Summer Limeade

So the weather has been cold and dreary. Typical around this time of the year and very depressing. Thank goodness for summer drinks! This limeade made it less dreary.

I love this drink. And evidently so does K, since he bit onto the straw pretty darn hard when I tried to remove it from his mouth. It was tough trying to pry it from his grip without splashing it all over the place. That kid drank almost half my drink! Crazy...

It's even better with a shot of tequila but ssshh....K is not to know about this until he's a lot older. ;)


Summer Limeade
(serves 6-8)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice (about 10 limes)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water, plus more
• 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

1. In a small sauce pan, dissolve sugar in 1 1/2 cups of water to make a simple syrup.
2. In a 2 gallon or 4 liters pitcher, combine lime juice, syrup, salt and enough water to fill the pitcher.
3. To serve, fill glasses half way with ice cubes and pour limeade over the ice. 

The limeade is pretty tart stuff, so the ice shouldn't water it down. If you find that it's too tart, just divide it into two pitchers and fill with enough water to your tastes.