Wish I had a lemon tree.

I wish we had a lemon tree but I live in Oregon and I'm not willing to move to Cali but that is how many lemons we are going through.We did our bulk grocery shopping on Sunday and we are out of lemons already (its Tuesday.) We have been going through lemons like crazy lately. Why? I'm not sure. I suppose I get semi-obsessed with certain types of food now and then. The way I look it, as long as its healthy, I'm okay. In a sense, I'm a functioning addict to sweets, but since losing 50ish pounds I've cut back and switched options. More on that  later, this post is about lemons. I've also thought, perhaps I am deficient in certain vitamins (as most Americans are) and that is the source of my cravings. This addiction is good; I'm drinking a lot more water and getting some good vitamin C. I don't tend to drink straight water. After my coffee in the morning, throughout the day I drink tea. Usually herbal and decaffeinated, with the exception of green tea. It is going to get warmer and when I am warm I don't enjoy tea  as much and I don't always prepare iced teas. I like soda, if I didn't have an issue with my weight I'd probably still be drinking it. I used to drink diet soda and it was a personal choice to quit that addiction and boy, did my body thank me! Body aches and headaches ceased in less than 3 days after having it out of my system. I occasionally drink Zevia: http://www.zevia.com/ which is a stevia sweetened soda but its expensive so I don't always buy it unless its on sale.  What the Prince and I have been drinking is: club soda, fresh lemon juice and lemon drop stevia. Sweet Leaf lemon drop stevia is probably my favorite stevia out there. If you've never used stevia you can read up on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia. I buy it from amzon usually, for around $10 with free shipping. If I cant find it for that price or without shipping costs I buy it from whole foods for $14.99. This bottle will last months. Stevia is SUPER sweet and you don't need a lot. For this drink its usually 1 full vile (from the dropper) of lemon drop stevia, 1/4 of your glass with fresh lemon (with pulp!) and then club soda. Sounds super simple- and it is... simple deliciousness. In our glassware, the recipe is about 12 calories per glass all coming from the lemon itself. Club soda has no calories and stevia also does not have calories. It tastes like carbonated lemonade. Lemons are makin' me happy! I can only imagine how nice this drink will be sitting on our patio in the summer months... maybe I'll add some fresh muddled mint from the garden too! Yum!