Fresh Squeezed Lemonade and Lemon Slushies

There’s nothing more refreshing than lemonade on a spring or summer day. Jazz it up with colored ice cubes made from juice, and add a lemon slice for extra zing.

ingredients

6 large lemons-juiced
2/3 cup sugar
5 cups water
1 cup ice

directions

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Slushies
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Mix ice and lemon juice in blender until slushy. Pour slush into pitcher. Add water and sugar, serve in fun glasses on ice.
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Just lemonade
4
Pour sugar into pitcher. Add lemon juice and water. Stir until blended. Add more sugar (if needed) to taste. Serve on ice.
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Variation: Strawberry Lemonade
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either add 1 cup sliced strawberries to blender, or blend them up first and add to sugar, lemon juice and water mixture.