RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

BEVERAGES

Lemon-Mint Fizz, Canadian

Here is another recipe "lifted" from the Weight Watcher's Canada weekly newsletter. This one sounded too yummy to pass up, and since it is from , it must be diet safe!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar,
• 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 cup chopped fresh mint leaves
• seltzer water
• lemon zest
• whole mint leaves

Preparation Instructions

Combine sugar, lemon juice and chopped fresh mint leaves in saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Simmer 2 minutes and remove syrup from heat. Let cool. Strain out solids.

Fill 4 glasses with ice cubes. Pour 3 tablespoons syrup and then 3/4 cup seltzer water in each glass. Top with lemon zest and garnish with mint leaves.

Contributed by Weight Watchers Canada, 2000

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