Sugar-free Lemonade
Prep Time
10 minutes
Total Time
10 minutes
Serves
6
Ingredients
- 6 whole fresh lemons (makes about 1 cup of lemon juice)
- 1 cup Monk fruit sweetener (sugar replacement)
- 4 cups of water (use one cup to make simple syrup and add the other three cups of water to the pitcher during mixing)
- Mint (for garnishing)
Instructions
- To make the simple syrup, place the monk fruit sweetener in a pan, add a cup of water, stir, and place on the stove to simmer until it completely dissolves and becomes syrup. This may take about 10 – 12 minutes. Then set aside to cool until time to use.
- First, wash all the lemons, and halve them. Then place a halved lemon on the lemon juicer/squeezer and squeeze out all the juice. Granted, various types of lemon juicers/squeezers are in the market. Depending on the type you have, follow the manufacturer’s instructions and juice your lemons. This recipe requires about one cup of freshly juiced lemons juice.
- Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice, simple syrup, and cool water into the pitcher and stir well to combine. Set aside until when ready to serve.
Comments
We use this recipe for a one-gallon pitcher and fill the pitcher at the end, which waters it down a bit. If you like a more traditional, sweeter lemonade, you can leave it at the half-gallon that the recipe yields.
Credit: Kinsleylife
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