Best Summer Lemonade

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There is nothing like a cool, refreshing drink to quench your thirst and help you beat the summer heat.

We are in love with the following recipe for Mint, Ginger Summer Lemonade and since we have discovered, we constantly have a fresh batch made and ready in the fridge.

You will need:

  1. 1 bunch of fresh mint chopped
  2. 1 three inch piece of ginger chopped
  3. 2 – 4 tablespoons of honey to taste (depending on how sweet you like, we like ours less sweet)
  4. Juice of 2 lemons
  5. 4 cups water
  6. 4 cups ice

Method:

Boil the water while you chop the mint and ginger. In large heat-proof bowl add boiled water to mint and ginger. Top with honey. Let sit until water cools (about 1/2 hour). Strain into jug. Add juice from 2 lemons. Stir. Add 4 cups of ice and extra water if you would like less sweet. Garnish with lemon slices and mint. Enjoy!

(P.S. also great with a little bit of gin)

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MInt Lemonade. Photo courtesy of dallasgardenbuzz.com

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I am devoted to making people love living in their homes. I have done that with absolute joy for most of my life and as a career for the past 20 years or so... I am a homebody – I do not actively seek adventure but I have had adventures. I believe home is the most sacred and important place in the world. I say I grew up on a farm – but I doubt technically it would qualify as a farm. Five acres – one milk cow – one calf - we ate them when they grew up, lots of chickens and a few pigs – we ate them too… I was that kid who dragged rugs and furniture out to the orchard and set up outdoor rooms. It mixed my two favourite things – outside and comfortable furniture. My friends and I would sleep outside in my “rooms”. It was magical because my ceiling was full of stars. I have lived in small houses, big houses, basement suites, cottages, condos and apartments. I have built and I have renovated houses. For a short time in my young life I was without a home – this changed me. I have lived with pets, wanted and unwanted – rodents are unwanted… I have lived in a house richly full with the raising of my four children. I have had the tremendous joy of my children carrying my grandchildren into my home. I have had my home become an “empty nest” and my life shrunken and shattered with the loss of my beloved husband. Home and my people there have always been my comfort. It does not matter where home is, it only matters that you are in it and that you find comfort there and that is why I do what I do.
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Dwaina

About the Author: Dwaina

I am devoted to making people love living in their homes. I have done that with absolute joy for most of my life and as a career for the past 20 years or so... I am a homebody – I do not actively seek adventure but I have had adventures. I believe home is the most sacred and important place in the world. I say I grew up on a farm – but I doubt technically it would qualify as a farm. Five acres – one milk cow – one calf - we ate them when they grew up, lots of chickens and a few pigs – we ate them too… I was that kid who dragged rugs and furniture out to the orchard and set up outdoor rooms. It mixed my two favourite things – outside and comfortable furniture. My friends and I would sleep outside in my “rooms”. It was magical because my ceiling was full of stars. I have lived in small houses, big houses, basement suites, cottages, condos and apartments. I have built and I have renovated houses. For a short time in my young life I was without a home – this changed me. I have lived with pets, wanted and unwanted – rodents are unwanted… I have lived in a house richly full with the raising of my four children. I have had the tremendous joy of my children carrying my grandchildren into my home. I have had my home become an “empty nest” and my life shrunken and shattered with the loss of my beloved husband. Home and my people there have always been my comfort. It does not matter where home is, it only matters that you are in it and that you find comfort there and that is why I do what I do.