws. It's convenient to drink through them. These straws have several other functions. They allow you to stir the ingredients in a glass and simply decorate the presentation of the dish.
Homemade lemon drink recipe
Our selection opens with a classic recipe with a minimum of ingredients. These are, in fact, sour citrus fruits themselves, water and sugar. If desired, sugar can be replaced with honey or another healthy sweetener. Or add a little sparkling water if you want something fizzy.
Let's tinker a little with the syrup. But it is this process that will later give the drink aroma and fullness of taste.
We need:
- Lemons - 4 pieces;
- Granulated sugar - 150 gr.;
- Drinking water - 1 liter.
Preparation:
1. Remove the zest from one lemon. To do this, grate its yellow skin on a coarse grater. Pour it into a fireproof ladle.
2. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top. Add 200 ml of fresh water and put on fire. As soon as it boils, immediately reduce the heat and cook for 5-7 minutes. In general, until the sugar dissolves.
3. The syrup will be saturated with the aromas of the zest. And remove it from the heat and let it cool well.
4. Then filter through a sieve into a separate container. The wringer can be thrown away. We won't need them anymore.
5. Squeeze the juice from the remaining lemons.
One trick: to squeeze more liquid out of fruits, you need to roll them with your palm on any hard surface. This way you are guaranteed to get more fresh juice from all citrus fruits. Why dont know. Maybe you know and write below in the comments?
6. We also filter it through a strainer so that we don’t get any bitter citrus seeds later.
7. If you get less than 200 ml of lemon juice, then you need to take more fruit and squeeze to the required amount.
8. Now we combine all the components, pouring them into a jug. Add water and stir well. This is where you can add sparkling water if desired. But I'm adding the usual one.
9. Lemonade can be well chilled or served immediately in glasses with ice and straws. Lemon slices are perfect for decoration.
Simple version with peppermint
I just love this mint recipe. Firstly, it cooks very quickly. And secondly, it is very refreshing in the hottest weather. Well, he takes care of the figurine. You can sit on this lemonade all day long and not want any other food.
We need:
- Lemons - 2 pieces;
- Cool drinking water - 2 liters;
- Honey - to taste;
- Mint - a bunch.
Preparation:
1. Remove the skin from citrus fruits. To do this, you can trim the lemons on both sides. Then cut the skin of each lemon into several parts along its segments. Carefully remove the skin itself.
2. Then cut the lemons into rings. We take out all the bones. They can be bitter in the drink and are also harmful to the body.
3. Place the cut rings in a clean jar or jug with a wide neck.
4. Add honey and a few mint leaves there. Mash all ingredients well with a wooden spatula.
5. Pour the mint-lemon mixture with cold drinking water. I usually take water from a spring. Fortunately, there is such a source not far from our dacha. Therefore, with such water you get tastier lemonade!
6. Mix with a spatula and pour into glasses. Add ice cubes of your choice and mint leaves for decoration.
You can also strain the drink before serving. But sometimes it’s so good to use it together with lemon pulp or even a mint leaf!
Bon appetit and let's make the next gingerbread.
How to make lemonade with ginger?
Ginger drink is prepared based on syrup with the root. Keep in mind that a healthy vitamin dish is not suitable for everyone. It should be given to allergy sufferers and children with caution. But, if there are no special contraindications, then cook it at least every day!
And here I suggest watching a short video with the recipe. After all, hearing a hundred times is better than seeing days, isn’t it?
Healthy recipe with lemon and oranges
An equally popular lemonade is made with oranges. The result is a dish somewhat reminiscent of the famous Fanta if we add sparkling water. But much, much more useful. And don’t be scared by the large volume - 9 liters. If desired, you can simply halve the amount of products.
We need:
- Lemons - 1 piece;
- Cool drinking water - 9 liters;
- Sugar - 800 grams;
- Oranges - 4 pieces.
