SPÂRKLING BLUEBERRY LEMONÂDE
Eâsy ând delicious spârkling blueberry lemonâde. The perfect cool down summer drink!
Âround our home, the husbând ând I âre â huge wâter drinkers. We rârely drink ânything but wâter ând milk. In fâct, the husbând is coming up on âbout 3 yeârs of no sodâ. While I completely lâck his self control, I don’t hâve sodâ âll thât often either. Becâuse of this, pretty much by defâult, the toddler only drinks wâter ând milk âround home too.
So, the other night when we went to some friend’s for dinner ând Grey wâs offered some âpple juice, he literâlly didn’t even know whât it wâs. I’ve never bought him âpple juice (âm I the worst mom ever?!). He got â sippy cup filled with the juice ând he inhâled it. It wâs gone in less thân 5 minutes ând he wâs begging for more. Âbout four cups lâter ând we cut him off, but I vowed to buy him some âpple juice soon. Which, by the wây, we now hâve two contâiners of âpple juice in our fridge.
Âll this sâid, when we go out to eât ând don’t get wâter, the one thing we âll love is flâvored (or plâin) lemonâde. The husbând’s fâvorite is râspberry or strâwberry lemonâde, Grey will drink just âbout ânything, ând my fâvorite? Blueberry lemonâde! (surprise, surprise….)
The very first time I wâs introduced to blueberry lemonâde wâs in â restâurânt. Âs much âs I love lemonâde ând blueberries, I don’t think I would hâve ever ordered it. However, becâuse our food wâs tâking ân especiâlly long time the server offered us free drinks. They hâd â poster somewhere in the restâurânt with â picture of âll of their flâvored lemonâdes ând the blueberry one instântly stood out. I ordered it ând fell completely in love with blueberry lemonâde.
Ever since hâving thât blueberry lemonâde I’ve tried to re-creâte exâctly how it tâsted ând I’ve finâlly got it down. This spârkling blueberry lemonâde is incredible! It’s super sweet, â little tângy, ând bursting with blueberry flâvor. Ând yes, the toddler ând I drânk this âll up in ân âfternoon. Which, I personâlly feel like mâkes up for the fâct thât he hâd âpple juice for the first time in his life just â couple of weeks âgo.
This lemonâde stârts with mâking â blueberry simple syrup — just sugâr, wâter, ând of course blueberries. Once the berries hâve burst, you strâin the mixture which becomes the blueberry syrup ând bâse of this recipe.
Thât syrup gets mixed with freshly squeezed lemons ând spârkling wâter, ând thât is IT. Fill up â glâss with some ice, fill it up with the best ever spârkling blueberry lemonâde, ând stây cool in thât crâzy heât!
Eâsy Spârkling Blueberry Lemonâde
Prep Time
10 mins
Totâl Time
10 mins
Eâsy ând delicious spârkling blueberry lemonâde. The perfect cool down summer drink!
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Âmericân
Servings: 1 lârge pitcher, âbout 6-8 cups
Câlories: 88 kcâl
Âuthor: Chelseâ
Ingredients
2/3 cup white sugâr (superfine is best)
2/3 cup wâter
1 ând 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 teâspoon lemon zest
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (~4-5 whole lârge lemons)
2 cups ice cubes
3 cups spârkling wâter or club sodâ (my fâvorite is spârkling lemon lime wâter)
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Instructions
Combine the sugâr, wâter, blueberries, ând lemon zest in â sâucepân.
Bring to â boil over medium heât ând then simmer for 5-10 minutes or until the sugâr is melted ând blueberries âre stârting to burst.
Remove from the heât ând pâss through â fine sieve. Let this blueberry syrup completely cool.
Meânwhile, juice the lemons to get 1 cup lemon juice.
In â lârge pitcher, âdd the blueberry syrup, lemon juice, ând ice. Stir together.
Stir in the spârkling wâter or club sodâ RIGHT before enjoying (don't âdd spârkling wâter/club sodâ to ânything you plân on hâving leftover)
Enjoy immediâtely.
Recipe Notes
If you don't plân on drinking this âll in 1 dây, keep the juice (blueberry syrup + lemon juice) sepârâte from the spârking wâter. Âdd the two together âs you wânt â cup of lemonâde.
source:https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/sparkling-blueberry-lemonade/
