You’ve heard the saying: when life hands you lemons make lemonade. I took a step further and made Beet lemonade. Not only does this beet lemonade tastes good, it is refreshing, adds nutrition and looks lovely! Plus it is refined sugar free. Yes, you read that right! With my daughter off sugar from a month and not eaten her own birthday cake, I could not think of adding sugar to the lemonade. Besides, she loves lemonade a lot.
This lemonade is flavorful, tangy, and you get all the sweetness you need from the grapes. Let me tell you grapes are great for snacking but since they have a high sugar and water content they are excellent in cool drinks and you’ll be amazed how much they sweeten things up. My family could not believe it was sugar free. With the weather warming up this healthy lemonade is sure to become your favorite in no time. Both, beet and grapes have amazing health benefits and this lemonade allows you to enjoy the vitamins, minerals and health-boosting phytonutrients.
You can add soda or sparkling water to make it fancy for your next BBQ or backyard party or can be sipped as is on a hot summer day.
Oh, before I get to the recipe, I want to thank two lovely people who gave life to my recently posted recipes. It makes the whole effort of writing a food blog so much worthwhile when my recipes are cooked and approved by friends, readers and food bloggers.
Vasudha Vij, a non-blogger, doting mother, follower of my blog and first person to put request on my Reader’s request page, recreated my lemony lemon cake. She says it turned out delicious. She was little hesitant to share the picture in public but I assured her nothing wrong will come out of it and it will inspire others to try more. Thank you for sharing the picture and for your trust, Vasudha!
The quickest feedback I have ever received is on my mom’s boiled egg curry. I posted this recipe on Tuesday and Shubha, a food blogger herself, tried out on Thursday. She has done a wonderful job. I love her presentation better than my own. Thanks you Shubha I am honored you chose a recipe that has so much sentimental value for me. Just visit her blog Meri rasoi to check out Maharashtrian and Mangalorean recipes and much more.
Check out some more tried and tested recipes and reviews from lovely readers on my Testimonials page. If you decide to make this beet lemonade do let me know through your comments or by sharing a picture. Nothing brightens my day better than a positive feedback and it is your encouragement what keeps me going and inspires me to contribute more to this site.
Ingredients
- 1 beet, washed, scrubbed and diced
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 cups sweet green grapes
- 3 cups chilled water
- salt to taste
- crushed ice
Instructions
- In a high speed blender, add diced beet, lemon juice, salt, 1/2 cup water and grapes.
- Blend until smooth.
- Strain the liquid into a pitcher. Add the remaining chilled water.
- To serve, add crushed ice to the glass, and pour in freshly made beet lemonade.
Notes
I have used green grapes, as that’s what I had. Can be replaced with any type of red/purple grape ( the color and sweetness of the juice can vary somewhat with the substitution)
This post is linked to Tasty Tuesdays, Gluten Free Fridays, Savoring-Saturdays, CookBlogShare.
Malti Sharma
I like your style of healthy lemonade with addition of grapes…! and that color is so good!
Definitely trying this out 🙂
Have a great day Balvinder!
P.S. Your recipes rock! Cheers!
Vasudha Vig
I like the idea of making lemonade without adding any artificial sweetener to it. And it does looks great too!! Thanks for posting such a great recipe.
Sonia
I don’t like a lot the taste of beetroots, but last summer I juiced them and they tasted pretty good. I think I’ll give this lemonade a try. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Balvinder
If you have liked it in juice then you’ll love it in this lemonade.
Shirley Tay (Blackswan)
I’m sure it’s very tasty! I’ve tried making Beetroot Juice some years but & it was delicious combined with other fruits but the process can be very messy. Hahaha! xoxo
Amy (Savory Moments)
Thank you for stopping by my blog! This beet lemonade looks awesome! So creative and so pretty.
Balvinder
I appreciate too for your support.
Shubha
Lovely lemonade and such a beautiful color…and very true with the addition of sparkling water or soda, it sure will be a big hit in any party:) Thanks a ton for the beautiful mention in the post:) I am really honored to be mentioned in your blog..Loads of good wishes and good luck to u sweet heart:)xx
Balvinder
I didn’t add sparkling water or soda in this but you can add if you wish to make it little fancy.
Thanks to YOU dear friend coz you made the recipe so beautifully…and Thanks to your lovely family for supporting and enjoying the curry…A big hug
anne
Love lemonade though I haven’t made it in more than a year ! The added beets sounds interesting and from the look of your beet lemonade , it must be really good !
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com
I’ve been off sugar for a while too! And what a pretty color for lemonade. Perfect for summer 🙂
Adina
Lovely color! And it sounds delicious, I’d like to make it next time I get some fresh beets.
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop
Beet lemonade???!!! The color is fabulous! I just can’t imagine the taste. I will need to give it a try so I know!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
The colour is so beautiful! I am not fancy for lemonade, but I definitely will drink this!
Sandhya Nadkarni
Love the combination of beets and lemonade! It looks so pretty too. Adding grapes is a fabulous idea!
Treat and Trick
I always love naturally sweetened drink and yours looks amazing! I can’t wait try it…
Monica
Why have I never thought of this! There really is so much sugar in lemonade and what a wonderful idea to naturally sweeten it this way. I always knew you were one smart lady!
Shumaila | The Novice Housewife
I agree grapes lend a natural sweetness to juices. When I was on my juice cleanse (and somehow survived it) my favorite recipe was the beetroot juice and that day was the best day of the diet. I added pomegranate too and used red grapes but with the beetroot and lemon the concoction was sweet with a little tang. Both Vasudha and Shubha’s version of your recipes look great. That egg curry is on my list of dishes to try from your blog.
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
Wow! I have to try this lemonade recipe! Looks beautiful and healthy too 🙂
Katerina
I am so intrigued! This lemonade must taste heavenly!
Evelyne CulturEatz
I would never have thought to use grapes and beet to sweeten a lemonade. What a brilliant idea and I just love the color. Will try this summer for sure.
Raia
That sounds like a delicious drink! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Savoring Saturdays! Hope to see you back at our new linky party this Thursday!
Juliana
Another fantastic recipe Balvinder…I will definitely give this lemonade a try…
Jolly
Fabulous share!!! Love simple and delicious recipe of Beet lemonade.
Alison's Allspice
This is so much healthier than normal lemonade, and the color is so pretty! Pinning to try later, Thanks!
Balvinder
Alison, Absolutely and tastier too.
Monika
Any beet recipe gets my vote and this one sounds gorgeous! Love the fact there is no added sugar in this lemonade:)
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins
We all love beetroot so I am really curious to try this recipe! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
What an amazing colour the lemonade has turned out – and I bet it tastes amazingly refreshing. #Cookblogshare
Angela x
Sneha
I am definitely trying this tomorrow. Have all ingredients at home and being on the lower haemoglobin levels , always try to squeeze in beetroot in my food.
Although I have heard that beetroot contains high levels of sugar. So may be it doesn’t sweeten ur drink but it does give sugar to your body. So may be people with high sugar levels , check this piece of info.
Balvinder
Thank you, Sneha! Beetroot does contain sugar but not as much to make the lemonade tastes sweet that’s why I added grapes instead of sugar. Do share how you like it.
Sue
I made beet lemonade tonight. We liked your recipe.👍
But we tweaked it to our taste. 👍
We like the idea of less sugar for us diabetics and trying different foods and drinks Thanks!
Balvinder
Thank you for the feedback, Sue.
Maria
For so few ingredients, there is a lot going on flavour wise in this drink. Sweet, sour, salty and then a powerhouse of nutrients!