Whip up a glass of freshly squeezed single serving lemonade in under 5 minutes with just a few ingredients! With just a cup of lemonade, there’s no sharing required!
Upon arriving home from vacation and looking into an empty fridge, I found three sources of substance. Leftover lemon cookies, sandwich bread, and 1 lemon.
And since I spent way too much money on eating out while on vacation, I decided it was time to get creative. So I whipped up a peanut butter sandwich, glass of lemonade, and topped it all off with a few bites of a leftover sugar cookie.
Ingredients to Make a Glass of Lemonade:
- Lemon
- Water
- Sugar
No big pitcher or premade mix required, just some good ol’ water, sugar, and lemon juice to make a nice and refreshing glass of lemonade. The perfect drink to soothe a sore throat on a 90 degree day.
How to Make Lemonade with Lemon Juice
- Step 1: Cut the lemon in half and squeeze over a bowl. If you have a lemon squeezer tool, this typically works best to get all the juice out but using your hands is just fine.
- Step 2: Remove any seeds that may have landed in the bowl during squeezing.
- Step 3: Heat 1/4 cup of water in the microwave (or if your faucet gets super hot, this works too). Once hot, stir in sugar until dissolved. (If you were to just stir the sugar in cold water, it would be grainy.)
- Step 4: Add cold water and lemon juice, stir, top with ice, and you’ve got yourself a freshly squeezed glass of lemonade!
How many lemons does it take to make a glass of lemonade?
It only takes about 1 large lemon to make a glass of lemonade.
Single Serving Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Whip up a glass of freshly squeezed single serving lemonade in under 5 minutes with just a few ingredients! With just a cup of lemonade, there’s no sharing required!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 3 Tablespoons FRESH Lemon Juice About 1 large lemon or 2 small
- Lots of ice!
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Instructions
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In a large cup, stir the hot water and sugar together until dissolved. (For a less sweet drink, start with 1.5 tablespoons of sugar and add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon at the end if you want it sweeter.) For lemons that are more tart, you may need to add a little more sugar.
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Add in cold water and lemon juice, then mix.
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Top with ice!
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Recipe Notes
Depending on the tartness of the lemons you’re using, you may need to add a little more sugar.
Nutrition
With summer pretty much here (how is tomorrow June?!), I anticipate lots of lemonade in my future. As a wise ol’ man once said, “Where there is heat, there shall be lemonade…”
Throwing a summer lemonade party? Check out more ideas below!
Ileana says
YUMMY! this tastes like the lemonade at the fair and the zoo and i LOVE it! Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Melissa says
Yay! So glad you loved it, Ilena! You reminded me I need to make a glass of this asap!
PhillyClaire says
So convenient for me to make a single serving. I put a glass with the water and sugar in the microwave for 1 minute. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Perfect every time.
Melissa says
So glad you loved it! Thank you for taking the time to leave me a review – it helps my small biz so much & I really appreciate it!
Amy says
This recipe is fantastic!!! Perfect combination of sweet and a bit sour.
Melissa says
I’m so glad you loved it, Amy! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review!
morgan says
really good lemonade! i added more lemon juice because i like my lemonade more tart, but other than that its a great recipe.
Mia says
So good thank you for the recipe super easy also
Melissa says
So glad you love it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review – I appreciate it so much!
kaitlyn says
i made this and it is absolutely AMAZING. i did put a little extra sugar & lemon juice in mine. so yummy
Melissa says
I’m so glad you love it, Kaitlyn! Thanks for taking the time to drop me a message!
Brooke says
I make this often and love it :)
Maddie says
AMAZING KEEP POSTING IDEAS
Debra Simons says
Yummy fresh squeezed lemonade
Dawn says
this lemonade was so yummy 10/10
Melissa says
So glad you loved it, Dawn! Thanks for leaving a review!