Five refreshing, easy-to-make lemonade recipes for the summer

You don’t have to stick to the same old recipe anymore

Fruit juices are a great way to recharge in the summer; they replenish the salts and minerals lost in the heat, as well as hydrate. Lemon is definitely a favourite of the season. But you don’t have to stick to the same old recipe. You can add more fruits and herbs to the drink and make it all the more exciting and refreshing.

Here are some of our favourite lemonade recipes to enjoy this season:

Rosemary-Infused Cucumber Lemonade

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An ideal vegetable for summer, cucumbers are packed with health benefits. They are a good source of Vitamin A, a very good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Potassium. What’s more is that cucumbers are 95.2 per cent water and make very refreshing lemonade. This herb infused recipe uses rosemary, along with lemons and agave syrup. If you can’t find agave syrup you can substitute it with honey.

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Sparkling Thyme Lemonade

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If you like soda, this sparkling thyme lemonade is the one for you. It’s fragrant, cooling and easy to make.

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Strawberry Lemonade

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Strawberries and lemon go perfectly well together. You can add a variety of herbs to this lemonade to make it your own; basil, mint and thyme are good choices. You can opt for sparkling water or plain.

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Watermelonade

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Can you even imagine summers without watermelon? The blush coloured fruit is a delight to eat in the summer and tastes even better in lemonade.

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Spinach Lemonade

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Doesn’t sound very appetising, huh? It tastes great. The recipe uses an amalgam of fruits to balance the sharpness of spinach. Pears, apples and lemon along with spinach make this lemonade wholesome, refreshing and satisfying.

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