Fizzy Cucumber Lemonade

By SpartyGreenMom

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cucumber
• 1 cup lemon juice (or about 4 lemons)
• 6 cups soda water

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from organicauthority.com

Preparation

Step 1

Make a simple syrup to serve as the sweetener for the drink. Pour the water and sugar into a saucepan and heat the mixture on medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

2. Chop the cucumber into small pieces. Use a blender or food processor to transform the mixture into a puree. Push the mixture through a fine strainer into a pitcher.

3. Add the lemon juice, simple syrup and soda water to the mixture. Give it a good stir.

4. Serve over ice and garnish with a cucumber slice. Mmm delish. The cucumber refreshes and gives the drink a grown-up twist on classic lemonade. The lemon juice adds tang, while the soda water gives that effervescent quality we so crave from soda pop.