Homemade lemonade in 7 easy steps

Fresh homemade lemonade is the perfect summertime drink and it’s easy to make too.

Here’s a recipe for you to try in 7 simple steps.

Ingredients
1 lemon
1 tablespoon sugar
2 and a half cups (20 fluid ounces) water

How to make
1.  Wash the lemon and using a vegetable peeler, peel off the rind – take care to avoid the pith – the white bit.

2.  Put one and a quarter cups (10 fluid ounces) of water, the lemon rind and the sugar in a saucepan.

3.  Boil gently to extract the lemony flavor and color.

4.  Allow to cool.  Then strain into a nice pitcher.

5.  Squeeze the lemon.  Then pour the juice into the pitcher through the strainer.

6.  Pour the remaining one and a quarter cups (10 fluid ounces) of water through the strainer into the pitcher.

7.  Serve over ice; sit down, relax, and enjoy a glass or two of deliciously refreshing homemade lemonade.