| So, I like picnics. And by "like," I mean "love." There is just something so peaceful about being outside, feeling at one with nature when you are eating a snack. It's nice to unplug from eating in front of a television screen; plus, eating outside once in a while helps you to truly appreciate your food rather than just scarfing it down. Kool aid and other sugary drinks are the Big Daddy of picnic drinks, but surely there is a way to have a picnic beverage that is more, say, "adult?" The solution? Tropical lemonade! Sweet enough to satisfy the choosiest child (or child at heart), this lemonade recipe is sure to please everyone in your picnic party. Ingredients:
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Directions:
Bonus Tips:
- When serving, use Mason jars as cups.
- Freeze the leftover lemonade in an ice cube trays for a refreshing, cool treat that is great in Ginger Ale and other beverages.
- Take your mango slices and put them in a skillet with a teaspoon or so of water (no oil or cooking spray required). Cook the slices on low-medium heat, stirring the mango pieces until they soften up and some of their juice starts to come out. This should take around 10-20 minutes.
- Remove the mango from the heat.
- Put the warm mango slices in a blender, blending the mango until it is a smooth liquid. Set this liquid aside for a moment.
- Mix the water, lemon juice, lime juice, and vanilla extract together, stirring until they are combined.
- Now, mix the mango "juice" with the sugarless lemonade liquid that you just created.
- Slowly add the sugar into the liquid, tasting as you go until the lemonade is sweet enough.
- Pop your tropical lemonade into the fridge and keep cool until serving.
Bonus Tips:
- When serving, use Mason jars as cups.
- Freeze the leftover lemonade in an ice cube trays for a refreshing, cool treat that is great in Ginger Ale and other beverages.