Cucumber Basil Lemonade

I decided to take a new approach to my juicing obsession this week. While its a little less healthy than ususal {I had to use almost a cup of sugar} it is the perfect summer time drink – and I am pretty sure it could also be turned into the perfect summer time cocktail. If you don’t have a high tech juicer you can still easily achieve a similar result by hand juicing lemons with something like this and then double the cucumbers that you soak. This definitely could be a Memorial Day weekend by the pool kind of drink-enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 3/4 cup of water, to boil
• 1/ 1/2 cups of fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 – 1/2 cup of fresh cucumber juice
• 3 cups of cold water
• Basil, for garnish
• 1 lemon sliced, for garnish
• 1 cucumber sliced, for garnish

Directions

1. Over medium heat dissolve sugar into 3/4 cup of water.
2. Juice roughly 6-8 lemos for fresh lemon juice and 1 cucumber for fresh cucumber juice.
3. Combine juiced mixture with sugar water in a pitcher with ice.
4. Add 2 cups of cold water and cucumber and lemon slices.
5. Let soak for 30 minutes and then pour over ice.
6. Add basil for garnish and enjoy!

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