Preparation:
1. We will use citruses with peel. Therefore, we will carry out several manipulations to remove the bitterness from it.
2. To begin, soak the fruits in boiling water for literally 1-2 minutes.
3. Then cool them and put them in a bag in the freezer. Let them lie down for 9-10 hours. This will completely kill all the bitter taste of the citrus peels.
4. Take out a bag of fruit. Soak them in hot water for a while and cut them into small pieces.
5. We pass these still frozen pieces through a meat grinder into a saucepan.
A meat grinder can easily be replaced by a powerful blender. It will just as easily turn fruit into puree.
They are hard and therefore easy to grind into a yellow-orange pulp.
6. Fill the puree with three liters of water. Stir a little with a spoon and leave for 15-20 minutes until the water becomes citrusy.
8. Pour granulated sugar with two liters of warm water. Stir to form a syrup.
9. Combine syrup and fruit water in a large 10 liter jar. Add the remaining 4 liters of water and mix the mass, combining all the components.
This is where Fanta lovers can replace plain water with sparkling water. Make a delicious citrus fizz!
This lemonade can be enjoyed immediately with ice. Or you need to cool it in the refrigerator for a while and then drink it.
This concludes my short selection. Of course, these are not all the options for making lemonade. Soon we will look at some more interesting and tasty drink recipes with different ingredients.
In the summer, when it gets crazy hot outside, you just want to drink something refreshing. You should not buy harmful carbonated drinks; it is better to prepare lemonade at home.
Making lemonade using this recipe is very easy. From the specified amount of ingredients you will get 4 liters of drink.
Required composition of products:
- two liters of water;
- five glasses of sugar;
- a little more than a liter of fresh lemon juice;
- ice, lemon, mint - for serving.
Cooking process:
- Prepare a large saucepan and place sugar, water and lemon juice in it.
- Heat over low heat and cook for about 15 minutes. The sugar should completely dissolve. After this, remove from the stove and let the mixture cool.
- Pour the lemonade into a glass container and place in the refrigerator to cool.
- Before serving, add ice cubes, mint pieces and lemon slices to the drink.
Orange recipe
Homemade lemonade can be made from juicy oranges. It turns out bright and children will certainly like it.
Required composition of products:
- liter of sparkling mineral water;
- four oranges;
- 100 grams of sugar.
Cooking process:
- We wash the fruits well, remove the skin from them, leaving only the pulp.
- Place the orange slices along with the sugar in a blender and blend until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
- Pour into a large container, add the specified amount of mineral water and put the lemonade in the refrigerator. Serve when completely cooled.
Cooking with lemon
If you want to get real lemonade, the same as it was before, then we prepare it from lemon.
Required composition of products:
- a glass of sugar;
- six lemons;
- six glasses of cold clean water.
Cooking process:
- First you need to carefully squeeze the juice from the lemons. This is best done with a juicer, but if you don’t have one, first press the lemon onto the table with your palm, roll it on the surface for a while, then cut it and extract the juice.
- Prepare a four-liter container, such as a jug. Place the resulting juice, the specified amount of sugar and water there.
- Stir the drink thoroughly, taste, and add more water if necessary. Place in the refrigerator before serving to chill the drink.
Unusual ginger lemonade
It would seem that this ingredient is completely unsuitable for the drink, because most often it is used for other dishes. In fact, ginger lemonade is a very good thirst quencher during hot weather.
Required composition of products:
- two lemons;
- 200 grams of ginger root;
- two large spoons of sugar;
- three liters of clean water;
- four spoons of honey.
Cooking process:
- Peel the root, wash it and grind it on a fine grater.
- Pour a liter of water into the pan and add chopped ginger.
- We peel the lemons, finely chop the skin and also put it in the pan. Squeeze the juice from the pulp in any convenient way and set it aside.
- Add sugar to the lemon and ginger, stir and bring the mixture to a boil.
- As soon as the process begins, immediately remove from heat, strain and let cool.
- Pour lemon juice and honey into it, mix and dilute with the remaining batch of water.
- Cool well and serve.
Cucumber drink
Required composition of products:
- two lemons;
- 0.4 kg of cucumbers;
- a glass of sugar;
- one and a half liters of water and another glass for syrup;
- mint to taste.
