We drink a lot of lemonade in our house. CORRECTION: My husband drinks a lot of lemonade. I am just an innocent bystander that ends up drinking with him because, I mean, saying no to an iced glass of freshly made lemonade would just be RUDE, right??
One of our favorite twists on a good old fashioned glass of lemonade is to add strawberries to the mix. But even this classic drink gets old after awhile. So I decided to get creative and turn to (you guessed it) one of my favorite herbs, red clover!
Benefits of Red Clover
Just a little recap from a previous blog post:
Historically, Red Clover Herbal Tea was seen a means of purifying the blood by acting as a diuretic (helping the body get rid of excess fluid) and as an expectorant (helping clear the lungs of mucous). It is also known to improve circulation, and to help cleanse the liver.
Red Clover contains LOTS of isoflavones, which are basically plant-based chemicals that produce estrogen like effects in the body. Red Clover is also a source of many nutrients including calcium, chromium, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, thiamine, and vitamin C.
Additionally, the compounds biochanin-A, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, coumarin, formononetin, genistein and isorhamnetin found in the Red Clover blossoms all demonstrate some anti-cancer properties!
Yummy, AND good for you! So into my lemonade it goes! Here’s the how to!
How To Make It
You Will Need
1 quart of filtered water
6 tea bags of red clover blossoms
½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
½ cup sugar
Holy cow this looks amazing! I bet it tastes amazing too!
I remember you talking about red clover very well! Probably because I get spring allergies and I’m interested in anything that dispels mucus. (gross but true)
LOL, hey, I’m right there with you!
Oh yum … now I’m thirsty!!!!
Sounds refreshing!
Amazing recipe! That lemonade looks so good! I love healthy recipes!
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Well I’d not come across this before …
Enjoy!
All the best Jan
Yum, this looks incredible!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
I would love one large glass now!
Come over! I’ll share! 😉
Gingi, we are a big lemonade family here!!!! Red Clover sounds awesome, too bad I don’t have any. Someday. Anyhow, favorite way to flavor lemonade is just to juice it, I usually dump in one lemon and 6 apple into my circa 1980’s juicy man juicer and it turns into this pink lemonade that tastes so refreshing it’s ridiculous. In fact, I bring it out to the garage man on days when I have something, like a toilet, that they don’t typically take in order to soften their hearts. I know. Total sicko.
Sneaky, sneaky! Lol… but now I want to try this! BLOG ABOUT IT!!!!
I would love to try the strawberry lemonade you speak about… I have never tried that one… My youngest daughter would love this red clover one you write about here Gingi, she is always making juice or smoothies… I usually just drink water… xox
Oh, strawberry lemonade is the BEST!!! We’re lazy, so we usually just chop up strawberries and stick it in the drink, haha! <3
Sounds great! I have to try your recipe!
jointyicroissanty
This lemonade sounds amazing Gingi <3
Serene | I Am Serene L
seems yummy….
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Amazing post!
Have a nice week-end!
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Well, that looks delicious!
Yum! I don’t make lemonade but I really should. My husband hates drinking water and I won’t buy him juice because it’s all just full of sugar! This a great alternative. I’ve never had red clover tea either. I may just have to just try this whole thing!