Lemonade Syrup (Sugarless) from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Lemonade Syrup (Sugarless) Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

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Recipe Instructions:

1 Cup Lemon juice (5-6 lemons)

1/2 Cup Water

1 Zest from 1 lemon

Equivalent artificial -- sweetner to equal 1 1/2 cup sugar.

NON SUGAR RECIPE Prep time: 10 minutes It's worth squeezing the lemons for
this concentrate. Keep it bottled in the refrigerator as an instant mix for
long refreshing
coolers in summertime and for piping hot drinks in the winter. With a
vegetable peeler or sharp knife, peel yellow rind from lemon in thin strips.
In a saucepan, combine rind, juice and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat
and simmer about 3 minutes. Cool, strain and stir in sweetener. Store in
glass jar or bottle in refrigerator.

TO MAKE; Mix 1 tbsp. syrup to 1 cup water.

Makes 1-1/2 cup concentrate, enough for 25 drinks.

Each serving: 1 tbsp = 1 g carbo, 4 calories

VARIATIONS: LEMON-LIMEADE Replace 1/2 cup of the lemon juice with lime juice.

LEMONADE DRINKS: Lemonade: For each glass of lemonade, combine 1 tbsp syrup
with 1 cup ice water. Add an ice cube or two if desired.

HOT LEMONADE: Place 1 tbsp syrup in cup and add hot water.

LEMON TEA: For each cup, place 2 tsp. syrup in tea cup. Pour over 3/4 cup
weak tea.

ICED LEMON TEA: For each glass, place 1 tbsp syrup in glass. Add 2-3 ice
cubes and
metal spoon. Pour weak tea over spoon. Stir. Add more ice, if desired.

Garnish with thin lemon slice.

SOURCE: Light and Easy Choices, by Kay Spicer. Produced in assoc with the
Canadian
and Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Shared by: Sharon Stevens.

Servings: 25

When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress

~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).

 

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