Ginger Lemonade

Halve and remove the seeds from lemons and juice them. Add fresh lemon juice, water, sugar, basil, and ginger root to a large bowl. Refrigerate overnight (or for at least 12 hours), allowing the ginger root to flavor the lemonade.

Pour the drink into a serving pitcher and use a strainer to sift out the pieces of ginger root and basil; discard them. You may leave the ginger root in the lemonade but each day, it will become stronger and sometimes larger grated ginger pieces are not favorable.

Garnish and serve with slices or lemon and pieces of basil.