Lemonade

There's usually three kinds of drinks in my fridge- water, milk-he/soy-me, and lemonade. Recently our power was out for four days and consequently, the food in our fridge and freezer got warm. But it kind of was a blessing in disguise because I cleaned out the fridge and decided that from now on, packaged food would be kept to a minimum in our house. What I can make, I make. What I can't I'll try my darnedest to get as waste free as possible. First thing I was asked to get at the store was lemonade, Newman's Own to be exact. After thinking about what goes in lemonade I figured it couldn't be too hard. Making it myself meant not having to recycle a container in the first place, and that felt good. I know not one container makes a dent in the grand scheme of things, but I'm going to continue to make it here in my kitchen and create one less demand for packaged lemonade at my local Safeway. 

Sorry, Safeway. :(

I bought about 10 lemons, not knowing exactly how much I'd need.

I looked up a ratio of lemon juice, sugar, and water and it said

1 cup lemon juice

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

Heat the water and sugar in a pot on medium heat until dissolved, then add the one cup of water and mix. Put in whatever container you're going to store it in and start adding water. I originally mixed in the

4 cups water

but found it rather strong, and I love strong lemonade. I probably added another cup of water to my taste, so feel free to play around with it. I also recommend adding smushed strawberries or other fruit-be creative!

I didn't have many pictures because after hand squeezing 10 lemons, the rest was a piece of cake!