Lavender Lemonade is so refreshing and the flavor is crazy good! If you haven't used fresh lavender in recipes, this is a great way to start.
My younger daughter, Jess, absolutely loves plants, so this Easter I decided to pick her up a few.
I usually make Easter baskets for my girls, but now that one is in college in Canada and Jess is turning 18 this summer, I thought this might be the year to stop.
After all, we are all trying to eat healthier, so we don’t need a bunch of chocolate and Peeps in the house anyway!
Jess has been telling me about a couple of recipes she wanted to make with fresh Lavender, so I headed to my local gardening store and picked up a few plants, a new planter, and a big bag of soil.
I knew nothing would make her happier.
She got to work right away.
Having her hands in the dirt is really her happy place.
This girl is all about using the plants she grows so we decided to make the Lavender Lemonade that she had been telling me about.
What You Need
This lemonade is easy to make, but it does have a few steps before you'll be able to sit out in the warm sun sipping it!
Gather your ingredients to make Lavender Lemonade. You'll need Meyer lemons, honey, fresh lavender, water and ice.
Directions
Bring half (1 ½ cups) water to boil in a small saucepan
Remove from heat and stir in honey to dissolve
Crush Lavender
Stir lavender into honey water and let steep at least 30 minutes to several hours.
Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Discard lavender.
Pour the Lavender Meyer Lemonade into a jar, adding lemon juice and remainder of water. Stir well.
Serve over ice with a slice of Meyer Lemon and enjoy! Pin for later!
Let me tell you, when you have a kid who loves plants and gardening, you have to get used to the dirt ending up everywhere.
I guess she forgot she had dirty hands when she scratched her face!
And those jeans will need some extra help getting clean!
This girl of mine will be heading off to college on a new adventure soon, and I am treasuring these memories (and taking lots of photos!) I don't want to let the fear of her ruining those jeans get in the way of our fun.
I want to get a little more fun out of every day while my girl is still home! This Lavender Lemonade was a fun project for us to do together.
Lavender Lemonade
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3 Meyer Lemons
- ¾ cup Honey
- ⅛ crushed fresh lavender
- 3 cups Water
Instructions
Directions
- Bring half (1 ½ cups) water to boil in a small saucepan.
- Remove from heat and stir in honey to dissolve.
- Crush lavender.
- Stir lavender into honey water and let steep at least 30 minutes to several hours.
- Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Discard lavender.
- Pour mixture into a jar, adding lemon juice and remainder of water. Stir well.
- Serve over ice with a slice of Meyer Lemon and enjoy!
Nutrition
No, you can use any lemons. We did like the flavor of the Meyer lemons, but they can be hard to find sometimes.
Yes, you can use any sweetener of your choice.
Sarah Hall
I usually plant some onion sets, a couple of tomato plants and maybe some peas. I have a small garden.
Elena
I am going to plant tomatoes and hers
Rosie
I don't have a yard. I have planted herbs in a friend's garden, it was so much fun, maybe I can do it this year, too. A little too early yet.
Sarah Hayes
we are planning on getting outside a lot more
Elle
Nothing yet but tomato plants and some herbs and flowers soon.
Jessica To
I want to plant some marigolds.
Kelly D
We have planted herbs and some flowers.
Stephanie
i plan on planting tomatoes,
Lauren
I am planting zucchini.
mami2jcn
I would like to plant roses.
Leigh Anne Borders
We just went to Home Depot yesterday and bought tomato plants to plant. The spring is the best time to get good deals.
Julie Wood
I am planting tomatoes, flowers soon. I love planting my petunias and hanging baskets this time of year!
Janet W.
I planted some petunias a few days ago!
Nancy Loring
It is still to cold here at night to plant anything yet but I have been getting the soil turned up and getting out all of the rocks which seem to come back every year.
Anita L
We are planting a garden this year that will include tomatoes, corn, beans, cucumbers and more. We will also be planting flowers!
Lisa Brown
I have planted tulips