Name: Homemade Traditional Lemonade
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 12 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 g caster sugar; 6 lemons; 2.5 pints boiling water

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I absolutely love a glass of cool, refreshing homemade traditional lemonade on a hot day. This is a really easy, no cook and make ahead traditional lemonade recipe which should keep you supplied with deliciousness on those hot summer days.

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Simple Ingredients

This recipe only has three simple ingredients, lemons, sugar and water. No added nasties that you might find in shop bought lemonade. Lemon juice is full of vitamin C so, although this drink will give you a bit of a sugar hit, it does have some goodness in there too! There are no artificial colours or preservatives so it's great recipe if you are looking to consume more natural foods.

Make ahead

Nothing beats this traditional homemade lemonade recipe. This favourite recipe of mine is courtesy of Delia Smith. It's so easy to do and totally delicious. You just need to be prepared and start making it the evening before ideally. This works out well for me, I don't need to spend a hot day in the kitchen cooking up lemonade, it's really easy to make a batch in the evening when I'm boiling the kettle for my evening drink and whip up a batch of this to keep overnight in the fridge until the morning. It's perfect for a summer's day or any day in my opinion! The children absolutely love it - and it's great to serve to friends in the garden over some ice and a slice of lemon.