{"id":7096,"date":"2026-08-09T22:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2026-08-09T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T22:03:23","slug":"fresh-cherry-lemonade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/fresh-cherry-lemonade\/","title":{"rendered":"FRESH CHERRY LEMONADE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0FRESH CHERRY LEMONADE<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Prep Time:<\/strong> 10 minutes | <strong>Cook Time:<\/strong> 0 minutes | <strong>Serves:<\/strong> 4<\/p>\n<p>I remember sipping on this refreshing drink during lazy summer afternoons at my grandmother&#8217;s house, her laughter mixing with the sweet scent of cherries wafting through the air. It\u2019s a little taste of nostalgia that always makes me smile!<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0YOU\u2019LL NEED<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups fresh cherries, pitted and halved<\/li>\n<li>1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 cups cold water<\/li>\n<li>Fresh mint leaves for garnish<\/li>\n<li>Lemon slices for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0HOW TO MAKE IT<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In a blender, combine the pitted cherries and sugar. Blend until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Strain the cherry puree through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher, pressing to extract as much juice as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice to the cherry juice in the pitcher.<\/li>\n<li>Pour in the cold water and stir well to combine.<\/li>\n<li>Taste and adjust the sweetness if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Serve over ice and garnish with fresh mint leaves and lemon slices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>TIP:<\/strong> For a sparkling twist, add a splash of club soda just before serving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0FRESH CHERRY LEMONADE Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 0 minutes | Serves: 4 I remember sipping on this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7098,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions\/7098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}