Tip 1: Cucumber lemonade with mint
Tip 1: Cucumber lemonade with mint
In summer, in the heat, lemonade becomes our savior. Quickly quenches thirst, tones up and charges with positive energy. A lemonade of cucumber and mint is also very useful. It is correct to use it in the morning, best with a light breakfast. A very useful drink for people who are dieting or suffering from heart disease.
You will need
- - 500 g of fresh cucumbers;
- - 2 pcs. lime;
- - 100 g of liquid honey;
- - 200 g fresh green mint;
- - 20 g of thyme;
- - 1 PC. cinnamon stick;
- - salt to taste.
Instructions
1
First, take a stick of cinnamon, break it a bit and pour a small amount of boiling water. Leave to stand for 20 minutes.
2
Rinse mint leaves in cold running water,allow them to dry, coarsely chop and whisk at top speed in the blender for 30 seconds. Melt if there is a need for honey, but it is better to take a fresh one that has not yet had time to be sugared and add to the mint. Stir everything.
3
Take the cucumbers, rinse and dry. Peel the cucumber from the peel and cut into large cubes. Take a separate cup for the blender and beat well in it cucumbers. Add honey and mint to the cucumbers and mix again thoroughly.
4
Strain through a fine strainer of cinnamon infusion and add to the mixture. Wash and dry the limes. Cut them into halves and squeeze out the juice. Add the juice of limes and salt to your taste.
5
Put the mixture in the refrigerator for two hours. Strain through a fine sieve, pour over the glasses and decorate with mint, thyme or lime. You can just put a few pieces of cucumber on top.
Tip 2: How to make lemonade
Lemonade is a delicious refreshing drink. Originally it was prepared on the basis of lemon juice with the addition of sugar and water. Currently, lemonade is often used not only for lemons, but for other berries and fruits.
Industrial lemonades are usually aerated, butat home, it is quite possible to make non-carbonated lemonade. To make a home version of the drink you will need lemon juice (or lemons), lemon peel (you can use alcohol-insistant), water, sugar and turmeric or saffron (they are used as natural dyes). To make a lemonade, squeeze out the juice from two lemons, peel them off, put it in a jug, add sugar, a little warm water, stir until the sugar dissolves, add lemon juice and water (about 700-900 ml). You can use carbonated water instead of regular water, but keep in mind that lemonade should be steeped for a couple of hours in the refrigerator, so that the taste and aroma of the drink completely opens, during which time the carbonated water will have time to exhaust. If you do not want to wait, add a few ice cubes to the jug before serving. Lemonade can be prepared on the basis of any citrus, depending on your preferences. You can safely change the proportions if you prefer more acidic or sweet drinks. Instead of the usual sugar, you can use sugar syrup. If desired, you can use flavored syrup that you can buy in many stores. They will give the ready-made drink an interesting flavor, and can also work as an additional dye. To make the taste of lemonade more interesting, you can add mint or ginger to it. Mint is preferably finely chopped and grated with sugar, the ginger root should be simply cut into thin slices. Note that lemonade with the addition of ginger must be given to brew, otherwise you just will not feel the taste of this spice in the drink. Lovers of unusual flavors can make cucumber-basil lemonade. To make it better to use a blender. You will need a small cucumber, juice of two lemons, peel, sugar to taste and a few basil leaves (the amount depends on how much you love its taste and aroma). If you have a blender, whisk in it peeled cucumber, basil, zest and sugar. The resulting mass is poured into a jug, add lemon juice and water, this lemonade is immediately ready for use. If you do not have a blender, cucumbers and basil should be cut as finely as possible, add the rest of the ingredients and let them brew. The most delicious lemonade will be after 10-12 hours spent in the refrigerator.
Tip 3: How to Cook a Cucumber Drink
Cucumber drink perfectly quenches thirst,so it just needs to be cooked in hot summer days. In addition, it positively affects the metabolism. Drink a cocktail, lemonade or smoothies from cucumbers instead of dinner and soon you will get chiseled forms without a debilitating feeling of hunger and bad mood.
