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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Recipe
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.
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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!!
Oh wow this is amazing! My neighbor has two types of lemon trees, Meyer and another I don’t know. I’ve experimented a lot with various lemon dishes but have always shied away from any type of lemonade. I gave this a try with my freshly grown strawberries and really, this made my weekend! I think it’s perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Made this today and it was just a bit too sweet for my liking, but that’s also because I try to limit sugar in general…yeah I’m one of those people! This might be perfectly sweet for others. I should have not added all of the simple syrup and added half to gauge the sweetness. Other than that, this was really good!! My niece liked it as well (she’s the one who had requested it in the first place). Will definitely make this again 🙂
I tweaked the recipe by adding a flavored bag (cheesecloth) with one cinnamon stick, dried orange rind, 4 cloves and two pieces of star anise to the simple syrup mixture while it was on the stove. It added a much more complex flavor.
I love this recipe and I have made it a couple of times. I wanted to ask if it’s okay to use lime juice instead of lemon?
You’ll have a very tasty limeade!
This recipe is awesome but I recommend frozen strawberries instead of fresh ones.
Make sure to try!
After u make the drink and put it in the fridge how long do you think you have too drink it before it goes bad?
I would say about 5 to 6 months frozen maybe 6 to 8 weeks not frozen
I too, would like to know the longevity of this beverage stored in the refrigerator. Thank you.
Would you be able to do the strawberries on the side and add the puree as people want it? I was thinking of making lemonade for our outside vendor shows and having different fruit flavors on the side and just straight lemonade in the pitcher
Sure, that would be fine!
I FINALLY made this! Been wanting to for two weeks! It is delicious! Except, I thought your video said to add 2.5 cups water or more depending on how sweet you really want it. I added 2.5 plus about 1.5 cups of ice! I love it! My husband didn’t like it. But he doesn’t like much of anything. 🙄🙄 More for me!! 🤣😂 Thanks for the recipe!
We make this every summer! We only put in the water for the simple syrup and make a concentrate to save room in the fridge, and sometimes I mix the concentrate with vodka and it’s delicious. Mostly I just mix it with water and my kids and I enjoy it and it’s super good that way too 😉
Can you use frozen whole strawberries?
Yes! Either thaw them first, or use a blender powerful enough to puree the frozen fruit.