Citrus Lemonade
with Mint
(2 votes)
(2 votes)
Health Score:
79 / 100
Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
30 min.
Preparation
ready in 12 h. 30 min.
Ready in
Calories:
577
calories
Calories
Nutritional values
1 <none> contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 577 cal. | (27 %) | ||
| Protein | 1 g | (1 %) | ||
| Fat | 3 g | (3 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 126 g | (84 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 112 g | (448 %) | ||
| Roughage | 1.5 g | (5 %) |
more nutritional values
| Vitamin A | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin D | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin E | 1 mg | (8 %) | ||
| Vitamin K | 3.3 μg | (6 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁ | 0.1 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₂ | 0 mg | (0 %) | ||
| Niacin | 0.5 mg | (4 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₆ | 0.1 mg | (7 %) | ||
| Folate | 15 μg | (5 %) | ||
| Pantothenic acid | 0.5 mg | (8 %) | ||
| Biotin | 1 μg | (2 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁₂ | 0 μg | (0 %) | ||
| Vitamin C | 91 mg | (96 %) | ||
| Potassium | 275 mg | (7 %) | ||
| Calcium | 32 mg | (3 %) | ||
| Magnesium | 49 mg | (16 %) | ||
| Iron | 1.3 mg | (9 %) | ||
| Iodine | 2 μg | (1 %) | ||
| Zinc | 0.3 mg | (4 %) | ||
| Saturated fatty acids | 0.5 g | |||
| Uric acid | 45 mg | |||
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |||
| Complete sugar | 125 g |
Author of this recipe:
EAT-SMARTER
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Ingredients
for
1
- Ingredients
- 6 Tbsps lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
- 6 Tbsps Lime juice (from 3 limes)
- 1 sprig mint
- 4 ozs sugar
- 1 organic lemon
- 1 organic Lime
- 8 Ice cubes
Preparation steps
1.
Add the lemon and lime juice to a bowl. Mix in 18 ounces of cold water and the mint. Cover, and let sit overnight.
Mix the sugar and approximately 4 ounces of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes, and let cool. Pass the citrus juice mixture through a fine strainer into a pitcher. Mix in the sugar syrup, and stir to combine.
Rinse the organic lemon and lime in hot water, and cut into wedges. Add the lemon wedges, lime wedges, and ice cubes to the pitcher and serve immediately. Garnish with mint is desired.