Refreshing cucumber drink
Ingredients (for 4 servings):- 1 liter of filtered or spring water, 1 large cucumber, 1 lemon, 20 cm of ginger, 30 g of mint leaves. Peel the ginger root and grate on a fine grater. Cut thin cucumber and cucumber. Put everything in a pitcher, pour water and add mint leaves. Close the container with a leakproof lid and refrigerate for 8-12 hours. This drink has not only a pleasant taste, but also a fat burning effect. Drink it daily and very soon you will noticeably lose weight and get rid of swelling.Cucumber lemonade
Ingredients (for 1-2 servings):- 250 ml of water, - 1 large cucumber, - half an orange, - half-lime, - 3 tablespoons. honey, - 2 sprigs of rosemary. Cool the water in the refrigerator. Cut the cucumber into random pieces and fold into the blender bowl. Squeeze out the orange and lime juice. Pound everything to a smooth mashed potato. Sweeten it with honey, dilute with cold water and stir well. Serve the drink with a sprig of rosemary. This is an excellent alternative to sweet sodas, in which there are many harmful chemicals.Cool cucumber drink
Ingredients (for 2 servings):- 400 ml of water, - 2 cucumbers, - 50 g of sugar. Wipe the peeled cucumber on a small grater. Pour the water into a small pot or saucepan, bring to a boil and dissolve sugar in it. Transfer the vegetable mass to the syrup and cook for 10 minutes. Cool the broth, strain through a sieve or several layers of gauze and put into the fridge for 1 hour. Pour it into portions, decorate it in your own way and insert a straw.Cucumber cocktail with yogurt
Ingredients (for 2 servings):- 1 cucumber, - 200 ml of drinking non-fat natural yogurt, - 20 g of parsley, - 1 tbsp. linseed oil - 10 ml of lemon juice - a pinch of black ground pepper - salt - a few leaves of mint.Cut the peel from the cucumber, cut it into pieces and put it in a blender container with yogurt, linseed oil, parsley and mint. Whisk everything, season with pepper and salt, drizzle a little lemon juice and pour into glasses. This healthy cucumber drink is an excellent option for an easy day or evening snack.Cucumber smoothies with fruit
Ingredients (for 3-4 servings):- 5 cucumbers - 1 banana - 2 medium or 5-6 small apples - lemon balm and parsley. Drizzle cucumbers and apples through a juicer. Cut the banana into cubes and chop it in a blender with greens. Stir in vegetable and fruit juice puree and whisk. Drink smoothies freshly prepared.Tip 4: How to make lemonade from lemon
On a hot day, none of us will give upmisted up a glass of something cold, but the only benefit from buying cold teas and carbonated drinks is very doubtful. In addition, they contain preservatives and dyes, which also do not belong to natural substances. Much more useful and tasty will be cooked by myself lemonade, which can always be made from lemon, mint and some fruit.
You will need
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Instructions
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Sharp knife, and preferably potato peeler, neatlyCut with zest of lemons. Try not to have it white flesh, because it contains undesirable bitterness. From brushed lemons squeeze the juice with a special juicer for citrus or manually. You can remove the bones to grind them in a blender and then squeeze the resulting mass through a gauze or a metal strainer.
2
Peel the peaches or apricots from the skin, remove from them bones, cut into small cubes.
3
Pour the water into a saucepan and put it on the fire,after the water boils, turn off the fire and pour into it lemon juice and zest, put vanillin and sugar, pieces of fruit. For color, if desired, you can add a little turmeric or pestle saffron. Cover the pan and cover it in a cool place for the night.
4
Before serving, pour into lemonade liquor and stir everything. When you will pour on the glasses - in each put a few ice cubes, mint leaves and cut thin strips of zest.
Tip 5: How to make a lemonade from lemonade
Classical lemonade This is not the usual sweet drink. By the way, he quenches thirst badly. Present lemonadee, according to ancient recipes, there must necessarily be, if not a fresh lemon, then at least a freshly squeezed juice of this fruit.
You will need
- Lemonade on syrup: - 1 cup of sugar; - 1 cup of water; - 1 large lemon; - 200 to 500 ml of water; - ice. Italian lemonade: - 2 cups of sugar; - 1 glass of water; - 100 g fresh basil; - 15 lemons; - 1 liter of water. Economical lemonade: - 4 lemons; - 150 g of sugar; - 200 g of ice; - 1 liter of water.
Instructions
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Lemonade on syrupPrepare not a thick sugarsyrup. In a saucepan or scoop, mix 1 cup of sugar with one cup of water, bring to a boil, let the sugar completely dissolve and remove from heat. This amount of syrup you have enough for several servings lemonadea. Keep it in the refrigerator in a closed container.
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With the help of a juicer, squeeze the juice out of the lemon. Mix the syrup, lemon juice and half a liter of cold boiled or bottled water. The amount of water depends on how sweet and intense the drink you want to get. Add to lemonadewith chopped ice, garnish with a sprig of mint, a slice of lemon or lime and serve.
3
Italian lemonadePrepare a fragrant syrup. Wash the basil and put it in a saucepan, pour water, add the sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 5-10 minutes until all the sugar has dissolved and the syrup becomes clear. Turn off and remove the pan from the plate. Pass the syrup through a sieve to remove the basil. Allow to cool and refrigerate.
4
Squeeze the lemons. It is better to do this with a juicer, since manually you will lose a lot of juice, and you need to collect about 2 glasses. Mix in the jug chilled syrup, lemon juice and water. You can take soda water or pass a drink through the siphon, if you are accustomed to saturated gases lemonade.
5
Economical lemonadeIf you do not have a juicer and hands do not have enough strength to squeeze enough juice, if you feel sorry for pulp and lemon peel, try cooking lemonade with a blender or food processor.
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Cut the lemons into slices or quarters,pour half of sugar, ice and pour half of the water. Grind in pulsed mode and strain through a sieve. To the lemon pulp, add the remaining sugar, ice and water, mix again in pulsed mode and filter again. Serve with ice and mint.
