This recipe was born out of necessity. I had some strawberries that were starting to go bad. I didn’t want to throw them away, and they were still in good enough shape to do something with them.
I’d been wanting to make homemade lemonade this summer and had a few lemons although I had to get a few more to make the lemonade. First, you have to make the strawberry simple syrup. Super easy. Just sugar and water brought to a boil and then you add strawberries.
After it sits for a little while, blend it up to make it smooth. The hardest part (or longest part) is straining the strawberry simple syrup. I didn’t strain it once, and I didn’t like it as much. It was still good, and if you don’t mind juice with a lot of pulp, you may like it. But, I prefer to strain the strawberries.
Then you squeeze the lemons to get fresh lemon juice. Hint – have your kids do this. It gives them a job to do and saves you from doing it. Then all you do is combine lemon juice, water, and strawberry syrup. Voila – you have strawberry lemonade.
To make a spritzer, just add Sprite or 7-up. I actually like the drink better with fizz-it seems more fancy or something. .
This drink is super refreshing! All three kids gave it a big thumbs up! I recommend doubling the recipe because we drank our first batch in less than a day. I got smart after that and now double the recipe.
Also, you could make any fruit flavored lemonade. Try it with blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries. Just substitute those fruits in for the strawberries. Whatever concoction you make, I’m sure it will be great.
Enjoy your taste of summer!
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups strawberries sliced
- 1 cup lemon juice approximately 8 lemons, squeezed
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 2 1/2 cups Sprite or 7-Up
Ingredients
Strawberry simple syrup
Lemonade spritzer
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- Bring 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar just to a boil. Stir to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat and add strawberries. Cool. Puree in blender. Strain with a fine mesh strainer.
- Squeeze lemons. Combine lemon juice, 1 1/2 cups water, and strawberry simple syrup in a pitcher. Add 2 1/2 cups Sprite or 7-Up right before serving. Stir well.
- Optional: Strawberry Lemonade (without the spritzer). Double the recipe (except for the Sprite) and get a full pitcher of the strawberry lemonade. Omit Sprite.
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