This lemonade tastes so good on a hot summer day. With the addition of a little bit of salt, it becomes a thirst quenching electrolyte drink that will help you stay hydrated!
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I love summer! It is such a fun time of the year. I love going on summer evening walks, watching my kids catch frogs and turtles, and seeing the fireflies!
Ever since moving here a year ago, I have come to love summer time more than before! There is just something about all the beauty of the flourishing life around me that awakens my soul and brings me great joy!
Since many of my favorite pastimes are outside during the summer, it’s important to stay hydrated, especially since I’m a breastfeeding mama. In addition, my husband has to stay hydrated because he works hard in the heat maintaining our land. What better way, then to have a good refreshing beverage that will help us all stay hydrated!
He loves sweet tea and I love making it, I’ll be sharing my recipe for that soon! But a family friendly drink that we all enjoy is this lemonade! With the addition of a little bit of salt, it becomes a hydrating drink and in our opinion, makes the finished result a more complete flavor!
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The Benefits of Adding Salt
Salt has gotten a bad name in the health food scene. However, much has been said of its importance and invaluable role in our health and wellbeing.
Not to mention, its flavor enhancing skills!
Salt, real salt, contains more than just sodium. It contains potassium, calcium, and magnesium.1 These minerals are all integral and crucial for our cells to function efficiently.
So, we know we need sodium, but what does that have to do with hydration? Well funny you should ask, that’s my next paragraph!
Sodium is absorbed via the intestines. It always brings water with it! It’s has to, to keep the osmotic gradient balanced. Once absorbed through the intestines it ends up in our blood, thus hydrating our entire body!
Without the presence of sodium (or not enough of it), plasma, the fluid component of blood, and the fluid in the body’s cells would lose their water. This would lead to dehydration and low blood pressure.2
So we can see that sodium isn’t a bad guy after all! Of course, the problem never was salt, but rather the overconsumption coupled with the lack of quality and highly processed foods.
But that’s another conversation.
I want to make a quick note that consuming too much salt, for example ocean water, will cause dehydration because the salt ratio is too high and will pull the water out from the cells. So it’s important to balance your salt intake and of course, never drink ocean water.
Now we know that when our bodies are dehydrated, the quickest way to get water to our cells is by adding a *PINCH* of salt to our water. It is best practice to use a quality salt that hasn’t been stripped of its natural minerals. Our family uses Redmond’s real salt it’s sourced and manufactured in America.
In our experience, and with feedback from others, adding a quality salt to the lemonade made it taste less tart. One fan even said it was the best lemonade he had ever tasted!
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How to Make Lemonade
This recipe is so easy, and your kids will love getting involved to help make it!
Tools Used
Juicer – If you are making a lot, this saves you so much time. I have been using my juicer for years and still love it to this day. You can find it here on amazon.
Ingredients
- Lemons – Organic is best.
- Powdered Sugar – You could use regular sugar but it takes longer to dissolve into the lemonade. I make my own powdered sugar using my blender since buying organic powder sugar is expensive.
- Real Salt or Himalayan salt – Adding salt to your lemonade turns it into an electrolyte drink. This helps with the absorption of water into your cells, helping you to get and stay hydrated longer.
- Water – I recommend filtered or well water.
Steps for making lemonade
- I recommend cleaning your lemons in a water/vinegar bath for 10 minutes.
- Rinse, slice long ways into quarters, and peel the lemons to prepare for the juicer. If you are squeezing them by hand don’t slice into quarters or peel, instead slice in half and juice on your hand press.
- Pour lemon juice into your container.
- Add salt and powdered sugar to the lemon juice and mix until fully combined.
- Once fully combined, add water and mix well.
- Refrigerate to cool or serve immediately over ice!
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Lemonade Stand Ratios By The Gallon
If you are here because you read my article about doing a lemonade stand with your kids, then you are in luck! Below are the ratios for different amounts of lemonade already math-ed out for you! If you’re interested in some baked good recipes that have done well at our lemonade stand try these einkorn chocolate chip cookies recipe or this einkorn banana bread recipe to sell by the slice!
14 cups of finished lemonade = about 1 gallon (16 cups)
- 3 cups lemon juice
- 3 cups (360g) powdered sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 10 cups water
28 cups of finished lemonade = 1¾ gallons (28 cups)
- 6 cups lemon juice
- 6 cups (720g) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 20 cups water
42 cups of finished lemonade = about 2½ gallons (40 cups)
- 9 cups lemon juice
- 9 cups (1080g) powdered sugar
- 1½ tsp salt
- 30 cups water
56 cups of finished lemonade = 3½ gallons (56 cups)
- 12 cups lemon juice
- 12 cups (1440g) powdered sugar
- 2 tsp salt
- 40 cups water
Let me know in the comments if you will start adding salt to your lemonade!
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 4:14
Lemonade made with Electrolytes
Equipment
- Juicer recommended
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups lemon juice (this is about 5 large lemons)
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 5 cups water
Instructions
- Clean your lemons in a water/vinegar bath for 10 minutes.
- Rinse, slice long ways into quarters, and peel the lemons to prepare for juicer. If you are squeezing them by hand don't slice into quarters or peel, instead slice in half and juice on your hand press.
- Pour 1.5 cups lemon juice into your container.
- Add ¼ tsp salt and 1½ cups powdered sugar to the lemon juice and mix until fully combined.¼ tsp salt
- Add 5 cups water and mix well.
- Refrigerate to cool or serve immediately over ice!
Notes
- I use powdered sugar for this recipe because it dissolves into the liquid so much faster. If you are using granulated sugar, let the lemon juice, salt, and sugar sit for a longer period before adding the water. Mix occasionally to help break down the sugar. Then add the water after the sugar is fully incorporated.
- If you are making this for a lemonade stand I use the following measurements to get 42 cups of lemonade which is about 2½ gallons:
- 9 cups lemon juice
- 9 cups (1080g) powdered sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 30 cups of water
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Ooh lemonade has been on repeat here this season but I never thought to add salt. I will be trying this today! Thank you for sharing.
My kiddos have been having a blast making this lemonade, is there a more fun way to get electrolytes!