lavender lemonade ~ non alcoholic

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• handful of fresh lavender blooms (or 3 tablespoons of dried lavender)
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• sparkling water

1. Make a simple syrup (1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, bring sugar and water to a boil)
2. Add a handful of lavender blooms to the simple syrup. (Or, 3 tablespoons of dried lavender.)
3. Bring sugar, water, and lavender to a boil, then let it sit and cool down.
4. Fill a pitcher with ice cubes. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice to 1/2 cup lavender syrup to pitcher. Fill the rest of the pitcher with sparkling water.
5. Before serving, stir lavender, lemon juice, and sparkling water.