This easy homemade strawberry lemonade is truly refreshing, fresh and delicious! Sweet and tangy freshly squeezed lemonade loaded with minty strawberries.
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STRAWBERRY LEMONADE
There is nothing more refreshing than a cup of freshly squeezed strawberry lemonade! This recipe is made with freshly squeezed lemons, sugar and strawberries. Not only is this lemonade recipe fresh, but it is also easy to make and loaded with sweet and tangy flavors. Kick off the hot summer days with this freshy strawberry lemonade recipe.
WHAT YOU NEED-
- Lemons– Fresh lemons are essential for this homemade lemonade recipe! The number of lemons will depend on the size of the lemons, but you want to aim for around 8-10 lemons.
- Sweetener– To sweeten the lemonade, you can use any of your go-to sweeteners! Sweeteners like granulated sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, stevia, honey, maple syrup, agave syrup, or simple syrup work great.
- Water– You want to make sure you are using drinking water!
- Strawberries– For the best results you want to use fresh strawberries! You can also use frozen strawberries; you will just want to let them thaw a little bit so you can mash them.
- Mint– Adding fresh mint leaves to the strawberries adds so many additional flavors. Although I highly recommend trying this recipe with mint, it is totally optional.
| Fast Lemonade Options– You can also just use store-bought lemonade, or the country time lemonade mix instead of making freshly squeezed lemonade for this recipe. |
HOW TO MAKE LEMONADE WITH STRAWBERRIES
You can sip on this freshly squeezed lemonade recipe in under 10 minutes!
- In a saucepan, heat 1 cup of water and sugar until the sugar dissolves. Remove heat and allow it to cool.
- Cut the lemons in half and juice the lemon with a juicer or hand squeezer. (Remove any seeds from the lemon juice.)
- Add water, cooled simply syrup and lemon juice to a pitcher and stir until well combined. (Adjust the lemonade if you want it to be sweeter or lemonier.)
- Pour in the strawberry mixture and mix to combine.
- Add ice cubes, mint leaves, and additional lemon and strawberry slices to the pitcher and stir to combine and serve.
STRAWBERRY SAUCE FOR LEMONADE
When making strawberry lemonade, you can either muddle or puree the strawberries. This is based on preference.
PUREED METHOD-
If you don’t like having pieces of strawberry in your lemonade, the puree method is going to be your favorite!
- Remove the leaves off the strawberries, rinse and then quarter the strawberries.
- Add the strawberries, mint, and sugar to a blender and blend until pureed.
- Place a strainer over a bowl or measuring cup and strain the puree. (Or just strain straight into the pitcher to avoid more dishes.)
- Pour smooth strawberry sauce/mixture into the lemonade and enjoy.
MUDDLED METHOD-
If you like chunkier strawberry lemonade with strawberry pieces, the muddle option is for you!
- Remove the leaves off of the strawberries, rinse and then quarter the strawberries.
Add the strawberries, mint, and sugar to a bowl and with a muddler or masher mash the strawberries, allow the juices to be released. - Pour the strawberry mixture into the lemonade, mix and serve.
LEMONADE VARIATIONS
- Sparkling– Make this a bubbly sparkling lemonade by adding some lemon or lime sparkling water, tonic water or even sprite right before serving.
- Limeade– Switch it up and make this recipe a limeade by substituting the lemons for limes!
- Spiked– Make boozy lemonade! Add some vodka, tequila or any other preferred alcohol to the lemonade!
- Multi-Berry– Don’t only use strawberries, add any of your other favorite berries to the strawberries for a delicious berry lemonade.
- Strawberry Mint– Although this recipe does have mint, it’s very subtle. If you love mint, add a bunch of mint leaves to the strawberry mix for a stronger mint flavor!
- Strawberry Peach– Keep it peachy and add some fresh peach slices to the strawberry mixture.
- Arnold Palmer– Make this a strawberry Arnold Palmer by adding some sweet or unsweetened tea to the lemonade mix.
MAKE AHEAD
This delicious homemade lemonade is great to make ahead of time. Allowing the strawberry mixture to sit in the lemonade releases even better flavors! Here are some great tips on how to prepare lemonade ahead of time!
- Make the strawberry mixture and store it in the fridge for 4-5 days. Add this to homemade or store-bought lemonade and enjoy.
- If you are making the lemonade ahead of time, do not add the ice cubes or additional lemon slices. Store in the fridge, then when ready to serve add in the ice cubes and additional lemon slices.
- Store the leftover strawberry lemonade in the fridge or for up to 5-6 days.
- You can totally freeze the lemon juice concentrate from this recipe for up to 5 months!
- Combine the simple syrup, lemon juice and strawberry mixture and add to a container or freezer bag and freeze. When ready for lemonade, thaw the mixture, add to a pitcher and add water and enjoy!
QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE:
This strawberry lemonade recipe will make about 6-7 cups of lemonade, a pitcher full of freshly squeezed lemonade!
Yes, you can totally just make a single or double serve! Just add the desired amount of lemon juice, sweetener and strawberries in a cup and mash. Add water and ice and enjoy!
The best way to juice your lemons is by rolling the lemons on a hard surface to break down the inside of the lemon, then juice with a hand squeezer or juicer.
No, you do not have to blend the strawberries, you can just mash or muddle them if you don’t mind the chunks of strawberries in your lemonade.
Adding sugar to the strawberries helps extract the juices, but you can leave the sugar out if you prefer.
Yes! Adding mint leaves is totally optional!
The sweetness level is totally up to your preference! Add more or less sugar to the lemonade mixture depending on how you like it. I like my lemonade on the tarter side, so I add less sugar to my lemonade.
Yes, you can double or even triple the recipe if you like! I love making a large batch when hosting! You will just need a lot of lemons or swap out the lemon and sugar for lemonade mix.
Yes, this is my go-to method when making a larger batch! I just make my lemonade by adding country time lemonade mix to water and then mix in the strawberry mixture.
Homemade Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
Lemonade-
- 6 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups lemon juice about 8-10 lemons
- 1 cup granulated sugar or other sweetener
Strawberry Mixture-
- 12 oz strawberries quartered
- 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 mint leaves optional
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat 1 cup of water and granulated sugar on medium heat. Cook just until the sugar dissolves. Remove heat and allow it to cool.
- Cut the lemons in half and juice the lemons with a juicer or hand squeezer. (Remove any seeds from the lemon juice.)
- Add the rest of the water, cooled simply syrup and lemon juice to a pitcher and stir until well combined. (Adjust the lemonade if you want it to be sweeter or lemonier.)
- Remove the leaves off of the strawberries, rinse and then quarter the strawberries.
- Add the strawberries, mint leaves, and sugar to a blender and blend until pureed.
- Place a strainer over a bowl or measuring cup and strain the puree. (Or just strain straight into the pitcher to avoid more dishes.)
- Pour in the strawberry mixture into the pitcher of lemonade and mix to combine.
- Add ice cubes, mint leaves, and additional lemon and strawberry slices to the pitcher, stir to combine and serve.
Notes
- Remove the leaves off the strawberries, rinse and then quarter the strawberries.
- Add the strawberries, mint, and sugar to a bowl and with a muddler or masher mash the strawberries, allow the juices to be released.
- Pour the strawberry mixture into the lemonade, mix and serve.
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