Cooking process:
- Pour all the specified water into the pan and bring it to a boil. We take the glass for the syrup and let the rest cool.
- Combine a glass of water with sugar, bring to a boil, continue cooking for about two minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool.
- Chop the cucumbers, put them in a blender along with mint leaves and blend into a homogeneous mixture, strain it.
- Carefully squeeze the juice out of the lemons, mix with water, syrup and cucumber mixture. Cool and serve.
How to make strawberries
Required composition of products:
- half a liter of sugar syrup;
- six lemons;
- two and a half liters of water;
- 500 grams of strawberries.
Cooking process:
- We wash the lemons, squeeze the juice out of them well, and finely chop the skin.
- Pour the juice, sugar syrup into the water, add the zest, mix well.
- Add strawberries to this mixture, which we first mash with a fork into a puree.
- Strain the drink and cool. You can serve garnished with whole berries, mint or lemon balm leaves.
Pear lemonade
Pear lemonade is a real salvation from thirst. For the drink, take only ripe fruits.
Required composition of products:
- one liter of water;
- 200 grams of pears;
- four tablespoons of sugar;
- one lemon.
Cooking process:
- We wash the pears well, remove the skin, cut them in half, cut out the hard core and seeds, and chop them into small cubes.
- Place them in a blender, add only 200 milliliters of cold water and blend until smooth.
- Make syrup from the remaining water. Add sugar to it, bring to a boil and cook until it is completely dissolved, then cool.
- Mix pear puree, syrup, lemon juice and several slices. Place in the refrigerator and serve when the drink is cold.
Watermelon refreshing drink
Required composition of products:
- liter of cool sparkling water;
- two lemons;
- kilogram of watermelon pulp;
- three tablespoons of sugar or to taste.
Cooking process:
- Be sure to peel the watermelon pulp; there should be no seeds.
- Rinse the lemons and very carefully squeeze the juice out of them; it is best to use a juicer for this.
- Place the watermelon pulp, lemon juice and sugar in a blender and blend for a couple of minutes. It is not necessary to add sugar, if the watermelon is already very sweet, adjust according to your taste.
- Pour sparkling water into the resulting mixture and turn on the blender again. The drink should be quite liquid.
- Cool the lemonade and serve with ice cubes and fresh mint or aromatic catnip leaves.
What could be better than fresh, tasty and cooling lemonade on a hot summer day? I bring to your attention a selection of very simple and affordable recipes for summer drinks based on lemonade.
In the summer, the heat can be unbearable, but it is on such days that you can prepare and enjoy delicious soft drinks that you probably wouldn’t drink in the cold season.
Instead of getting discouraged and complaining about the heat, as many do, let's remember what benefits summer has and why we will miss it very soon.
The heat also has its benefits - you want to swim, be in the fresh air and drink a lot of delicious soft drinks. They take on a special taste in this weather.
Secrets of making lemonade
Everyone, without exception, can make lemonade, but there are some subtleties that will help make this drink better and healthier.
First, we have the choice of whether to add pure water or sparkling water to the lemonade. Of course, you can use gases for a party, but clean water is always better and healthier.
Then, since there are a lot of lemons in lemonade, you usually need enough sugar to sweeten the drink. Of course, there is an alternative – and it’s honey.
How to make classic homemade lemonade:
- Prepare the syrup. Pour 200 grams of sugar into 200 ml of water and place on low heat. The syrup needs to be boiled and it is ready when all the sugar has completely dissolved. If you decide to sweeten your lemonade not with sugar, but with natural honey, it is important to know that when heated, honey loses its beneficial properties. Therefore, we do this: boil some water in a kettle and let it cool, but not completely. In warm, boiled water, add 3-4 tablespoons of honey per 150 ml. Stir with a spoon until the honey dissolves.
- Squeezing the juice. For 2 liters of lemonade you will need the juice of 2 lemons. Cut the lemons into large slices and squeeze the juice out of them with your hands. We throw a few squeezed pieces into the jug, they will give an additional aroma of the zest.
