Summer Corner #2
June 15, 2006
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup dried lavender
- 2 cups sugar
- fresh lemon juice
- water
Next, boil equal amounts of sugar and water (i.e., 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water) to create a simple syrup.
To Lemonade, combine one part simple syrup, one part fresh lemon juice and four parts water. Stir thoroughly.
Minty Green Tea Lemonade
4 cups freshly brewed green tea
2 1/2 cups water
1 (12 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate (or fresh lemon aid)
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
Combine all ingredients in a pitcher. Chill, strain and serve
Honey-Vanilla Lemonade
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup honey
2 cups water, plus more as needed
1 vanilla bean
2 1/2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 24 lemons)
Lemon wheels or wedges, for garnish
In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, honey, and 2 cups water and place over medium-high heat. Cut the vanilla bean in 1/2 lengthwise, then, using the back of the knife, scrape the vanilla seeds from the pod and add to the saucepan, along with the pod. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 4 or 5 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Put the lemon juice into a gallon jug or pitcher. Pour the sugar syrup through a strainer into the pitcher and discard the pod. Add water to equal 1 gallon and stir well.
Serve over ice with lemon wheels or wedges
Blackberry Lemonade
6-8 lemons
water
sugar
1/2 cup blackberries (or any fruit really)
Juice the lemons into a pitcher and add water and sugar until it tastes right (depending on how many lemons you use and how much of a sweet tooth you have!). Chill, then add blackberries
Sangria Lemonade (for the adults)
Fill a pitcher half way with sliced ripe peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines. Add some fresh berries to. Then our in 1/2 cup simple syrup, juice form about 10 lemons, 1 cup water and a bottle of dry rose wine. Adjust from there to your taste.
The Sangria is best made a day or two before. it helps the fruit to macerate and give the sangria more flavor !!
I LOVE YOU MOM!!!! I love the lemonade post, and the post about summer! Love Auberne'!
Posted by: auberne' | August 18, 2006 at 07:10 PM
I'll definately try the blackberrie on when they are in season. I love flowers from the garden in the house, that's summer for me.
Posted by: weirdbunny | June 16, 2006 at 03:20 PM
What a wonderful bunny you have on the porch table. Looks like a wonderful spot to sip on that lemonade! Thanks for the recipes, I will giving them a try.
Posted by: Gina | June 16, 2006 at 02:57 PM
The lemonade recipes sound wonderful and the sangria~yum! I made the oatmeal gingerbread muffins this morning and had one with some fruit for breakfast. They are delicious! and nice and moist too. Thanks Clarice!
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | June 16, 2006 at 08:28 AM
I have lots of lavendar, but have never really done much with it. This is lovely.
I do need to go shopping for wine glasses. (I broke the next to the last one last week.) Somehow I always end up using all my shopping energy in the clothing section of the thrift store and buying wine glasses at the $1 store.
Posted by: Rebecca Mielke | June 16, 2006 at 08:24 AM
Hi Clarice! oh those lemonade recipes sound delish - I am going to save them til summer time down here. Love the photos too!
Posted by: ms*robyn | June 16, 2006 at 05:10 AM
Beautiful photos!
Great Recipes!
Now to get inspired...
Posted by: Joanne | June 16, 2006 at 05:08 AM
Clarice, I'm filing those lemonade recipes away so I can get to them anytime. I'll be having tea party at my house next week and I'll serve one of your special lemonades. Thanks for the recipes.
What a surprise to see my bouquets on your site. They're only memories now.
~Jody
Posted by: Jody | June 15, 2006 at 03:43 PM
Yum! I can't wait to try a new lemonade! Thanks for all your great ideas!
Posted by: Joy | June 15, 2006 at 03:36 PM
Dear Clarice,
The sun finally came out this afternoon, so I was able to take a couple of pictures of my piano decorated for June and put them on my site for you.
Posted by: Mrs.Staggs | June 15, 2006 at 02:10 PM
What beautiful pictures! Thank you for your kind comment on my blog, I was replying to other comments when your comment popped up! I've seen your web address on other blogs and have meant to stop by before. You are now bookmarked! Blessings.
Posted by: Mrs Blythe | June 15, 2006 at 01:48 PM
Oooh, love the statue/fountain with ferns photo! Your lemonade recipes sound delightful, Clarice. I'm going to try them with Stevia (trying to lay off the sugar). :-P
Posted by: OR Tina | June 15, 2006 at 11:48 AM
Mmmm, the lemonade recipes sound delish...I've copied them and will be trying them soon...and I've passed the recipes on to my daughters, as well. Thanks for sharing, Clarice!
Posted by: carla | June 15, 2006 at 10:35 AM
P.S.
Jody, I especially love that bouquet of yellow irises!
Posted by: Mrs.Staggs | June 15, 2006 at 09:54 AM
What lovely photos everyone shared. That was very nice of your friends to take the time to share them.
The lemonade recipes will be fun to experiment with. I had mint in lemonade at at a friend's home for the first time and it was delicious!
Posted by: Mrs.Staggs | June 15, 2006 at 08:53 AM
God is so good! He knew that I needed a special lemonade recipe for a send off party we are having for one of our girlfriends here. She is going back to school for her Masters Degree this summer and will be gone from her family (and us) for 6 weeks this summer.
Your timing is perfect with these recipes! And I promise to send more garden photos as the blooms start to happen.
Hugs, Mary
Posted by: Mary | June 15, 2006 at 08:48 AM
What beautiful ideas! My little guy and I are going to make a batch of sun tea this afternoon. We have lots of summer plans, but they're more of the messy variety!
Posted by: Rebecca | June 15, 2006 at 07:58 AM
How lovely everything is!! Just found you through Merryville! Love your blog!! May I add it to my favorites?
Posted by: Rosa | June 15, 2006 at 07:56 AM
What a great idea about the lemonades! A few weeks ago I was looking for a way to make myself drink more water, so I started adding vanilla and stevia to it. It works, because now I'm drinking water all day :)
Posted by: Lilli | June 15, 2006 at 07:33 AM