Comments on: Lemonade, Lightened Up

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:24:48 +0000

Bob, can you explaine a little bit more about wy it was created ty a doctor in 1930's. And a bit more about the maca? By the way woud you like to include your recipe of ginger beer. Thank you very much. Sylvie from Montréal

By: Karen Brown

Karen Brown — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:30:13 +0000

Wow, Cheryl – that sounds awesome! I was curious to see if anyone would mention stevia, which is a wonderful, all-natural no-calorie alternative to artificial sweeteners and sugar. I know you can buy powdered stevia in most grocery stores these days, and that would be easy enough to dissolve in the lemonade. But I imagine you could steep the stevia leaves in boiling water to make a… well, not a syrup, but a sweetened water to mix with the lemon juice. I guess I'll have to try it and let y'all know.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:41:26 +0000

Hey Bob, I'm definitely going to check out the maca root and would love the ginger beer recipe.

By: Bob Lipscomb

Bob Lipscomb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:44:32 +0000

dana i really like your recipe, in my early days as a chef i worked in key west,fl, we used limes in everything, i used to make this drink and the seltzer really makes it. .some white rum and a shake over crushed ice and you have an old-school daqari

By: Bob Lipscomb

Bob Lipscomb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:44 +0000

cheryl, yes that is a great tonic, i have friends that use in weight loss diets and it works. it is very close to the tonic used by "celeb diets and models". the tonic in it`s origional form was created by a doctor in the 1930`s around the time of dr kellogg and was friends of his at his famous "health farm", good movie.
i have yet to try sativa, but i do take maca, a roots herb extract from the andes, it has amazing effects on
your enegry/mental clarity and stamina., really like it in my job.
But Lemons have such wonderful properties in terms of cleaning up your internal body functions.
alot of people take the juice of a lemon straight every morning to detoxify.
but with the ginger ( love it) that much bring out a zing. i will have to include my recipe for "ginger beer"cheers!!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:03:13 +0000

I like a spicy lemonade to rev up my metabolism and quench my thirst. Half a lemon, touch of stevia or a dash of pure maple syrup, a few dashes of cayenne, and about a 1/4 tsp. of ginger in a tall glass. Great tonic for the liver and yummie too!!

By: danawhite

danawhite — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:46 +0000

Hi Howard –
One cup sugar to one cup water is a good ratio for a basic simple syrup, but I agree with Bob's comment, you can adjust it to your taste.

By: Bob Lipscomb

Bob Lipscomb — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:55:17 +0000

good question howard, i`m a former barman, and it can really be made to strength. in this case i made it a bit more syrup-e,, the lemon oil from the skin, notice i did`nt say peel, is incredible, the oils of the skin is really where the flavor is.
you can certainly boil it ,etc. one of the few times i use a microwave.
i`m a personal chef so really i encourage people to add their own signature.
i made a variation os htis for a alcohol free dinner drink last nite.
1/2 individual cup of (ciao bella) blood orange sorbet, and less ice. it really drew raves and refills

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:07:47 +0000

I know this is probably an old question but is simple syrup one cup of sugar to one cup of water and then heated to desolve the sugar?

By: Lori Angelo Viets

Lori Angelo Viets — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:03:57 +0000

I LOVE CITRUS ANYTHING and fresh lemonade is the best. Thank you for the reminder that fresh is the only way to go!!!