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13 Not-So-Average Lemonade Recipes

This summer, quench your thirst with these creative and satisfying twists on traditional lemonade
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Raspberry Lemonade
This colorful concoction uses Sweet 'N Low instead of sugar to cut down on calories.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Sweet'N Low (12 packets)
1 cup water
1-1/4 cups fresh lemon juice (about 6 lemons)
2 cups raspberries, pureed
3-1/2 cups cold water
Ice cubes

Directions: In a small sauce pan, bring the Sweet'N Low and water to a simmer. Stir so that sugar dissolves completely, and then remove from the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature. Place the raspberries in a food processor and process until smooth.

Pour the pureed raspberries in the sugar water, and stir to combine. Add the lemon juice. Combine the raspberry mixture and the cold water in a large pitcher. Stir and add lots of ice. Serve your raspberry lemonade with thin slices of lemons and raspberries.

Recipe courtesy of deliciouslysprinkled.com

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Rosemary Lemonade
We get it: Not everybody has a sweet tooth. Savory food fans will love this herbal take on lemonade. Pair it with your favorite grilled fare or enjoy it all by itself.

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup lemon juice
6 cups water
4 to 6 sprigs of rosemary
Ice cubes

Directions:
Create a simple syrup: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine one-and-a-half cups of water with one cup sugar. Stir until dissolved. Place the rosemary in the pan and stir again. Set aside until cool.

Squeeze the lemons, and strain the simple syrup and lemon juice into a pitcher. Add the rest of the water, along with lots of ice cubes. Garnish your creation with a sprig of rosemary and lemon slices.

Recipe courtesy of makinglemonadeblog.com

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Sparkling Cranberry Lemonade
Bubbles make pretty much everything better -- including this cranberry lemonade recipe.

Ingredients:
1 can frozen cranberry cocktail concentrate
2 cans frozen pink lemonade concentrate
1 to 2 liters sparkling water or sparkling wine
Lemons, cranberries and mint leaves for garnish

Directions:
Mix all three cans of concentrate in container with nine cans of water. Add the sparkling water or wine and mix well. Top with lemons, cranberries and mint leaves as garnish.

Recipe courtesy of likeasaturday.com

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Mango Lemonade
Get a taste of the tropics with this mango-laced lemonade.

Ingredients:
1 large mango
1/2 cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
1/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups water

Directions:
Make a simple syrup by heating half a cup water and the sugar until the sugar dissolves. Allow to cool. Peel and puree the mango. Add the mango puree, lemon juice, syrup and water to a pitcher and mix well. Serve over ice.

Recipe courtesy of cincyshopper.com

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Cucumber Lemonade
Need to take a chill pill? This ultra-refreshing lemonade will probably do the trick.

Ingredients:
2 cucumbers, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup water
4 key limes
3 tablespoons pure cane sugar or your favorite low-cal sweetener
1 liter water

Directions:
In a blender mix the cucumber, half a cup of water and the juice of four key limes until pureed. Using a mesh food strainer, drain the liquid from the cucumber mix into a medium bowl. Put the cucumber water in a jar and add water, until you have about a liter. Serve with ice and enjoy.

Recipe courtesy of littleinspiration.com

BY MARY SQUILLACE | AUG 19, 2016 | SHARES
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