Peanut Free Pineapple Mint Lemonade
Fresh pineapple, bright lemon juice, and a homemade honey-mint syrup come together in a drink that tastes like summer in a glass. The process is more intentional than your average lemonade — you're blending and straining real pineapple for pure juice, steeping fresh mint into a fragrant honey syrup, and whisking in ground turmeric and ginger for a subtle warmth and golden hue that makes every glass look stunning. Those two spices do more than add color; they give the drink a gentle, complex depth that store-bought lemonade simply can't touch. Because everything here is made from scratch with whole, recognizable ingredients, you never have to second-guess what's in it — no shared-facility snack bars or mystery flavor blends to worry about. The honey syrup is easy to pull off in under 15 minutes and makes the whole batch feel polished and intentional. Serve it over plenty of ice with a sprig of mint and a lemon slice, and it's the kind of drink that disappears fast at any gathering.
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4 servings
For the honey-mint simple syrup
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
For the lemonade
- 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4 lemons)
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- ⅛ tsp ground ginger
- 2 cups cold water
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
- lemon slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the honey and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the honey fully dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the mint leaves, and let steep for 10 minutes until fragrant. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl or measuring cup, pressing the leaves to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids.
- 2
Blend the fresh pineapple chunks in a blender until smooth, then strain through the fine-mesh strainer into the pitcher, pressing firmly to extract all the juice; discard the pulp.
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