Summer calls for a refreshing glass of homemade lemonade. This healthy lemonade comes together so easily and is far healthier for you than anything you’ll find at the store.

Mānuka honey up-levels this healthy lemonade with an added immune boosting benefit to keep you balanced and healthy no matter what the season.

This honey mint lemonade is so refreshing and the combination of mint and lemon is soothing to the stomach and acts as a natural digestive, perfect for before or after meals. 

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Why Manuka Honey?

Yes, you can sip on homemade lemonade and boost your immune system at the same time.

This medicinal grade, rare and thoughtfully aged raw Mānuka Honey is full of antibacterial properties and active enzymes straight from Mother Nature—this is not your normal baking honey!

Mānuka has been proven to have efficacy against antibiotic-resistant microbes, promoting its healing powers against pathogens internally and externally. When sick, it improves sore throats, helps soothe coughs and improves common cold symptoms. Mānuka also helps people with acute sinus problems and allergies. And it works—you’ll notice a quick difference as you add this to your daily wellness rituals.

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A healthy lemonade for the whole family

So many summer drinks, especially those marketed towards children (yes, even the “healthier” ones) are full of processed sugars, in large amounts, preservatives and other synthetic ingredients. This Mānuka Honey Mint Lemonade uses all fresh, totally natural ingredients everyone loves.

This can be a great way to boost your children’s immune system with a sweet drink they already love made with totally natural, healthy ingredients! Your little ones can even help you mix it together!

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Manuka Honey Mint Lemonade

Feel free to get creative, mixing in fresh or frozen mangos, peaches or strawberries! During my third trimester of pregnancy, I have been adding iced raspberry leaf tea. Use this as a template—your flavor options are endless.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons Mānuka honey
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 3 sprigs fresh mint
• ice
• sparkling or still water

Directions

• Add the lemon juice, honey, boiling water and mint to a glass jar.
• Stir until the honey is dissolved.
• Fill a glass with ice.
• Add 3 tablespoons of lemonade concentrate to a glass. 
• Top with sparkling or still water to taste. 
• Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint and slice of lemon.
• Sip + enjoy.
• Store remaining honey mint lemonade concentrate in the refrigerator.