Sugar-free mint lemonade
Fresh lemon juice and mint sweetened with allulose, still or sparkling.
- Hands-on
- 8 min
- Total time
10 min, show breakdown
- Prep 8 min
- Cook 0 min
- Clean up 2 min
- Pans
- 0
- Ingredients
- 5
- Cost/serving
- $1.63
Per serving
- Calories
- 20
- Protein
- 0.2 g
- Fiber
- 0.3 g
- Net carbs
- 3 g
- Fat
- 0.1 g
High in (% Daily Value per serving): Vitamin C 20%
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Ingredients for 2
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6 tbsp lemon juice (90 g), from about 2 lemons
Same amount as: 90 mL, 2 lemons squeezed from fresh lemons.
4 tbsp allulose (48 g)
Same amount as: 60 mL.
¼ cup fresh mint leaves (4 g), leaves
Same amount as: 60 mL.
½ cup water (120 g), warm from the tap
Same amount as: 120 mL.
1 can sparkling water, unsweetened (355 g), cold; or still water
Same amount as: about 1½ cups.
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Quantities are for 2 servings. Doubles in a pitcher. Without the sparkling water, the lemon base keeps 3 days in the fridge.
Nutrition Facts
2 servings per recipe
Serving size 1 plate (309 g raw)
| Nutrient | Per serving | % DV* | Whole recipe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 20 | ||
| Total fat | 0.1 g | 0% | |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0% | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% | |
| Sodium | 5 mg | 0% | |
| Total carbohydrate | 27 g | 10% | |
| Dietary fiber | 0.3 g | 1% | |
| Total sugars | 1.1 g | ||
| Net carbs† | 3 g | ||
| Protein | 0.2 g | 0% | |
| Vitamin D | 0 mcg | 0% | |
| Calcium | 14 mg | 1% | |
| Iron | 0.27 mg | 2% | |
| Potassium | 56 mg | 1% | |
| Vitamin A | 4.5 mcg | 1% | |
| Vitamin C | 18 mg | 20% | |
| Vitamin E | 0.07 mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin K | 0 mcg | 0% | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.01 mg | 1% | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.01 mg | 1% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 0.06 mg | 0% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.02 mg | 1% | |
| Folate | 11 mcg | 3% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 mcg | 0% | |
| Magnesium | 6.3 mg | 2% | |
| Zinc | 0.04 mg | 0% | |
| Selenium | 0.06 mcg | 0% |
Estimated, not verified. These numbers are calculated from typical ingredient data and haven't been checked against a lab or your brands. Check the labels of what you buy and confirm anything that matters to you, especially sodium, sugar and allergens.
* % Daily Value shows how much one serving adds to a 2,000-calorie day. † Net carbs is not on US labels; it is total carbs minus fiber, allulose, erythritol and half of other sugar alcohols. "To taste" amounts are counted as written. Counted items (eggs, cloves, spoons) use the rounded amount shown in the ingredient list. Vitamins and minerals are from raw ingredients; cooking lowers some, especially vitamin C and folate. How this is calculated.
Steps
In a jug, stir the allulose into the warm water until it dissolves.
Done looks like: Clear liquid, no grains on the bottom. Add the mint. Press the leaves against the side of the jug with a spoon, 8–10 times.
Done looks like: Leaves are bruised dark in spots and the jug smells strongly of mint. Stir in the lemon juice. Taste. Add allulose 1 tsp at a time if it's too sour.
Fill two glasses with ice. Split the lemon base between them and top with sparkling or still water.
What goes wrong
| What | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Grainy, sweetness stays on the bottom | Allulose went into cold liquid and did not dissolve. | Dissolve it in warm water first, then add the cold things. |
| Bitter | Mint was shredded or pounded, or lemon pith got squeezed in. | Bruise the leaves, don't tear them. Squeeze lemons gently and strain out seeds. |
Notes
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