Toast the Holidays with Karen Kay

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Fermented Lemonaide

This recipe is one of my favorites and although it is easy, some of the ingredients (like whey) you might not find at your local grocery store.  However, your local Health Food Store would probably have some whey.  However, one can easily do a substitution for the whey.  This recipe comes to me from The Healthy Home Economist — https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com — and it is a favorite of mine, as well as a favorite of my grandchildren (especially in summer).  But, it is a refreshing drink in winter, too.

RECIPE:

** 6-9 lemons

**1/2 cup whey — whey is the golden liquid one sees on plain yogurt — or one can substitute with 1/2 cup filtered water with one tablespoon lemon juice or yogurt or vinegar) — I do not recommend buying whey from the grocery store because the brands carried in grocery stores often contain MSG — an allergen.

DIRECTIONS:

** Juice the lemons

** Combine with 2 (two) quarts of filtered water

** Add the whey or substitute as stated above

** 1/2 cup sugar (as much as 3/4 cup if one prefers their lemon juice sweeter)

** Mix

** Ferment for 2 (two) days in a warm place

** Refrigerate — one can bottle it.

We enjoy this drink year round.  Hope you’ll enjoy it, too!

 

 

 

 

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KAREN KAY aka GEN BAILEY is the multi-published author of American Indian Historical Romances. She has written for such prestigious publishers as AVON/HarperCollins, Berkley/Penguin/Putnam and Samhain Publishing. KAREN KAY’S great grandmother was Choctaw Indian and Kay is honored to be able to write about the American Indian Culture.
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20 thoughts on “Toast the Holidays with Karen Kay”

  7. Hi Karen, Will try your drink…like the probiotics. Thank you, for the Christmas card.
    Merry Christmas to you, your hubby & your family.

    • Hi Lois!

      Really hope you’ll like it. Yes, it’s filled with all the good probiotics when one ferments a food and it really is delightful! Have a wonderful Christmas and a really great and happy New Year!

    • Thank you so much, Linda! May you and yours have a very merry and delightful Christmas filled with cheer and happiness! And let’s all have a Happy New Year, too!

  10. This sounds like a refreshing drink for anytime of the year. It sounds a bit along the lines of mead. It appears it might develop a little bit of a kick to it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
    I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.

  11. HI Patricia!

    Thank you so much. I guess it could get a bit of a kick to it, but it doesn’t really — not like Kombucha or anything. It’s actually quite delightful. Have a wonderful Christmas! I love your posts!

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