Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
This fresh strawberry lemonade is tart and sweet and absolutely fantastic. If strawberries aren’t your thing, try swapping berries!
If you can still find sweet, ripe strawberries, it isn’t too late to make this delicious fresh strawberry lemonade!
And let me tell you, it’s still so hot and muggy in my neck of the woods, I would gladly enjoy this any day during the next week or beyond, I’m sure.
A friend I knew briefly a few years ago sent me this recipe last week and it sounded so refreshing and tasty that I had to make it immediately.
Needless to say, my kids went crazy for this. It was tart and sweet and absolutely fantastic. Thanks, Tara!
By the way, I think you could use many a berry-swap for this recipe: raspberry lemonade, blueberry lemonade…the options seem endless!
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Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, from about 5-8 lemons
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups sliced, fresh strawberries
Instructions
- Combine the lemon juice and sugar in a blender and blend for about 30 seconds to combine. Add the strawberries and puree or pulse until the strawberries are at the desired chunkiness. I liked the strawberries slightly chunky but my husband preferred it to be more smooth – blend to your own preference!
- Pour the lemon/strawberry mixture into a pitcher and add 4 cups of cold water. Mix well and serve chilled.
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Recipe Source: from Tara S.
This is yum yum yum! We’ve made it so many times this summer!
amazing and awesome and delightful,
but i would add ice to it.
I love this lemonade so much!
Mel – do you think you could use fizzy water (club soda or Pellagrino) to make a fizzy lemonade? Would you adjust the sugar level at all?
Hey Jennifer – you could certainly try! I think it would be yummy.
I know this is an old post, but I wonder how it would be with honey instead of sugar. We use honey in our sun tea and love it, but I might be partial since the hubby is a beekeeper. And I don’t keep sugar in the house anymore.
This has a wonderful flavor, and it is so easy to throw together. I blended mine super smooth and strained out the strawberry seeds. (Oh, the things we do for our children!) Thanks, Mel!
Made yesterday, very refreshing summer drink! I’d love to try it next with fresh blueberries. Have you ever used frozen fruit to make this lemonade?
Christine – I haven’t used frozen fruit but I definitely think it is worth a try.
This was beyond fabulous–so delicious and refreshing! When I think of the effort I went through to make a much more complicated strawberry lemonade (from a very well known blog) and how none of us liked it, I could gnash my teeth. This recipe deserves 11 stars on a scale of 10!
Loved this, Mel! I was surprised how easy it was. I made a double batch (big crew comin over :)) ahead of time and kept the puree in the blender container in the fridge and then mixed it with two 2 liters of lemon-lime seltzer instead of plain water. I really liked the addition of the fizz. Will add this to my party rotation for sure!
So yummy Mel! I do the bountiful baskets and got like 8 lemons this week wondering what to do with it and what do ya know we got strawberries too 🙂 I’ve never made fresh lemonade before (sad, I know) but I don’t think I’m ever going back now!!
SO GOOD! I will be making this again.
Strawberry lemonade
Oh, my goodness, this is so good! I just made this with frozen raspberries ( I was out of strawberries) and it is so yummy! I cannot wait to have this with our cookout dinner tonight!
I wish I had strawberries in my fridge right now, because that lemonade looks SO refreshing and yummy.
Strawberry lemonade sounds very refreshing! Looks very good.
this is second only to strawberry limeades when i think of awesome summer beverages. gorgeous pitcher of goodness, mel!
That sounds so good right about now!
Goodness Gracious!!! That looks so refreshing!!! I will have to make some for the holiday weekend!!
I made a great peach lemonade yesterday. 4 C water, 1 C sugar, 2 peaches diced. Combine and bring to a boil; simmer for 10 minutes. Let cool. Strain mixture and add to 3/4 C lemon juice. Delish! I thought it was a little sweet, and I would also mash the peaches instead of dice. I’m think it could made up and frozen and then just add the juice later.
A but late but THANK YOU FOR THIS.
Holy crap, that looks like HEAVEN!!! I am going to the store RIGHT NOW to buy strawberries and lemons and making that asap!! I am loving your recipes Mel!! Thanks so much! You are such an AMAZING cook!!! 🙂 Miss you!
I’ll pass this along to my partner, Peter. He’s been making lemonade quite often of late. I’m sure he’ll love this idea.
I love that you don’t have to heat the sugar and water first! I can’t wait to try this!
This drink will go really good with your Labor Day grilling! I am going to grill hamburgers and have this fun Strawberry Lemonade Drink.
Yummy, this would go great with your recipe for old-fashioned coconut cream pie!!!
ooh this sounds great! my mom was just asking me what new thing we should make for our labor day picnic!
Sounds divine! I just bought some yummy strawberries yesterday!
I haven’t met a lemonade I didn’t like, and strawberry is my favorite kind! Thanks for sharing!
My family loves any kind of mixed lemonade (especially strawberry and raspberry)! We will definately try this one! I think frozen fruit would work when berries aren’t in season, don’t you, Melanie? Thanks!
Yes, Kim, I think frozen berries would work great, too…and maybe even make it a kind of icy smoothie.
I love strawberry lemonade but have never tried it at home! It looks so refreshing and delicious.