Fresh Strawberry Lemonade

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Sweet, tart, and delicious, everyone loves the taste of this Homemade Strawberry Lemonade recipe. Its the perfect drink to sip on when the weather warms up. I make it during The post Fresh Strawberry Lemonade appeared first on...

Sweet, tart, and delicious, everyone loves the taste of this Homemade Strawberry Lemonade recipe. Its the perfect drink to sip on when the weather warms up. I make it during the strawberry season and during the hot summer months. Keep a batch in the refrigerator, and I promise itll disappear as everyone enjoys a glass.

If youve never tasted the difference between homemade lemonade and store-bought, theres a huge difference. The powders have preservatives, the refrigerated store brands have filler or added sugar, and the frozen ones, from concentrate, dont even taste like natural lemon to me. Theres nothing like squeezing your own lemons and making a beautiful strawberry puree to use.

Homemade Strawberry Lemonade isnt difficult to make, but it does take a few kitchen tools. These will help you reach the right consistency and get rid of the strawberry seeds. Keep a pitcher in the refrigerator, and its such a tasty treat.

Tips For Making Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

For this recipe, youll need several tools. Youll need a blender, mesh strainer, small saucepan, and pitcher. The strainer is important so the strawberry seeds can separate from the juice. If you dont have a pitcher to store the lemonade in, individual mason jars work too.

How To Pick The Freshest Strawberries

Pick strawberries from the grocery store or farmers market for your lemonade. Its important that they have a full, robust, sweet flavor and arent lacking flavor. Grocery store strawberries tend to be more firm, but you can still get a good selection.

Strawberries should be a vibrant shade of red with perky green leaves.They dont ripen after theyve been picked, so opt out of strawberries that are still white or green. Look at the full container of strawberries to avoid mold. If youre shopping at a farmers market, check to see when your local strawberry season is.

How To Store Leftovers

Keep your Strawberry Lemonade in an airtight pitcher. Open pitchers work as well, but wont keep the lemonade as fresh. Store the lemonade in the refrigerator. For the best freshness, enjoy the lemonade within 4-5 days of making it. If you want to freeze the leftover lemonade, pour it into individual ice cube trays. The lemonade can be frozen for up to three months. When youre ready to thaw the lemonade, dump the cubes into a pitcher and let it thaw in the refrigerator.

Can You Make Sugar-Free Strawberry Lemonade?

Yes! If you want to make this Strawberry Lemonade without sugar, youll have to create a sugar-free simple syrup to use. Typically, you can pick your favorite sugar substitute to make a sugar-free simple syrup. That doesnt take the sugar out of the strawberries, but it drastically cuts it down.

What You Need From The Grocery Store:

Granulated Sugar Strawberries Lemons (For Making Fresh Lemon Juice. Do not use bottled lemon juice.) For Garnish: strawberries & lemons

Directions For Making Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

Bring water and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat in a saucepan. Once it comes to a boil, remove from heat. Squeeze lemons for fresh lemon juice and add to a pitcher.

Squeezing the fresh lemonade juice.

Use a blender to blend strawberries until fully pureed. Stain in a mesh strainer to remove seeds.

Straining the strawberry seeds from the juice.

Add puree to lemon juice. Add in the simple syrup and additional water. Stir and chill until ready to serve. Add slices of lemon, for garnish, or strawberries.

Homemade Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
Yield: 8 Servings

Fresh Strawberry Lemonade

Fresh Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
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This Fresh Strawberry Lemonade is refreshing, sweet and slightly tart. It's a delicious treat during the warmer months and perfect during strawberry season.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups water 1 lb strawberries, hulled 1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons) 5-6 cups cold water

Instructions

Bring water and sugar to a boil over medium high heat in sauce pan. Once it comes to a boil, remove from heat.Squeeze lemons for fresh lemon juice and add to pitcher. In a blender, blend strawberries until fully pureed.Stain in a mesh strainer to remove seeds, optional. Add puree to lemon juice.Add in the simple syrup and additional water. Stir and chill until ready to serve.

Notes

Keep leftovers in the refrigerator. For best freshness, enjoy within 4-5 days of making the Strawberry Lemonade.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 218Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 39mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 1gSugar: 53gProtein: 0g

**Nutrition is calculated by a third party. Actual values may vary.

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