It’s amazing how quickly the mind can shift our moods and cravings. I’ve recently taken to grocery shopping at a nearby Longo’s (one of those beautiful grocery stores with high ceilings, exposed wood beams, a salad and pizza bar, and an in-house house wine store… I ❤ you, Longo’s Leaside). For some reason, there is *always* a table with reasonably-priced, freshly baked lemon meringue pie sitting by the produce. It’s always hard to walk past that pillowy meringue, but today was especially difficult. It ultimately felt wrong to reach for a slice while still in my gym clothes, so I continued onto the herbs and forgot about it… until I got home.

I was craving that pie for hours! Finally, I came up with a compromise that made use of my one lonely fridge lemon. Maybe I didn’t need pie after all; I was just longing for a lemon-flavoured something? As soon as I started thinking of a tea/lemonade hybrid, my cravings did a full 360 toward this refreshing drink. I hope you find it just as satisfying.

Quick Chamomile Lemonade

You’ll need:

• 16 oz boiling water
• heaping tbsp chamomile flowers
• juice of one lemon
• 1 tbsp agave nectar
• 1 cup ice cubes

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