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DIY Chia Meyer Lemonade

Recipe: Chia Meyer Lemonade

Summary: Make your own Chia seed drink by adding Chia seeds to homemade lemonade. Much cheaper than store-bought!

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Stir chia into glass of lemonade and allow to stand for at least 30 minutes to hydrate the chia and release the gel that surrounds each seed.
  2. Chia Seeds on Shockingly Delicious [2]To speed this drink up: For ease and efficiency of using the chia seeds in drinks, I like to hydrate them ahead of time. Simply put 1 tablespoon chia in a cup of water, allow to sit for a bit until it gets hydrated and gluey, and then refrigerate in a tight-lidded container. Then use about 1 tablespoon of this chia goop (or to your texture preference) in a glass of juice. OR, in this recipe, toss the seeds in the juice or lemonade the night before, or in the morning after breakfast, and they will be hydrated and ready for your lunchtime drink.

Quick notes

White Chia Seeds from Melissa's Produce on Shockingly Delicious [3]Melissa’s Produce sent the white chia seeds [1] for recipe development. 

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Waiting time: 30 minutes
Diet type: Vegan, vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 1
Culinary tradition: USA (general)

Recipe: Meyer Lemonade

Summary: Sweet, tart and lightly perfumed by the Meyer lemons and the hint of vanilla, this is classic lemonade at its best.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Meyer lemon juice
  • 1 cup Vanilla Sugar [4] (or use plain granulated sugar)
  • 5 2/3 cups water

Instructions

  1. In a large pitcher, stir lemon juice, sugar and water together for a minute, until sugar dissolves. Store Meyer Lemonade in the refrigerator.

Quick notes

You may use fresh lemon juice from regular lemons, but you may have to increase the sugar because Meyer lemons are naturally sweeter than regular lemons. Taste and suit yourself!

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian, vegan
Number of servings (yield): 6
Culinary tradition: USA (General)
My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★