Strawberry Lemonade
This quick and easy strawberry lemonade recipe uses fresh ingredients for a delicious summer drink.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 167kcal
Ingredients
Strawberry Simple Syrup
- 1 1/2 pints strawberries washed and hulled (about 4 cups whole berries)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
Lemonade
- 1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice amount of lemons needed will vary depending on size
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- In a small sauce pot, combine sugar and water over medium heat. Stir to combine and simmer over medium heat until dissolved.
- Remove from heat, cool to room temperature.
- In a blender, combine strawberries and simple syrup. Blend until smooth.
- Combine lemon juice, strawberry simple syrup and water in a pitcher. Stir to combine.
- Serve over ice and garnish with sliced strawberries and lemons, if desired.
Notes
Depending on the size of your lemons, you may need anywhere from 5 - 8 lemons to get 1 cup of juice. The lemons I had were very large, but if yours are on the smaller size you may need more. Sometimes lemons are full of juice and sometimes they aren't. To be on the safe side, buy 1 or 2 more than you think you'll need and use them for garnish if they are leftover.
If you like your lemonade less sweet, you may want to reduce the sugar. If you like it sweeter, increase sugar to 1 1/2 cups.
I added edible flowers to makes the drinks a little fancy. This is totally optional, it's just for decoration and to make them pretty.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 11mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 39g