Feeling a little stressed? Kids making crazy? Or making you crazy? Missing summer already?
Try a tall cool glass of Lavender Lemonade…both for you and the kids! This has been a favorite recipe of ours for many years. I love it in the summertime but it is nice in the off season too.
Here is my recipe for regular Lemonade:
1 cup fresh organic lemon juice
3 cups spring water
1/2 cup sugar, or use stevia or honey instead!
You’ll need about 4 lemons. Wash, slice and juice!
Pour sweetener (honey, stevia or sugar) into lemon juice and stir until dissolved. Add water. Mix thoroughly. Pour over ice and enjoy! I used 6 packs of stevia.
Now…for the Lavender part.
Make tea with lavender buds! Put 1 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan. Bring almost to a boil. Take off the heat and add 1/2 cup lavender buds. Cover and let steep about 10 minutes.
Strain. Throw the lavender buds on your compost heap.
Substitute one cup of water in the original recipe with one cup of your lavender tea so the recipe now looks like this:
Lavender Lemonade
1 cup fresh organic lemon juice
1 cup fresh lavender tea
2 cups spring water
1/2 cup sugar, or use stevia or honey instead!
It’s a beautiful color!
I’m sipping this cup as I write. As my boys used to say when they were little…yummy to my tummy!
Enjoy….and relax!
Can’t wait to try this. Can you substitute the lavender bud tea for a couple of drops of the DoTerra Lavender essential oil? if so how many drops?
Hi! If you would rather do that – then substitute 1 cup water for the 1 cup of tea and add Lavender essential oil to your pitcher – make sure you are using an essential oil that is safe to ingest (do your research because not all oils are equal!). I would add 1 or 2 drops to taste – you can always add more if you think you’d like a stronger lavender flavor. Let me know how it turns out! Great idea!