Fresh-Squeezed Pink Lemonade Recipe

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There's a nice balance of sweet and tart in this refreshing summer drink. It becomes perfectly pink with the addition of grape juice.

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Fresh-Squeezed Pink Lemonade Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

5 10 15

Ingredients

4 cups water, divided
1 cup sugar
3 lemon peel strips
1 cup lemon juice (about 5 lemons)
1 tablespoon grape juice
Lemon slices and maraschino cherries, optional

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water, sugar and lemon peel to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Discard lemon peel.
In a large pitcher, combine the remaining water, lemon juice, grape juice and sugar mixture. Serve over ice. Garnish with lemon slices and cherries if desired. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup (calculated without optional ingredients) equals 141 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Fresh-Squeezed Pink Lemonade in Reminisce August/September 2010, p47