- Combining the ingredients. Pour 2 liters of pure or carbonated water into a jug, add lemon juice and lemon slices. Mix and add syrup to taste.
- Improving lemonade. Many people add fresh mint leaves to the finished drink for extra freshness. A spoonful of ground turmeric will make your lemonade more beautiful and healthier. Read about the benefits and harms of turmeric in the material: Turmeric - beneficial properties.
Idea! Strawberry ice for lemonade
Imagine putting strawberry ice in your lemonade instead of regular ice. Mash several strawberries into a puree with a fork, add water and pour into molds. If it’s not the season anymore, it’s easy to buy 200 grams of frozen berries in the store, but it turns out so tasty and unusual!
Recipes for simple but very tasty lemonades
If we already know how to prepare the classic version of this wonderful drink, then everything is even easier. We take this recipe as a base and add the rest of the ingredients.
- Lemonade with orange and mint
I prepared this recipe today. It turns out very tasty and fresh. For 2 liters of drink you will need 1 lemon, 1 orange, 2 sprigs of mint and honey syrup.
Prepared in the same way as the classic recipe. Of course, it is better to use honey, but with sugar it will also turn out tasty and fresh.
- Peach lemonade
Nowadays there are a lot of delicious peaches in stores and markets, and they can also be used to make a refreshing drink. Ingredients: 2 liters of water, 1 lemon, 2 large peaches, syrup.
Cut the lemon into slices and squeeze out the juice. Place a couple of squeezed slices into a jug. Also cut the peaches into large slices, squeeze them a little with your hands and put everything in a jug. Pour water over juice and fruit and add syrup to taste. It is advisable to leave the drink in the refrigerator for an hour to cool and brew.
If you want a richer peach taste, it is recommended to boil them in syrup for 5 minutes, then add to lemonade.
- Lime and strawberry and mint
This drink can also be called a strawberry mojito. This recipe is popular among many cafes and clubs that offer non-alcoholic cocktails.
You will need: 1.5 liters of water, syrup, juice of 2 limes, 200 grams of fresh or frozen strawberries, 2 sprigs of fresh mint. Mash the strawberries a little so that they release their juice, then simply mix all the ingredients. The drink turns out very tasty and refreshing.
- Tropical lemonade
Ingredients: juice of 2 lemons, 2 liters of water, a glass of pineapple juice, a glass of apricot nectar, syrup, lemon slices for decoration.
- Lemonade with watermelon
Ingredients: juice of 1 lemon, 2 cups of chopped watermelon pulp, syrup.
It’s just as easy to prepare as the rest of the recipes. You just need to mix the ingredients, let cool and serve with ice cubes.
- Lemonade with kiwi
Ingredients: 1 small lime, kiwi – 6 pieces, syrup. Make puree from kiwi using a blender. Combine all the ingredients, fill with clean or sparkling water, add syrup to taste and the lemonade is ready.
- Strawberry lemonade with melon
The resulting lemonade is very unusual, tastes summery and refreshing. Ingredients: juice of one lemon, a glass of melon cut into small cubes and syrup. We make puree from melon. To do this, use a blender or a fork if the berry is soft enough. Pour 2 liters of water into a jug, add lemon juice, melon puree, mix, then add syrup to taste.
- Berry lemonade
Ingredients: juice of 2 lemons, 200 grams of any fresh or frozen berries, a spoon of ginger powder, ice cubes. The berries need to be crushed, then the juice is separated from the seeds. Next, simply mix all the ingredients and add syrup to taste.
- Ginger lemonade
The favorite lemonade of those who watch their figure and like to add spicy notes to their drinks. To prepare, you need the juice of one lemon, 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped ginger, spoons of honey and a liter of water. Pour a glass of water into a small saucepan and add ginger. Bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, then strain and discard the remaining ginger. Add honey to ginger water and mix until completely dissolved. All that remains is to mix the resulting syrup with the rest of the ingredients and the drink is ready.
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