Healthy Treat for Today: Yummy Lemonade…or Limeade

We mostly drink water and milk at our house.  Sometimes when we have company though, I feel kind of boring with the drink choices I have to offer.

At one point I realized…why, I have LOTS of drink choices! 

Would you like your water cold…or room temp?  Filtered, or not filtered?  In a mug or in a glass?  Ice or no ice?  Crushed ice or cubed?  Would you like a straw?  What color of straw would you like? 

By the time I get through all of my questions, my guests feel like they are at a five star restaurant that caters to their every need.  (Or something like that.)

Occasionally though…it’s fun to treat the kids (or company) to something special and exciting.  And when I really think about it, our blender works overtime making yummy smoothies, slushies and milkshakes. 

Here’s the lemonade I make every once in a while for a refreshing change of pace.  Or…I use limes instead of lemons to make limeade.  Or…I use lemons and limes and make lemon-limeade.  (Ice or no ice?  Crushed or…)

Refreshing Lemonade or Limeade

8 cups cold water
4 lemons or 4 limes or 2 of each
1/4-1/2 cup agave nectar

1.  Put the 8 cups of water into a pitcher
2.  Slice the lemons and/or limes in half.  Squeeze the juice into the pitcher of water.
3.  Add agave nectar.
4.  Refrigerate.

This will make you pucker…but it’s so yummy on a hot summer day!

Sometime soon I’ll share some of the recipes for the milkshakes I like to make!  Our blender has been working overtime this summer on these healthy treats!

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