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Homemade Lemonade



Holy heat wave we've been experiencing here in Ontario this past September and just when I thought it was going to end we had the most beautiful weather this past weekend.  Perfectly coinciding with our Canadian Thanksgiving.  We hosted this year and with the help of family and friends it was a huge success!  Stay tuned later this month for photos from the celebration.

This week I wanted to share a couple recipes.  A couple weeks ago my hubby decided he wanted to make homemade lemonade.  It was very much a spur of the moment decision, but considering it was over 35 degrees that day with the humidex, we decided to make it happen.  After taking the kids for ice cream we headed to the grocery store and bought $17 in lemons (which was way too many -ha! ...we still have some leftover). 

When we arrived home we googled a few recipes.  This was the first one we came across: 
So I always knew lemonade had a lot of sugar, but when I actually read the amount I was shocked.  Of course I was able to find some recipes that called for a more natural alternative such as this one:
http://thereal.co/blog/index.php/2016/05/26/organic-raw-sugar-lemonade/
But instead we decided to use less sugar (1/3 the amount and I added a little agave syrup to the saucepan).  It still had a sweet taste but it was also a little more tart (or sour - if you asked my kids).  Regardless they loved it!  We all did...even our neighbours and we made so much, it lasted all week.  I could seriously drink lemonade every day.  I love it that much.











Another great recipe we made that same week was homemade peanut butter squares.  I'm not the biggest fan of chocolate bars but once in a while I'll enjoy a Reese's peanut butter cup.  The ones I made tasted even more amazing!  With only 5 ingredients they literally only took 20 minutes to make...and even less time to eat.  I made 3 batches in 4 days -ha!  Here's the recipe: 
Have a great week!

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