Minty Lemon-Orangeade
Did you know you can grow mint in a pond? That's mint, in the left bottom corner of this picture. Right next to my cute little ice bucket.
Anyhoo . . .
A refreshing punch to use up some of that mint, and a handful of those lemons that just might be proliferating in your neck of the woods:
MINTY LEMON-ORANGEADE
2 1/2 c. water
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. fresh mint leaves, crushed
1 t. grated orange peel
2 c. orange juice
1 1/4 c. lemon juice
Ginger ale or club soda
In medium saucepan, heat water and sugar until boiling. Pour over mint leaves. Add orange peel, orange juice, and lemon juice. Cover and let steep at room temperature for at least one hour. Strain out mint and orange peel. Before serving, put ice in glass; pour in about 1/3 c. of juice mixture , add ginger ale or club soda, and stir.
In medium saucepan, heat water and sugar until boiling. Pour over mint leaves. Add orange peel, orange juice, and lemon juice. Cover and let steep at room temperature for at least one hour. Strain out mint and orange peel. Before serving, put ice in glass; pour in about 1/3 c. of juice mixture , add ginger ale or club soda, and stir.
Labels: fruits
posted by Lynn at
2:22 PM
6 Comments:
This sounds really good. My daughter recently served lemon-limeade infused with mint and I really loved it. So refreshing.
I love growing mint! And if you're still overrun with lemons, feel free to ship some our way;)
I made a couple of your desserts for a grad. christian fellowship meeting and they were proclaimed wonderful.
I'm so glad you tried my Strawberry Julius recipe and liked it. It is one of my favorites and I think it tastes just like the real thing. Your blog is making me hungry and I'm going to add your potato cheddar soup to my meal line up this month.
Hugs,
Nancy
This is so tasty and I like that little ice bucket. Quite cute and pretty.
I'm very glad you stopped by my blog to introduce yourself. I was looking through your archives and you have a great blog. I look forward to your chocolate recipes for the chocolate roundup.
I'm adding you to my sidebar blog list right now!
Berji's Domain, I'm so glad the desserts went over well :) Gotta love those desserts.
DarcyLee, Nancy Jacobs Basketmaker, and Joy, thanks for stopping by. I love visitors, and I love to talk about food! It's almost iced tea weather and I can't wait to use my mint in that. Yum.
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