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DIY: COOL LEMONADE Here’s an easy recipe for a cool and sweet summertime treat! Words by Erin Sullivan of the Orange County Library System
Nothing says summer like the tart-butsweet taste of delicious lemonade. Store-bought lemonade is OK, but making fresh lemonade is an easy and fun activity you can do at home. It doesn’t take any special cooking skills or tools. Try this recipe from our friends at the Orange County Library System’s Cuisine Corner Jr. program, and you’ll be quenching your thirst with fresh lemonade all summer long! Kitchen tools needed:
Ingredients:
• Juice pitcher • Large stirring spoon
• 1 ½ cups of freshsqueezed lemon juice
• Napkins
• ¼ cup of sugar
• Knife
• 5 cups of water
• Cutting board
• 6 lemons
Directions:
The Orange County Library System’s annual Summer Reading Program is going virtual for 2020! The library will offer programs for kids and adults of all ages through Zoom, YouTube and other virtual platforms. To find out more about library programs available online, visit ocls.info.
Slice the lemons in thin rounds and then in half so they look like half-moons. Mix the measurements of each ingredient in a large pitcher and stir until the sugar is dissolved. You can add more sugar to this recipe to sweeten to your taste or try adding ½ cup of honey to your recipe for a delicious variation. Recipe makes 10–12 cups of lemonade. After you’ve mastered the recipe for regular lemonade, you can experiment by adding your favorite fruits or flavors for variety.
Lemonade Stand FOR A CAUSE By Kerrie McLoughlin
Create Watermelon Lemonade by adding one cup of watermelon diced or muddle into your recipe.
For Hawaiian Punch Lemonade, add a ½ cup of fruit punch soda and three fresh lemon slices.
To make a Sparkling Mint Lemonade, add ¼ cup of chopped mint, ¼ cup of simple syrup and 1 cup of sparkling water.
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) was started in 2000 by Alex Scott, who was diagnosed with childhood cancer when she wasn’t even one year old. When she was four, she set up a lemonade stand to donate the money to help find a cure. Soon, others around the country were also setting up stands to raise money as well. Alex died at the age of eight, but her lemonade stand legacy has raised over $200 million for childhood cancer research and more. If you want to get your kids involved, visit alexslemonade.org to register your stand, and they’ll send you a packet of materials to make your fundraiser a success. This year's lemonade stand days are August 1-9, 2020.
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