Best 11 Southern Limeade Recipes

LIMEADE

Steps:

• Roll the limes back and forth over the counter with the palm of your hand. Cut limes in half, and juice them by hand or with a juicer; reserve rinds. (You should have about 1/2 cup juice.) Transfer juice and rinds to a large pitcher.
• Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add sugar or honey, and stir until dissolved. Pour syrup into the pitcher, and add 4 cups water. Stir until well blended. Add more sugar or honey, if desired. Refrigerate 1 hour. Discard rinds. Serve limeade garnished with lime slices.

LIMEADE

Steps:

• Cut limes in half and squeeze lime juice into a 2 quart pitcher. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Fill pitcher with cold water, stir and chill in refrigerator.

SOUTHERN LEMONADE

Steps:

• Squeeze the juice from 4 of each of the fruits; pour into a gallon container.
• Thinly slice the remaining fruit and set aside for garnish.
• Add water and sugar to juices; mix well.
• Store in the refrigerator.
• Serve on ice with fruit slices.

SAGE LIMEADE

Steps:

• Heat 1 1/2 cups each sugar and water in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves; let cool. Mix 2 cups of the sugar syrup with 1 1/2 cups lime juice, 1/2 cup lemon juice and 2 cups water in a pitcher; divide among ice-filled glasses. Add a sprig of sage to each glass.

SOUTHERN LIMEADE

Steps:

• Mix first two ingredients together.
• serve over ice.
• note: I use the frozen limeade concentrate, it is very good even in the generic brands.

SALTY SWEET LIMEADE

Steps:

• Mix all of the ingredients together in a large pitcher and serve. It's a real thirst quencher!

SPARKLING LIMEADE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan; place over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar has completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; transfer to an ice bath to cool, or let stand at room temperature until cool. Stir in lime juice. Fill large pitcher with ice, pour in the limeade, and top with seltzer. Stir well and serve.

TASTY LIMEADE

Steps:

• Stir lime juice, water, sugar, and salt together in pitcher until the sugar and salt are dissolved; refrigerate until cold, at least 15 minutes.

TART 'N' FROSTY LIMEADE DESSERT

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar and pecans; stir in butter. Press into a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack., Pour the milk into a metal bowl; place mixer beaters in bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. , Beat milk until soft peaks form. Fold in the limeade concentrate, sugar, lime zest, vanilla and food coloring if desired. Fold in whipped topping. Pour over crust. Cover and freeze for 4 hours or until firm. Remove from the freezer 15 minutes before serving.

CHERRY LIMEADE

Steps:

• In a large pitcher, combine lime juice and sugar. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving, stir cherry juice, carbonated water and ice cubes into lime juice mixture. Garnish with maraschino cherries and lime slices.

BRAZILIAN LIMEADE

Steps:

• In a blender, puree all ingredients until mostly smooth.
• Pour limeade through a strainer to remove any leftover lime rinds.
• Serve cold with ice.