Cucumber Mint Lemonade

Cucumber Mint Lemonade

Ingredients:
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 sprig fresh mint, stemmed

Directions:
Tricks for Juicing Lemons
¼ cup honey, or more to taste
Juicing lemons and limes without a juicer is not only possible
2 tablespoons granulated
but quite simple. There are a few tricks to extracting the most
sugar, or more to taste
juice out of these citrus fruits. Trick #1: Warm lemons in the
microwave for about 20–30 seconds. (Warm fruit juices flow
more freely than cold juices.) Then, cut and squeeze out the
juice by hand. Trick #2: roll room-temperature fruit around
on the counter with the palm of your hand. This will break
up some of the membranes of the fruit. cut and squeeze the
lemon as hard as you can to extract the juice.
168 201 ORGAniC BABY AnD TODDLER MEALS
Quinoa Tabouli Salad
Tabouli is a Lebanese parsley salad traditionally made with bulgur or cracked wheat. This version uses qui-
noa, which is a pantry staple you may already have on hand. Because this salad uses a lot of fresh herbs,
measurements are not a science—use your (or your toddler’s) taste buds to determine if you should use more
or less of any ingredient.
8 seRvings 1. In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove
from heat. Add the quinoa. Cover and set aside until
2 cups water
cool, about 20 minutes.
1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
2. Meanwhile, finely chop the parsley, tomatoes, green
1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
onions, and mint.
3 roma tomatoes
3. In a large bowl, combine the chopped vegetables and
3 green onions
herbs. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, pepper, and salt.
1 sprig fresh mint
Mix well. Toss with the quinoa. Serve immediately or