This easy Strawberry Lemonade recipe is my kid’s favorite summer drink. It’s homemade and requires just four basic ingredients!
Out of all of the homemade drink recipes on my site, this lemonade recipe may be my personal favorite! My kids love to help me make it and squeeze the lemons. They also love helping me make Sparkling Mint Limeade and Easy Orange Julius.
Strawberry Lemonade
Many people grow up drinking powdered drinks. You know, like powdered lemonade, crystal light, or tang? If these are the sort of drinks you are used to, this homemade strawberry lemonade is going to knock your socks off! It’s so fresh and delicious!
The best part of this homemade lemonade recipe is how easy it is to make. You can even freeze the simple syrup and fresh-squeezed lemon juice so that making homemade lemonade is easy any time of year.
Strawberry Lemonade Ingredients:
The ingredients for homemade lemonade couldn’t be simpler! You can make lemonade with the following 4 ingredients:
- Strawberries: Hull 1/2 lb of strawberries (cut the green stem off), and toss them in your food processor.
- Lemons: Fresh lemons are essential for this recipe to get that great fresh-squeezed lemonade taste. Depending on the size of your lemons, you will need between 6-8 medium size lemons to get 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice for this recipe.
- Sugar: White granulated sugar gets dissolved in water to create a simple syrup.
- Water: How much water you add depends on how sweet you like your lemonade.
How to make Strawberry Lemonade:
- Puree the strawberries. Use a blender or food processor to puree the strawberries. Strain them through a fine mesh sieve to remove seeds, if you want.
- Make a simple syrup. Add sugar and 2 cups of water to a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
- Juice your lemons. Strain the lemon juice through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher.
- Combine syrup, lemon juice, and pureed strawberries. Stir to combine.
- Chill.
Can you freeze fresh lemonade?
Yes! You can freeze the lemon juice concentrate from this recipe and save it to make homemade lemonade, any time. Mix the cooled simple syrup, fresh squeezed lemon juice, and pureed strawberries together. Pour into a freezer bag and freeze for up to 5 months.
When ready to use, allow the mixture to thaw and add it to a pitcher. Add water, to taste, until you reach your desired sweetness.
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Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound fresh strawberries , stems removed
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 1/2-5 cups water , divided
- 1 1/2 cups fresh-squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Use a blender or food processor to puree the strawberries. Strain them through a fine mesh sieve, if desired, to remove seeds.
- In a small saucepan, over medium heat, stir together sugar and 2 cups water.
- Bring to a boil, and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
- Strain the lemon juice through a fine-mesh sieve into a 2-quart pitcher. Add simple syrup and pureed strawberries and stir to combine. Refrigerate until cold.
- When ready to serve, add 2 1/2 cups of cold water and stir. Taste, and add more water if it's too sweet.
- Serve with ice.
Nutrition
HAVE YOU TRIED THIS RECIPE?!
RATE and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
Cheryl Carter says
This is so refreshing.I did not have a mesh sieve. I used juicer for lemons. I suggest diluting with more water.
Sophia says
This is a very nice strawberry lemonade recipe because of the much detail you put into it. this actually helped a lot, ‘cause I have a project about lemonade so this was very helpful. Thank you, welcome for the comment🙂🙃😁
Maria D Miller says
the best lemonade..loveee
Jerahmeel says
I loooove this recipe! Absolutely delicious! Perfect for the summer heat. I was looking for a strawberry lemonade recipe that replicated that of Cheesecake Factory’s (my fave)and this recipe does it! As instructed at the end, I would suggest to add 2 cups of water to reduce the sweetness (or serve with looots of ice), or to just reduce the amount of sugar in general, but that is up to personal taste. To those squeezing their own lemons, I found that 6 lemons was almost perfect. Thank you for this amazing recipe!
bhavesh says
Summer is here and everyone is waiting for a chilled lemonade recipe. Thanks for this recipe. It is really delicious and refreshing. Sharing here a strawberry lemonade recipe. Go and checkout the recipe here: https://www.foodybud.com/homemade-strawberry-lemonade/
Te says
Super good! With really Fresh soft lemons from a tree I would cut the sugar by 1/8 cup less. What a treat😊
Gabby says
Amazing!!!! Just added a lot more water at the end!
Leslie Elliot says
Try using carbonated water. It’s completely amazing and much more refreshing!
Lauren Allen says
Love that idea! Thanks!
Melanie says
Loved this! Mix it one glass at a time, about 1 part concentrate to 2 parts sparkling lemon water over ice.
Asha says
This is great. I didn’t heat the sugar with water (I never do with regular lemonade and don’t have any problems with it not wanting to dissolve) and just mixed everything together.
I used cheap bottled lemon juice – would highly recommend buying a good lemon juice or using lemons to get fresh squeezed juice. The strawberries make the bad lemon juice less noticeable but I can still taste it.
I didn’t strain my pureed strawberries. Not bad but it is a lot more pulpy than I expected. I’plan strain them next time.
This is a great recipe though and I’may saving it so I can make it again and again.