When life gives lemons, make lemonade……….but make it colorful!!!!

I can’t even tell you how much that phrase has become the story of my life. It’s a good thing I love lemons.

So when I first started in the foodie world I made some lemon bars. Pink lemonade lemonies to be exact (I can share the recipe soon if you want!. They were so good! I also made a whole pitcher of pink lemonade for the pictures and since then I’ve had a bunch of people ask me how to just make that naturally pink lemonade.

The pictures of that post have been really popular too, (even though they were terrible) so it’s been on my list to make some pink lemonade. I thought right now is a good time to slip it in because it’s National picnic day!!! Plus, is there a bad time to have lemonade? I think I’m gonna go with not!

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For me it seems like a really simple thing to make that is hardly worth posting a recipe for. I mean, it’s sugar water with lemon juice and a few drops of beet color, but I do tend to forget that not everyone is as comfortable with just winging it in the kitchen as I am. Most people like to have plans and recipes with exact instructions. Huh, go figure. I do this whole thing for you guys though, so if you want pink lemonade who am I to deprive you, right? Pink lemonade for everyone! Let’s do it!

As for the beet color that creates the gorgeous pink that makes us all so thirsty, you can basically use any form of beets. I like to use a tiny bit of beet puree because I always have that around, but you could also try beet powder, beet juice, or water from a can of beets (although it might take a bit more of that to get a good pink). Whatever form you want to use should give you brilliant color and it doesn’t impart any beety flavor because you hardly have to use any to color the lemonade.

Cheers you guys!

As always, the recipe is available upon request, and I always give an upvote for the first one.

Also, check out some of my other recent food posts for more mouthwatering photos!

ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST.