The desire to drink is the natural state of the human body, inherent to him from birth to the end of his days. This process is the reason for conducting numerous food experiments, searching for new recipes that can quickly, tastyly quench his thirst.
On the shelves of modern retail space there are a variety of types of drinks that are suitable for both adults and children. However, in the world of the fast-paced food and drink industry, it is less and less possible to find products that have a natural composition that is safe for humans.
It makes people who care about their health and want to live a long and happy life, to prepare their favorite drinks at home. One of the most simple, but no less tasty, is lemon-mint lemonade.
The taste of his sign, love since childhood. Such a drink is especially in demand during hot days when the sun ruthlessly burns the world around.
Surprisingly, France has become the discoverer of such vitaminized drink. It was there that four centuries ago, a case predetermined the fate of a lemonized drink that won the hearts of millions, which is still popular.
The popularity of homemade drink is easily explained by the simplicity of the ingredients that make it up. All of them are present in the kitchen at almost any time of the year.
Homemade lemonade with mint and lemon: a classic recipe
Components of the future drink:
- peppermint - its amount can be adjusted at its discretion and taste preferences to a stronger or weaker mint smell; 100-200 grams is enough for lemonade. or ½ faceted glass;
- Lemons - 3 - 5 pcs., depending on the size;
- plain water (or carbonated) - 15 glasses;
- granulated sugar - 1 and ½ a faceted glass.
The total time that will be spent on the cooking process will be from 60 to 120 minutes. And the caloric content of one glass of such a drink will vary from 30 to 90 kcal.
At the preliminary stage, we prepare food material for consumption:
- wash lemons and mint under running water;
- remove the rind from citrus; To do this, pour them with boiling water, wipe dry, proceed to the removal of the peel. Also remove its white layer.
We proceed to the process:
- Squeeze juice from lemons.
- We make sugar syrup: pour sugar into water (200 gr.), Cook on medium heat, until it is completely dissolved, be sure to stir.
- Mix juice, syrup, the rest of the water, our refreshing fresh juice is ready. It remains to add mint leaves to it, send the cooled drink in the cold.
- After the lemonade is infused, they can treat relatives and guests.
Homemade lemonade from lemons, oranges and mint
Oranges will help to diversify your drinking diet and to enrich it with priceless vitamin C. They, like most citrus fruits, are a source of important vitamin and must be present in proper nutrition.
Ingredients:
- 15 glasses of clean water;
- mint leaves - 50 pcs .;
- oranges - 2 pcs .;
- Lemons - 1 - 2 pcs .;
- granulated sugar (optional) - 1.5 - 2 cups or honey - 0.5 cups.
The preparation time of such a recipe is not more than one hour, and its benefits are endless. In the event that the composition does not give sweets and make it only from natural ingredients, the number of calories received when it is consumed will be no more than 20, which entitles it to be considered a low-calorie diet drink.
Cooking:
- First of all, wash the ingredients.
- We grind fruit, mint: first with a knife, then with a wooden tolkushkoy.
- Add sweeteners (sugar or honey) - to taste.
- Fill the resulting mixture with water.
- Give time (30 minutes) to insist and enjoy the lemonade.
If you want to make the drink cooler, you can add ice cubes to it.
Thrill-seekers can be advised to introduce ginger as an additional ingredient. He will add spice to the recipe.
Lemonade from mint, lime and lemon at home
Drinking with a sweet taste is not always able to satisfy the need to quench your thirst. Such drinks even whet the appetite and make people drink more and more.
For a real quenching of the need for drinking should resort to drinks that have a sour taste.
A prominent representative of such is lime. Adding this fruit to lemonade will not only get pleasure, but also really get drunk.
To get sour lemonade you will need:
- 2 medium sized lemons;
- 2 medium sized limes;
- 3 sprigs of fresh mint;
- 15 glasses of clean drinking water;
- 150 gr. sugar sand.
The drink contains 30 calories. The process of creating a soft drink takes about 30-60 minutes, as follows:
- First you need to wash all the ingredients, dry them.
- To make citrus zest more malleable, pour hot water over the fruit.
- Crush all the ingredients.
- Lemon and lime make the juice, crushing them with a special mortar.
- Then add water to the fruit, let it brew.
- Crushed mint should also give the juice, which is sent after the citrus.
- Lemonade is ready. It can be drained, remove pieces of fruit and mint leaves.
How to cook non-alcoholic "Mojito" with mint and lemon
The first place among summer drinks, undoubtedly, is occupied by mojito. And this is not by chance. It is extremely tasty and quick to prepare. In the hot season, he is the sales leader. Homemade mojito will be no worse, worth a try. The composition of the future - the cocktail includes:
- Lime (or lemon) - ½ pcs .;
- Fresh peppermint - 2 - 3 sprigs;
- carbonated mineral water - 0.5 l .;
- sugar - sand - to taste - 25 - 75 grams;
- ice cubes - 7 - 10 pcs.
You can make it in minutes (no longer than half an hour). Its caloric content is only 20-25 kcal.
Cocktail preparation:
- Take one lime (or lemon), cut it in half. One of the parts cut into rings.
- Grind mint (manually or by blender).
- Mix the above components in a glass container, add sugar there.
- Next, pour in the water, mix.
- Add ice cubes and a delicious mojito is ready.
To this cocktail, you can add your favorite spices or other fruits, berries. And mineral water can be replaced by sweet drinks, such as sprite or schweppes.
Secrets of cooking homemade lemonade
Homemade lemonade is not just a natural drink, but also a means to maintain a good shape and good mood. Its advantages are that the components of the drink can be easily changed.
In order to prepare such a cocktail at any moment, in a few minutes you need to stock up on them in a concentrated form. If necessary, simply dilute.
Thus, it turns out highly concentrated lemonade.
Lemonade at all times remains a popular drink. Cooking it at home helps to save money and health. Love yourself and indulge more often.
And in the next video - another recipe for homemade lemonade with mint.
