Why You Need Lemon Ice Cubes in Your Life (Plus 2 Ways to Make Them) by Donna John

Starting your day with lemon water may be the healthy kick you need. The benefits of drinking lemon water include aiding in digesting, helping you lose weight, a vitamin C and potassium boost, preventing kidney stones and helps keep your body hydrated.

While adding a squeeze of lemon into your water is a fine, these lemon ice cubes will up the lemon flavor and keep it nice and cold. Not only is this lemon ice cube recipe good for lemon water, but it's also a fun way to keep other drinks cold and add an interesting twist.

Try these lemon ice cubes in lemonade, sangria, iced tea or any drink that could use a lemony kick. Here are two ways to make lemon ice cubes – one uses just lemon juice and the other utilizes the whole lemon.

Lemon Juice Ice Cubes

Ingredients

• freshly squeezed lemon juice

Here's how to make it:

1. Pour the lemon juice into ice cube trays.
2. Freeze.
3. Once frozen, pop them out of the tray and store in a plastic freezer bag until needed.

Whole Lemon Ice Cubes

Ingredients

• lemons
• water

Here's how to make it:

1. Cut the lemons into pieces. Put them into a blender with a small amount of water.
2. Blend until smooth. Slowly add more water until you get a pourable consistency.
3. Pour the mixture into ice cube trays. Freeze.
4. Once frozen, pop them out of the tray and store in a freezer bag. 

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