If your kids enjoy ginger ale on a hot summer day, they might have a lot of fun helping you make your own! It’s pretty simple and a unique way to have older kids get to know their way around a kitchen.
Ingredients:
- ½ lb fresh ginger
- 1 cup honey OR 1 ½ cups sugar if you don’t have honey
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup lemon or lime juice. Fresh is preferred but bottled works too.
- Sparkling water (individual cans or a larger bottle)
Directions:
- Wash and chop the ginger into small 1/4 inch slices. No need to peel.
- Put ginger in 2 cups of water, bring to a boil, and then simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the honey (or sugar), salt, and juice. Stir until the sweetener is dissolved.
- Let cool on the counter, then strain through a sieve to get out the ginger bits, and put in the fridge.
- Once chilled, serve by adding it to cold sparkling water. You can adjust how strong the flavor is by increasing/decreasing the amount of ginger concentrate you mix into the sparkling water.
Presto! A refreshing drink that will help the whole family beat the heat!
