Strawberry Basil Lemonade [Bulkbites.com]

• Servings: 4
• Time: 15 minutes

Including lemons and their juice in your diet provides you many health benefits. Their acidic nature, for example, helps maintain your body pH level. Also as they are rich in flavonoids and vitamin C, you will get effective protection from common colds and flu. Other benefits of lemon include cleansing your bowels and making your liver healthy and active. Benefits of eating strawberries include alleviating fever symptoms, reducing inflammations, eliminating bad breath, getting rid of kidney stones, etc. Basil, another ingredient used in this recipe finds its way in a number of cuisines as it is nutritious and provides many health benefits. For example, they are excellent is reducing swelling and inflammations. Besides this, basil are rich in antioxidants and provide anti-ageing properties to you.

Nutrition

• calories: 227
• protein: 4
• carbs: 51
• fat: 1
• saturated fat: 0.11
• polyunsaturated fat: 0.29
• monounsaturated fat: 0.03
• cholesterol: 0
• sodium: 8
• potassium: 412
• dietary fiber: 12.16
• sugars: 1.76
• vitamin a: 9
• vitamin c: 209
• calcium: 157
• iron: 2
• magnesium: 0
• complex carbs: 37.08
• other fats: 0.57

Ingredients

• 3 cup Cold water
• 9 fruit without seeds Lemons, raw, with peel
• 1 cup, whole Strawberries, raw
• 1 cup leaves, whole Basil, fresh
• 3.52 1 oz Sugar syrup (Fat free)

Instructions

• Add strawberries and lemon juice in a blender. Blend the ingredients until smooth puree is obtained.
• Now strain the puree using a strainer into a large jar.
• Add basil leaves, lemon slices, water, syrup and the remaining lemon juice and stir gently.
• Refrigerate the drink for at least 1 hour.
• Serve immediately.