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!!
Hello
Just to clarify with this part –
“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.”
So, is this just a long way of saying to mix up the strawberry lemonade as per the recipe, and then pop it all in the freezer instead of drinking it? (I got confused at the start when it was talking separately about freezing the lemon juice. So do I freeze the lemon juice, or do I freeze the entire batch of cocktail. I’m thinking the latter.)
Thanks! Can’t wait to try this recipe.
I took the instructions to read that you could freeze the concentrated mix prior to adding the extra water. I have made a large batch and will freeze half of it for later. We like to add soda water instead of just water and it is so refreshing.
Omggg love it!!! Made this recipe and my husband & kids approve. I poured a cup for all of us to take a sip & see how we like it. Lol my son said “this is mine” ok mommy “this cup, can i have it?” 😁
Even my son loved it who usually not a lemonade person! Delish!
Mummmmm. It’s delicious… 😋😋
This recipe is amazing, I made it today and I love it. Thank you!
Do you have a suggestion on the best way to get that much fresh squeezed lemon juice?
We use a juicer!! You can see in the video the kind Lauren used!
You can get a lemonade juicer. It’s a simple thing that you press the lemon onto and move around. The juice falls through the holes and the seeds and pulp stay on top. Or, you can squeeze them by hand. This takes time though and if you have wrist pain like I do, it sucks
This is a great summer drink. I also tried it with replacing the strawberries with raspberries and it came out Devine. My husband likes peach lemonade using this recipe. Thank you
Delicious! Used half lemon and half lime juice since I didn’t have enough lemons. So glad I found this because I got to use my fresh organic berries from my local farm. It was really tasty and making concentrate allows for customization! Beautiful!
My granddaughters and I made this lemonade and we all loved it!!!! Very simple to make. Tastes so much better than powdered.
Thank you for sharing
That lemonade was delicious but one tip is to specify how much sugar to use my recommended amount was about one cup
I do specify the sugar amount. The water can be added to your liking to make it less sweet.
When doing the 2x batch how much water do I put in the simple syrup and how much goes in the lemonade when it’s done?
4 cups water in the simple syrup and about 5 cups (adjust to taste) in the lemonade!