Sweet Surrender

It's still hot! When the humidity feels like it's choking you, there's no breeze to be felt and the sun is beaming. Here's what we like to drink at our house, and how to make it.

A Very Berry Lemonade

Please feel free to adjust portions to your liking.

• 1 cup of fresh raspberries

• lemon juice

• fresh mint

• xylitol or sugar

• 1 pitcher

• spoon and measuring cup

• dried hibiscus, tea bag or loose.

• fine mesh strainer

• hot water

1. In a measuring cup combine 1 cup of sugar, a teaspoon of lemon juice and 2/3's of your fresh raspberries. Muddle the fruit and sugar until all the fruit is fully smashed.

2. Tear up a few mint leaves and add them to the cup. Muddle those as well.

3. Transfer the contents to your pitcher.

4. Fill pitcher halfway with hot water

5. Muddle reaming fruit and mint together

6. Add to pitcher

7. Add hibiscus

8. Let it steep for a least 20 - 40 minutes. The longer the better

9. Remove the hibiscus, if its loose see the next step.

10. Using your strainer, pour off the lemonade into another pitcher or measuring cup. Be sure to capture all the fruit, mint and hibiscus bits.

11. Add the freshly strained lemonade back to the original pitcher

12. Season to taste with lemon juice and sugar.

13. Let chill and or serve over ice and enjoy!

Not only is this beverage delicious but it also has a lot of other health benefits. To read more about those great benefits, feel free to read this article. So go relax with a nice drink!