It seems everyone is fighting a virus this season, and it's makes me feel better to be proactive with my family's health. We wash our hands, avoid refined sugar, drink lots of tea and up our intake of vitamin D and C! Even the baby knows how to tip up his chin and stick out his tongue to get a drop of vit D before bed. A fun way to get more vitamin C for the whole family is a packet of Emergen-C, but those packets are incredibly expensive, sugary and have some sketchy ingredients. You can make it better at home, for pennies a glass. I looked online for a similar recipe to share with friends but was surprised that I couldn't find one, so here's a quick one for reference. Everyone here drinks one or two glasses a day. Start with one to be sure you don't experience a laxative effect.
My basic base recipe is 1 part baking soda, 1 part stevia, 2 parts ascorbic acid.
Once you have your base made, measure out a rounded 1/4 tsp into an 8 oz glass
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| ~pink lemonade base~ |
Add 1T lemon juice and a little warm water
~organic lemon juice~
It will fizz and when the fizzing dies down just fill it the rest of the way with ice water.
This basic recipe is so simple and tasty that everyone loves it, and even the kindergartener makes his own, which is helpful for me!
I recently adjusted the basic recipe to squeeze even more nutrients into it. Whole foods have complex structures and endless components that help the body utilize the nutrients within them. The use of fresh lemon juice makes this vitamin C drink far superior to the packets to begin with, but I added powdered lemon peel and beet root powder to help round it out even more. Both are high in vitamins and beet root is very nutrient dense. Makes a pretty pink lemonade, too! Sometime I hope to try powdering some freeze dried strawberries to add in-sounds delicious!
~ The ratios for the pink lemonade are 4 parts basic base, 1 part beet root powder, 1 part powdered lemon peel. ~
You will want to just use a little extra base powder than usual for your lemonade. To good health!
Update: Be sure to store your mix in an airtight container bc if it is exposed to moisture it will harden and become difficult to scoop out!
