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Iced Turmeric Lemonade Recipe

Katie WellsMay 27, 2019Updated: May 20, 2020
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Turmeric is a wonderful spice with so many benefits. I love using it in cooking and in natural beauty recipes, but another way to get your daily dose is in a refreshing glass of lemonade! We keep this turmeric lemonade recipe on hand as a festive drink for summer barbecues, park picnics, and friends just stopping by.

Easy Turmeric Lemonade Recipe

We mostly know turmeric as a cornerstone of Indian cuisine and curry powders, mustards, and more. Unfortunately, many of the foods I love adding turmeric in, like soups, stews, and this turmeric tea recipe, don’t sound as good in hot summer weather.

This turmeric lemonade recipe is the ideal solution and now is a family favorite. I’ve been making it often for the kids so they can rehydrate while they are playing outside. It is incredibly easy to make and tastes great!

The turmeric provides gorgeous color, but its earthy taste is mostly hidden by the tang of the lemon. Personally, I like to use liquid stevia to sweeten this, though any natural sweetener would work.

Benefits of Turmeric

So why is turmeric so great?

Doctors and naturopaths often recommend turmeric as a way to help lower inflammation in the body. Thousands of studies show its benefits in promoting heart health, mental health, reducing inflammation, and ensuring balanced blood sugar. It also turmeric supports digestion and liver function and is high in beneficial antioxidants as well.

You’ll also find turmeric in many of my beauty recipes and natural health remedies thanks to its external benefits. Turmeric can improve skin, whiten teeth, and even soothe rashes when added to a poultice. For a full list of turmeric benefits and uses, see this post.

Here’s how to make this superfood lemonade:

how to make fresh lemonade with turmeric

Iced Turmeric Lemonade Recipe

Katie Wells
Refreshing iced turmeric lemonade combines earthy and bright turmeric with fresh lemon and natural sweetness for a delicious summer drink.
4.60 from 22 votes
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Drinks
Servings 4 cups
Calories 9 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 ½ cups ice
  • ½ cup lemon juice (fresh, or to taste)
  • 1-2 tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp stevia extract (or to taste, or other natural sweetener of choice)
  • 1 tiny pinch black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend for 60 seconds or until ice is completely blended.
  • Let rest for about 30 seconds before pouring into cups to serve. I prefer to serve over more ice.
  • Consume immediately.

Notes

If you won't consume all of this at once, make smaller batches by cutting the recipe in half or even fourths. I prefer to use stevia to keep the sugar content down, but any natural sweetener like maple syrup or honey will work well in this recipe.
You can also make this with lime juice (same amount as lemon juice) or orange juice (double the juice and reduce the water by 1/2 cup).
Caution: Turmeric does stain surfaces.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupCalories: 9kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 0.3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.3gSodium: 6mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.7g
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Other Healthy and Delicious Summer Drinks

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  • Iced Lime Dandelion Tea Recipe
  • Lavender Peach Iced Tea (Herbal and Caffeine-Free)
  • Refreshing Ginger Honey Switchel Recipe
  • Elderberry Kombucha Soda Recipe
  • Real Food Margarita Recipe (With Delicious Low-Sugar Variations)
  • Creamy Metabolism-Boosting Tea Recipe

Do you use turmeric in your recipes? Share your favorite tips below!

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder of Wellness Mama and Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (41 Comments)

  1. Eileen

    July 1, 2016 at 10:10 AM

    4 stars
    Hey, WM! Don’t forget a lil dash of pepper – critical to enhance the bioavailability of the curcumin in turmeric! Just a bit will do!

    Reply
  2. Christa

    June 30, 2016 at 6:47 PM

    This looks great, and I love the idea of finding a way to get turmeric in when it’s so bloody hot out. Like you, I’m just not digging the soups and stews and rich food I usually add it too. I would second someone else’s comment that the turmeric needs the addition of black pepper to be bioavailable. I’ve also recently learned that turmeric not only needs the black pepper, but also needs to be consumed with fat and activated by heat. That definitely changed how I consume it these days. Not sure how to incorporate fat into this (MCT oil frothed in before drinking, maybe?), but I would probably heat part of my turmeric / water mixture up first to get the turmeric activated and then blend that in with ice after it cools off. Stay cool!

    Reply
    • Dee

      June 30, 2016 at 8:10 PM

      I heat up the water and cook the turmeric and black pepper, allow to cool then add the other ingredients. And the fat? Well remember avocadoes are fruit so along with the lemon helping, it should break up the oiliness.

      Reply
  3. Rita

    June 30, 2016 at 6:43 PM

    Loving the idea about tumeric ideas.

    Reply
  4. Dee

    June 30, 2016 at 2:21 PM

    I made one addition. a full twist of black pepper. Just as with your experience with cinnamon in the Jamaican Jerk Seasoning, the pepper adds to the zing of the lemon AND it binds to the turmeric so the turmeric doesn’t just wash out but work in the body as well. 🙂
    I will be adding this to my list of variations of lemonade.
    D.

    Reply
  5. Shanon

    June 30, 2016 at 1:41 PM

    Add a little ginger and skipping the sweetener completely is another great way I’ve found to make this! Tastes so refreshing.

    Reply
  6. Linda

    June 30, 2016 at 1:18 PM

    5 stars
    I tried it with orange juice fresh squeezed b/c I had no lemons. It was delicious and used your same measurements (1 cup of OJ). I also added a little protein powder. Very good. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  7. Nancy

    June 30, 2016 at 12:52 PM

    5 stars
    I heard it stains – is that true?

    Reply
    • Wellness Mama

      July 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM

      Turmeric? It can stain cloth and other surfaces but I’ve never had trouble with that.

      Reply
    • Rosie

      April 28, 2017 at 2:52 PM

      Yes it does stain plastics and porous surfaces. I always use glass with turmeric

      Reply
  8. Christy

    June 30, 2016 at 12:39 PM

    I thought turmeric was best absorbed when combined with a fat?

    Reply
    • Carol

      July 4, 2016 at 4:21 AM

      It actually needs black pepper to become available to our bodies.

      Reply
  9. Donna

    June 30, 2016 at 12:33 PM

    I’m so glad I saw this. I’m going to the store after work and getting lemons. Can’t wait to try it. I put turmeric in my bone broth before drinking and also in my smoothies. Sometimes I add it to my oatmeal.

    Reply
  10. Teresa

    June 30, 2016 at 12:04 PM

    5 stars
    This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it. I love all your posts! Thanks for taking the time to write them. I appreciate you so much : )

    Reply
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