Country Thyme Lemonade

If you have around 25 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Country Thyme Lemonade might be an amazing gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly recipe to try. This recipe serves 6 and costs 66 cents per serving. One serving contains 160 calories, 0g of protein, and 0g of fat. If you have water, sugar, lemon thyme, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Many people really liked this side dish. 154 people have tried and liked this recipe. It is brought to you by MotherThyme.com. Overall, this recipe earns a not so super spoonacular score of 21%. Try Thyme Country Style Biscuits, Country terrine with black pepper & thyme, and Strawberry Thyme Lemonade for similar recipes.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 10 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1- 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries

1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 6 lemons)

5 sprigs of fresh thyme or lemon thyme plus 10 additional sprigs

1 cup sugar

1 cup water plus 4 cups water

Equipment:

sauce pan

kitchen twine

Cooking instruction summary:

In a small saucepan add sugar and 1 cup of water. Wrap 5 sprigs of fresh thyme in bakers twine and place in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Once cooled, discard thyme. Add lemon juice and 4 cups of water to a medium pitcher. Stir in cooled mixture. Pour over ice or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.Muddle a handful of blueberries (about 1/4 cup or depending on size of serving glass) and a few sprigs of thyme in a serving glass. Fill glass with ice. Pour in prepared lemonade. Garnish with a few sprigs of thyme and serve.

 

Step by step:


1. In a small saucepan add sugar and 1 cup of water. Wrap 5 sprigs of fresh thyme in bakers twine and place in saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is completely dissolved.

2. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Once cooled, discard thyme.

3. Add lemon juice and 4 cups of water to a medium pitcher. Stir in cooled mixture.

4. Pour over ice or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.Muddle a handful of blueberries (about 1/4 cup or depending on size of serving glass) and a few sprigs of thyme in a serving glass. Fill glass with ice.

5. Pour in prepared lemonade.

6. Garnish with a few sprigs of thyme and serve.


Nutrition Information:

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159k Calories
0.46g Protein
0.23g Total Fat
41g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
159k
8%

Fat
0.23g
0%

  Saturated Fat
0.03g
0%

Carbohydrates
41g
14%

  Sugar
37g
42%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
3mg
0%

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Protein
0.46g
1%

Vitamin C
20mg
25%

Manganese
0.14mg
7%

Vitamin K
7µg
7%

Fiber
1g
5%

Folate
10µg
3%

Potassium
76mg
2%

Copper
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.03mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.27mg
2%

Iron
0.3mg
2%

Magnesium
6mg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.02mg
2%

Vitamin A
62IU
1%

Vitamin B3
0.21mg
1%

Vitamin B5
0.1mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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