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Herbal Lemonade
From CSA Farmers Market
<p>Lemonade with an herbal twist, for flavor excitement or nutritive/health-giving properties of the herbs.</p>Source: somewhere on the world wide web (Entered by Pat Whetham)
Serves: 16
Vegetarian!
Ingredients
4
organic lemons
1/2 Cup
raw local honey ( or more to taste)
1 qt
strong herbal infusion
3 qts
filtered water
Step by Step Instructions
- Make a strong herbal infusion: choose favorite herb (lavender, rose, lemon balm, lemon verbena, rosemary, nettles, etc). Bring 1 qt of water to a boil then pour it over 1/2 to 1 oz of fresh or dried herbs. Allow to infuse to 1 hr or more, then strain out the herbs.
- Juice the lemons.
- In a gallon container, add the herbal infusion, lemon juice and honey (or other sweetener) and stir to dissolve the honey (it helps if the infusion is still warm).
- When the honey is dissolved, add the remaining water and refrigerate. Enjoy!