In the Pink

By Marcella on September 14, 2010 6:03 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
What with all this sweaty yoga going on, I have gotten mighty tired of drinking gallons of water.  Yes, I've made it to yoga this week on both Monday and Tuesday.  I'm aiming for a 5 out of 5 day week.

I decided I needed a treat.  I'm not much of a soda drinker.  Then I remembered this recipe from the fruit CSA.  They have been burying us in plums lately and try as I might to eat them as fast as they deliver, I was woefully behind.  

As a kid the pink lemonade we occasionally got came in a frozen can to be mixed with water. It was just regular lemonade with a little grape juice for color. This lemonade is pink from the purple skinned plums that are mixed in.

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I cut up a handful of plums and into the blender they went.  Then the plum puree went through a metal sieve to separate out any larger piece of fruit or plum skin.  The remaining pink puree was mixed into lemonade.  

Now all I need is about 40 people to come over.  Then I could make enough of this to actually use up all the plums sitting in a bowl on the table.  I better think up something else fast because delivery day is tomorrow and there are sure to be more plums!

Plum Lemonade

Adapted from a recipe from Frog Hollow Farms


Sugar syrup made from 1 1/2 C water and 1 C sugar

fresh plums

1 C lemon juice

2 C cold water


Pit a handful of plums and puree them in a blender or food processor.  Press the puree through a strainer to measure 1 cup.


In a pitcher stir together the sugar syrup, puree, lemon juice and water.  Adjust sugar as needed.


Serve over ice.


printable recipe - plumlemonade.pdf


- - marcella

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Carolyn Jung | September 14, 2010 10:25 PM | Reply

Mmmm, plum lemonade! Now, we're talking. And I just happen to have a few, juicy plums in my fridge.

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