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Watermelon Lemonade

Great recipe for watermelon lemonade!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 5 ingredient, no bake
Servings: 1 pitcher

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 cups fresh watermelon puree strained through a coarse strainer to remove seeds
  • 1/2 cup simple syrup (created by boiling 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup sugar together until sugar is dissolved)
  • 2 cups cold water

Instructions

  • Stir everything together, and serve over ice.  Feel free to garnish with lemon or watermelon slices, and/or mint!
  • Sugar free: Any number of artificial sweeteners would work well here. (And many do not need to be boiled to dissolve, so you could just add them in directly.)
  • Herbal: For an extra kick, add a sprig of fresh rosemary or mint leaves into the water as you boil the simple syrup.
  • Bubbly: Substitute setlzer or sparkling water (or champagne!) for some extra fizz!
  • Mixed: Substitute some vodka or other mixer of choice to kick it up a notch!
  • Frozen: I imagine this would be fantastic as a slush! Or, it freezes nicely into sweet little popsickles or ice cubes. :)

Notes

Adapted from Smitten Kitchen