Munchie Monday: Ginger Limeade

The VitaMix company made a new-to-me jar:  the Aer Disc jar.  This gives cooks the opportunity to make fluffy aerated things and different kinds of beverages.  The VitaMix website has a recipe for Mint Limeade.  This did not appeal tremendously to me...though if we had not already closed up shop on the deck and set the security system (something that takes about a minutes to overcome, so it is not a very good excuse...) I might have harvested some of the spearmint leaves we have on the deck.  Instead I decided to try Ginger Limeade.

2 cups cold water
2 limes, washed, with a little bit of each end cut off, and the remaining limes each cut into 4 equal slices
1/4 cup sugar
1 inch knob fresh ginger, peeled and chopped pretty finely
2 cups ice cubes

Ingredients in the jar

Using the Aer Disc jar, place all the ingredients in the jar in the listed order.  Turn on the VitaMix on low and move up to highest speed.  Let process for 30-45 seconds.

Ginger Limeade aerated and in the jar

Pour into two 16-ounce glasses.

Ginger Limeade, served.  There were two glasses of it

This was a GREAT experiment!!

It is my opinion that this same beverage can be made in any blender, with the exception that the limes should be juiced first and then added to the blender jar.

This is what the aer disc looks like.

Apparently what happens to the lime slices in the Aer Disc jar is called muddling.

You can see that most of the soft part of the lime has disappeared from the lime slices...thus muddled, I guess.

 I had never heard of muddling.  I think it means that the soft part of the lime is sucked out of the solid part and mushed up.  Whatever it is, this is a very refreshing beverage, even in the early winter...!

PS . The Aer Disc Jar was on sale on Black Friday for $99 through #LifeIsNOYOKE.  I could not resist!!!