Name: Instant Pot Lemonade
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 lemons; 1/2 cup honey; 1/2 cup filtered water; 4 cups water

A modern twist on a classic! This easy 3 ingredient Instant Pot Lemonade recipe is sure to keep you and your family quenched all summer long.

It’s radical.

A modern take on the quintessential summer quencher. But you can handle this, I know you can!

Change isn’t scary!

Instant Pot Lemonade.

An overhead look at a bright turquoise napkin made of a crosshatched fabric is gathered with 3 whole shiny, bright yellow lemons on top. Near the bottom of the photo there is a cross section of a lemon, where you can see the vivid yellow rind surrounding the white pith, and the triangular segments of the lemon.

And of course, we’re talking about me here, so it’s even a bit healthier than usual lemonade! Oh boy!

This recipe came about because 2 years ago, I shared my recipe for Pressure Cooker Iced Tea, and you awesome foodies have made it one of my most viewed and shared recipes! An astonishing 190,000 shares – last time I checked!!

I owed it to my awesome readers to produce an exciting summer drink that can be made in the Instant Pot!

This recipe is dedicated to hot summers and sweet tan lines.

There are a few things you should know about this lemonade recipe:

ZEST your lemons. Do the entire lemon, get all that bright yellow business off of them. The more zest, the stronger the flavour. Lemon juice adds lemon flavour and sourness, whereas the zest adds a complex, fresh, bright lemon flavour.

An overhead look at 3 small bottles filled with ice cubes and bright yellow instant pot lemonade. To the left there are 3 vivid red bottle caps each threaded with a red and white stripped straw.

USE honey. Lemons and honey are a match made in heaven. Do it. Trust me. I use local honey, because I love to support my local economy, and can you actually beat fresh local honey? I think not!

BE careful. Dang, that microplane is sharp as hell. And lemon juice burns when it gets in a cut. Ask me how I know! Haha

YOU don’t really need to blend it. You can skip the blending and simply strain out the zest, OR be a rebel and leave it in, without blending or straining. I have the Mercedez-Blendz sitting on my counter at all times, so I use it whenever and where I can.

Two small bottles with multi coloured polka dots filled with ice, bright yellow sliced lemon and opaque yellow instant pot lemonade. To the right of the photo is a gathered turquoise blue napkin with three bright yellow lemons sitting in it

SERVE it over ice. Lemonade just needs to be served on ice. It can’t be the quintessential thirst quencher without ice.

So here’s to you, to a long hot summer, and delicious, healthy, homemade lemonade!

Ps.

If you’re like me, you’ll be wondering if you can add vodka. This would make a fantastic base for a hard lemonade.

A close up view of small glass bottle with multi coloured polka dots filled with ice, bright yellow sliced lemon and opaque yellow instant pot lemonade. In this photo, you can better see the outline of the sliced lemons inside the lemonade.

Love this idea? Try my other awesome drink recipes!

Strawberry Iced Tea

Instant Pot Iced Tea

I hope you love this lemonade as much as my loved ones!

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Instant Pot Lemonade

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Additional Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

The quintessential summer drink is back with a modern twist! This 3 ingredient Instant Pot Lemonade drink recipe is easy, healthy and sure to be loved by your family ALL summer! {vegetarian, paleo, primal, gluten-free, dairy free}

Ingredients

4 lemons
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup filtered water
4 cups water

Instructions

Start by making the syrup. Zest all the lemons, but be careful!
Add 1/2 cup water, honey, and lemon zest to pressure cooker liner.
Halved your lemons, and juice them into the pressure cooker too, discard the juiced hull.
Close pressure cooker, and set to cook for 5 minutes on high pressure with natural steam release.
Once the syrup is done, add it to your blender and blend until smooth. Alternatively, you can skip the blender and simply strain out the lemon zest - this will give you a more translucent lemonade
Mix the syrup with 4 cups of filtered water.
Serve chilled, and preferably on ice!

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Comments

CARMEN says
April 21, 2019 at 4:27 pm
This looks wonderfully amazing and easy! Where did you get those adorable bottles??
- Ally says
  April 21, 2019 at 8:45 pm
  Hello Carmen, Thank you so much! I got those cute bottles at a local dollar store here in Alberta!
  - Ally says
    April 26, 2019 at 11:05 am
    I’ve been asked a couple times about the bottles, so I linked something similar in the recipe card, if you’re still interested, Carmen!
Sara P says
April 26, 2019 at 7:58 am
How long will this keep?
- Ally says
  April 26, 2019 at 11:04 am
  I’m guessing a 3/4 days for sure. If it lasts that long! You could always freeze the concentrated syrup, and add your 4 cups of water once it thaws if you were looking to batch cook it!
Andrea says
May 05, 2019 at 8:32 pm
Would this work with limes as well?
- Ally says
  May 06, 2019 at 7:09 am
  I don’t see why not! You might have to use a couple more limes cause they are smaller but other than that, same scenario! If you make it up, let me know how it goes 🙂
Bridget says
May 06, 2019 at 9:07 pm
Can you use something other than honey I’m diabetic
- Ally says
  May 09, 2019 at 9:21 am
  Of course, you can use any sweetener you like. I am not sure on the conversions though, so you’d have to figure that out!

Instant Pot Lemonade Recipe

Instant Pot Lemonade.

There are a few things you should know about this lemonade recipe: