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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 Strawberry Banana Smoothie.
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 ½ 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 ½ 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 ½ cups of cold water and stir. Taste, and add more water if it's too sweet.
- Serve with ice.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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That was one of the BEST strawberry lemonade recipes!! It was also really quick and easy. Strawberry lemonade is one of my favorite drinks to order from restaurants and I’ve tried a lot of different ones, and I’ve got to say that this is probably one of my favorite ones so far! Thank you so much, Ms. Lauren!!
im making this for my lemonade stand, it is gonna taste good and your recipe is amazing
This is really easy and tastes good!
This was terrific. However, I use the lemon zest and put it in the sugar water mixture at the start, so you have a lemon flavored simple syrup when you’re done. It really increases the lemon intensity
I will definitely try that next time. I saw your suggestion an hour too late for this batch. 😉
I’ve made this twice now for our ladies card group. Here in Tucson we have plenty of free lemons from our friends. Wonderful tasting and very simple to make!
How many ounces does this make?
Roughly 64oz.
OMG LAUREN YOU REPLIED
This strawberry 🍓 lemonade 🍋 is the BEST !!!!!!!! This is a must try recipe!!!!!
Can I use honey instead of granulated sugar.
I haven’ tested it, but I think an artificial sweetener like splenda would taste much better than honey would.
I used allulose…just 2 tsp for each individual
serving.
How many oz does this make?
I just made this in less than 20 minutes it’s fast easy and very very good! Great job to whoever made this recipe and thank you!
OMG this is so good my family loved it
I tried it! It is so good and these are relatively easy ingredients to find that you probably already have laying around. Absolutely delicious! Perfect for the summer heat. I was looking for a strawberry lemonade recipe that replicated that of. This is so refreshing 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. The best strawberry lemonade 🥤🥤Thank you🥤🥤yummy yummy🥤🥤🥤🥤
If you add an apple or two, you can eliminate some or all of the sugar.
How did you add the apples? Did you purée them or cook them in the water?