A few weekends ago we had a garden kind of weekend.
As in sun cream, swim suits, paddling pool, swings, frisbees, balls stuck in trees, picking vegetables from the garden and grilling burgers on the barbeque. All this of course required some serious thirst quenching in the form of some freshly made ice cold raspberry lemonade. Obviously.
And pride of place in the garden was the tiny lemonade stand decorated entirely by my eldest. My youngest was in charge of the money (duplo to you and I). So daddy and I bought lemonade, and then some more and then even more. They made a 100 million thousand and we got to make pretty good friends with the raspberry lemonade.
Fast forward to the evening when the adults came out to play. Barbecued ribs and sweet potatoes, fresh salad and some more raspberry lemonade. With an adult twist. AKA an itty little bit of vodka which kicked up flavour of this refreshing sweet and sour lemonade. Let’s just say it was rather a delightful adult treat.
I predict that this raspberry lemonade will be one of our key summer drinks. And whilst we are at it, I might just be able to take a photo of the lemonade stand servers to add to this post in the future. They did look very cute……
You can easily made this a summer strawberry lemonade recipe or even a blueberry lemonade. It is easily adaptable with whatever fruits you have.
Go. Make. Enjoy.
Raspberry Lemonade
Ingredients
For the sugar syrup:
- 150 g (3/4 cup) sugar
- 180 ml (3/4 cup) water
For the lemonade:
- 250 ml (1 cup) freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 250 ml (1 cup) of the syrup you made earlier
- 175 g fresh or frozen raspberries mashed with a fork
- 1250-1750 ml (5-7 cups) cold water
- Ice lemon slices, raspberries to garnish
Instructions
- First make the syrup by combining the sugar with the water in a saucepan and put on medium heat till the sugar is dissolved. Swirl the pan occasionally to speed up the process.
- Then let the syrup cool.
- Sieve the pureed raspberries reserving the juice and discarding the pulp.
- In a large jug combine the lemon juice, raspberries and the syrup.
- Mix in 1250-1750ml water depending on how sweet / tart you prefer your lemonade.
- Garnish with lemon slices, raspberries and serve with some ice.
A delightfully refreshing and colourful summer tipple Bintu, especially with the vodka! I’m so boring with drinks and really need to expand my limited repertoire, both for the kids and grown ups.
Meant to say I’m loving your new look Bintu, think I missed all these changes occurring. Kind of been busy and offline a lot lately, and desperately trying to catch up!. Good work done though!
Lou, you obviously have a very well loved drinks repertoire so that is good.
This sounds absolutely lovely, definitely the kind of drink I am wanting on a day like today xx
Yeah the weather is being rather good to us today.
What a fantastic day, and we’ve still got the weather for it now! I love the kids setting up stall and selling lemonade to everyone. Enterprising – never too young to start 🙂
Yes Tracey, I am quite chuffed too with their enterprising skills.
What a great idea, definitely going to try this
It is simple and it keeps in the fridge for a few days too.
Looks and sounds delightful Bintu and I am a HUGE fan of anything with fruit in it for a beverage too! Karen
Apart from making beverages taste good fruits also make them look good too.
That looks delicious, and I love those cute straws
Cat
Straws loved by all of us too. Mini chefs have to have different colours in.
Love the new theme page! Gotta try out this new drink….
Thanks Sharon.
Well, anything that makes a hundred million thousand must be amazing!! Love the way the littlies count.
I’ve been thinking about lemonade as the weather has got hotter and this looks perfect.
Like Lou, I love the new look, so glad it worked out even if getting there was a bit stressful. GG
I should rename it the hundred million thousand lemonade. Took a while to get he new look sorted but I am almost there now.
Looks so refreshing for summer! Love the fresh raspberry addition.
Thanks Allison, def refreshing for a general all round summer drink.
mmm love raspberries, I would pay good duplo for a bottle of that!
You are making me giggle Janice. They would be happy for some more duplo money.
Oh the perfect drink for such a hot day. I love the addition of raspberries to lemonage – an awesome drink Bintu:-)
Raspberry lemonade is one of the main ways I use up raspberries.
Oooh sounds delicious and refreshing. Love the bottles and straws too. popping over from http://www.mummy2monkeys.co.uk
Thanks for dropping in Michelle. We love colour in this house so the straws are a must.
This sounds sooooo good. I can’t wait to try it.
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That looks so refreshing!
It is refreshing and then some on a hot day A.
Love this, Bintu! I bet you could keep the syrup in the fridge until needed, couldn’t you? It sounds like it was a really lovely family enterprise as well. 🙂
Yes. I tend to make the syrup and keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Oh my gawd this sounds wonderful with your enjoying and bbq’ing the yard, Bintu! Phoenix and I would love to come over and hang out with you guys. Just tell us what to bring. But, I do want to have that raspberry drink of your’s! We hope you are having a great day 🙂
I love how refreshing this looks!! Raspberry and lemonade is definitely a great combo!
PS: Love love the new look 🙂
This lemonade looks delicious for summer, so refreshing!
This sounds lovely – I will definitely be giving it a try
Gorgeous colour! And I love how you can convert it to an adult drink at the drop of a hat 😉
This sounds gorgeous and perfect for summer!
Looks wonderful!