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