How To Make Thirst-Quenching Lavender Lemonade

Heather Dessinger

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Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Inside: Lavender can be super helpful in sleep tinctures and relaxing bath salts, but it also has delicious culinary uses. Here’s how to make it into a cool and refreshing lavender lemonade.

Busy. I used to think that word was synonymous with important, productive, and meaningful. Turns out that sometimes it can indicate those things, but so can rest.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” – John Lubbock, The Use Of Life

I’ve learned – mostly by making mistakes – that if I want to **actually** do the things I say are important to me in the optimistic first days of January, I have to build in rest. That’s why in between bursts of activity this summer, I’ll be stealthily squirting my kids with a water blaster from the front porch while I sip on this thirst-quenching lavender lemonade. It’s tart and sweet with aromatic notes of lavender and a hint of thyme.

Although lavender is more well-known for it’s use in sleep tinctures and relaxing bath salts, it also has delicious culinary uses.

Serve this cool and refreshing lavender lemonade in the classical style, or dress it up by replacing the water with sparkling mineral water. Either way, I hope you savor it while you take time to slow down.

All in all, it was a never to be forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.” —L.M. Montgomery, Anne’s House of Dreams

Optional Mix-Ins

To make this lemonade fizzy, substitute 4 cups of sparkling unflavored mineral water for plain filtered water. This is my husband’s favorite way to drink it. (Fyi, it does make the lemonade a slightly lighter shade of pink.)

Also, because I know some of you will ask how to make this into a grown-up drink, I grabbed some vodka I bought for making homemade vanilla extract and added it in – delish! I’m not a fan of strong drinks so I used about 1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) per 1 cup of lemonade.

More Uses For Lavender Blossoms

If you’re buying dried lavender for this recipe and would like some more ideas for using it, here are a few of my favorites:

Lavender Lemonade Recipe
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Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Makes approximately 6 cups of lavender lemonade
Calories 426kcal
Author Heather Dessinger

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Place the lavender blossoms, thyme and 1 cup of water in a small pot. Cover and bring water to a boil, then remove the pot from heat and set it aside to steep for one hour. While the lavender water is steeping, squeeze the lemon juice and set it aside. When the lavender thyme water is ready, strain out the herbs and pour it into a glass jar. Add in the honey and lemon juice and stir until well-combined, then add in the remaining 4 cups of water. Adjust the lemonade to taste if needed (more honey or more lemon depending on your preference), then serve and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 426kcal | Carbohydrates: 116g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 70mg | Potassium: 310mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 99g | Vitamin A: 165IU | Vitamin C: 101.1mg | Calcium: 173mg | Iron: 2.4mg

This refreshing lavender lemonade is tart and sweet with aromatic notes of lavender and a hint of thyme. Serve it in the classical style, or dress it up by replacing the water with sparkling mineral water.

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Heather is a holistic health educator, herbalist, DIYer, Lyme and mold warrior. Since founding Mommypotamus.com in 2009, Heather has been taking complicated health research and making it easy to understand. She shares tested natural recipes and herbal remedies with millions of naturally minded mamas around the world. 

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7 thoughts on “How To Make Thirst-Quenching Lavender Lemonade”

  1. 5 stars
    This came out GREAT! I discovered your recipe at just the right time, because I have a lavender plant outside that’s in bloom! Therefore, instead of 1/4 c of dried lavender blossoms, I did about 3/4 c of fresh blossoms. Yum, yum, yum! And my hands smelled great in the process, from picking the lavender 😉

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