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Bright Refreshing Pink Lemonade

June 26, 2014 by Robin 2 Comments

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Bright Refreshing Pink Lemonade – a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? 

Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? 

Do you know how flamingos get their color? I was asked this question the other day and I surprised myself as well as the person asking the question when I came up with the right answer. – They get their color from eating shrimp.

So here’s my question to you, Do you know where pink lemonade gets its color? A good pink lemonade gets it’s color from a syrup made from berries.

Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? I used to wonder what made pink lemonade pink, because I’d never seen a pink lemon and I lived in California where you can find the strangest fruit. After a little research I discovered that pink lemonade is just lemonade with a little color added.

A number of the pink lemonade recipes that I found called for red food coloring. Why would you use food coloring when you can use the beautiful red color found in raspberries or even strawberries. Plus wouldn’t it make the lemonade taste better with another layer of flavor.

Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? I didn’t realize how much I missed having my own lemon tree until I had to pay $0.49/lemon. I wonder if it’s possible to grow a lemon tree in West Virginia. Looks like I have a new research project.

Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? I had the kids squeeze the lemons for me. It’s amazing how the simplest tasks can bring so much joy. I wish that they found that much pleasure cleaning their rooms.

Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? Be sure that you strain the lemon juice and the berries before mixing up the lemonade. There’s nothing worse than taking a drink and getting a mouth full of seeds.

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Author: Robin | Fluster Buster
Recipe type: Drinks
Yields: 2 quarts
Ingredients
  • 1 cup raspberries or strawberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6¾ cups water
  • ¾ cup lemon juice (4-5 lemons)
  • 1 lemon for garnish, thinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan, bring berries, sugar and ¾ cup water to a boil over medium-high heat. Continue to boil until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
  2. Reduce heat and simmer until the berries begin to fall apart.
  3. Remove from heat and strain, pushing all of the liquid out of the berries with a spatula. Refrigerate the liquid and discard solids.
  4. Once the syrup has cooled stir together the syrup, water and lemon juice in a 2-qt pitcher. Refrigerate.
  5. Serve over ice with lemon slices.
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Pink Flamingo Lemonade - a sweet and slightly tart summer beverage to refresh your thirst on a hot summer day. Ever wonder what makes the lemonade pink? 

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