How To Make Sugar Free Lemonade - Diabetic & Keto Friendly

Hello, Steady Family. What is up? Art and Bobby back in the kitchen, and now that summer is here officially, I thought it was time to share with you my recipe for sugar-free, diabetic, and keto-friendly lemonade. It's actually a recipe I came up with towards the end of last summer, and now that the weather is getting warm, I thought it's time to bring it back and make a video for it, because I don't know if you look at the amount of sugar in any kind of lemonade at the grocery store, it's astronomical. I'm talking anywhere from 15 to 30 grams per bottle. That, my friends, is way too much of what I call the devil to put into your body. We're going to make it today with a keto and diabetic-friendly sweetener, monk fruit, which is absolutely perfect for this, and then lemons, water, fresh mint from the garden, and that's it. Before we get rocking and rolling, you know the drill. Like, subscribe, share. 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Give it a stir every once in a while until it dissolves. This is what makes the recipe sugar-free. There are a lot of sugar alternatives out there. Whenever you look at the grocery store, sometimes you see bad ones like sucralose or aspartame. This is my favorite. I work with Lakanto a lot. The reason why I love it, you guys, is because the flavor is just like sugar, but it is the real deal. Look at this. Obviously, it's keto because it's zero on the glycemic index. It's a one-to-one replacement with sugar, and it's zero calories and net carbs. It's always going to be a blend of non-GMO erythritol and monk fruit extract because monk fruit on its own is crazy, crazy sweet, so you have to blend it to make it a one-to-one sub. They do now also have organic monk fruit sweetener. I highly recommend buying the big Costco bag. It is the best price ever, but if you're not a Costco member, I do have a bundle on their website for monk fruit sweetener and powdered monk fruit sweetener with a great price. I'll put that link down below, but I really love this stuff. While that is doing its thing, we've got to juice some lemons. Even when you buy this stuff at the grocery store, read the ingredients. It's made with lemon juice concentrate. That is not the same as fresh lemons. I picked up about 10 fresh lemons at the store. Gretzky is denied, and we have to juice a cup and a half of fresh juice into this measuring cup here. Whoa, look at that. They're so big, I have to do an audible. I'm going from Gretzky to Peyton Manning. Blue 42 Omaha. This is an orange. I know Art does not like when I do this. I'm doing it, Art. Breaking the law. It should take about eight to 10 lemons to get a cup and a half of juice. I'm glad I got that. Oh, God. Whoa. Did you see that? That was like three and a half feet of spray there. Let's add the fresh lemon juice to a bowl, and then measure three cups of water. Then, perfect, our simple syrup is dissolved. Took about five or six minutes. Check it out. Be careful. It's very hot. You don't want to burn yourself. Let's measure out a cup, and then add that to our lemonade. I'm actually going to use that simple syrup to do a video as soon as we're done for a keto, no sugar added margarita. I think that will come out next week, so stay tuned for that. So good. Now, I like it slightly on the tart side, but if you want to add another half a cup of monk fruit simple syrup, you can do that. My God, this is great. It will last three to five days in your fridge, but there's a couple serving options. You can muddle some fresh blueberries in the bottom of the cup, which I'm going to do in a second, or you can muddle some fresh mint. I have some around the side of the building. Let me go grab some of that. It grows wild. It's so darn tasty. Then, we'll serve up a cup of this. Ever since I've lived here now for about 10 years, mint has grown wild right in the corner of the garden here. I hate buying herbs at the grocery store in those little clam shells, because they're so overpriced. Not only is this free, but if you can smell this right now with Smell-O-Vision, the aroma and flavor of this wild mint dwarfs anything you can buy at the grocery store. I'm just going to pick a big handful here, and we'll go inside and finish off the lemonade. I'll drop a couple blueberries in there, and just muddle them up with a fork. Drop a couple mint leaves, and just bash them up to release the essential oils. Add some ice and some lemonade, and that's it. Wow. That looks really good, you guys. Now, optional, go into grandpa's old medicine cabinet, pull out some vodka, some bourbon, some tequila, whatever you want. Man, with the fresh mint and blueberries, that is great. I would not add this to the actual batch or the pitcher, because it won't last as long in the fridge because of the fresh fruit. That's it. Super refreshing, super easy, very fun to do with the family, and diabetic and keto friendly. Heck, even if you're not keto diabetic, this is the kind of stuff I would drink in the summer, because you don't want 20 grams of sugar in your body. It's devastating to your health, your gut, your weight, and other stuff. So, guys, recipe is down below. It lives on flavorcity.com. Please share it on Pinterest when you check it out. Like, subscribe, share. The only way this channel keeps growing like it has is by you spreading the love all around the world. We got two more videos going below us right now. Stay tuned for that margarita, sugar-free margarita recipe coming up pretty soon. But Art and I will see you very soon. Until then, we leave you like we always do, hashtag keep on cooking, mad love, and cheers and peace. This is really good. Make it.