Grandpa and Grandpa gave us a huge bag of lemons last week. They are super juicy and delicious! Then the little girl's friend from school gave us a bunch of lemons too. We are drowning in lemons. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right?
So far we've made lemonade (two pitchers full), which was absolutely DELICIOUS because when you make it at home, you can make it as tart unlike the overly sweet stuff they sell at the store. Because I like my lemonade tart, almost verging on painful, I made mine strong! The little girl professed she liked it tart too and proceeded to polish off several glasses. I found that using superfine sugar helped the sugar dissolve more easily and eliminated the grainy texture of regular sugar.
We also made zucchini-lemon bread, which we've nearly polished off, despite the fact that I didn't have time to make the lemon frosting for the top. I guess it doesn't need it! I have one more zucchini in the fridge, so I will have to make another loaf and use up a few more lemons.
Finally, I made some lemon curd. I had never made it before, but I used the Cooking Light recipe and it turned out fantastic! Sweet, but with a definite tart bite in it. Yummy!
Now I am looking for other things to do with my lemons. At some point we will get tired of lemonade, I suppose. Lemon bars? Lemon tarts?
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