Strawberry Lemonade

Strawberry Lemonade is a lightly sweetened and refreshing drink that’s perfect for the warm days of spring and summer.

My son is the master lemonade-maker in our house. He will very often make a pitcher of lemonade when we have any guests over, and make sure he offers it to them multiple times. He has his recipe memorised, and usually makes it with a mix of lemon and lime juice.

He takes the easy road to his lemonade and uses bottled lemon and lime juice, which works out just fine. He makes it so often that I was getting tired of buying a bottle of lime juice with every grocery shopping trip (they only come in smaller bottles, unlike the lemon juice, which I buy in large bottles at Costco). To solve this problem, we bought a flat of 12 bottles of lime juice at the Costco business center. Problem solved.

But sometimes when he makes his lemon juice, he gets creative. He will add other fruit to make flavored lemonade. In this case, we’re going to make Strawberry Lemonade.

How to make Strawberry Lemonade

This delicious pink lemonade is made with fresh strawberries, lemon juice, water, and sugar. I usually make it more on the sour side, and my son likes it even more sour than I do. You might like it sweeter than we do.

Taste your lemonade after adding ½ cup of sugar (make sure it’s dissolved) and add more, small amounts at a time, until it tastes good to you. While ½ cup sugar may sound like a lot, this recipe makes about 10 cups of lemonade, so it’s only about 2½ teaspoons or 13 grams per cup, which is lower than the same amount as you’d get in the same volume of unsweetened orange juice.

I have also made this with powdered Stevia, and while my kids loved it, I have never been a huge fan of the way Stevia tastes, and it really wasn’t for me.

I make this strawberry lemonade when I have leftover strawberries that are on their way out (this happens often, as pretty much every second time I buy a big container of strawberries from Costco, my kids decide they no longer like strawberries). It also works with frozen strawberries.

This lemonade is also so good frozen and turned into popsicles. Also, try adding vodka to it. So versatile!

Strawberry Lemonade Nutrition Notes

Want more Strawberry Recipes?

Carissa Serink

Strawberry Lemonade

5 from 1 vote

A lightly sweetened strawberry lemonade that is perfectly refreshing for hot days.

Print Save Saved! Pin Comment Add as a Trusted Google Source

Servings: 10 cups

Course: Beverage, Drinks

Cuisine: American

Calories: 64

Special Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Stay AwakeKeep your screen awake

Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Equipment

• Food Processor or clean coffee grinder (optional – to make superfine sugar)
• Fine Mesh Strainer
• Pitcher

Ingredients

 

1x2x3x?

• ▢ 1 pound fresh or frozen (thawed) strawberries stemmed, cored and cut in half
• ▢ 6 cups water
• ▢ 2 cups lemon juice (from 8 lemons)
• ▢ ½ cup superfine sugar or more to taste, or your favorite non-nutritive sweetener – see note

Instructions

 

1. Add 1 pound fresh or frozen (thawed) strawberries and 2 cups water to a blender. Blend until smooth. Strain mixture through a fine mesh strainer in to a large pitcher. Discard the seeds and pulp. 
2. Stir in the remaining 4 cups water, 2 cups lemon juice, and ½ cup superfine sugar into the pitcher with the strawberry mixture. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, adding more to taste as desired. Chill before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 64kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.03gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.02gSodium: 8mgPotassium: 120mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.2mg

Notes

With ½ cup of sugar, the lemonade will still be quite sour. But I like to use this as a starting point, and add more little bits at a time until you get to the sweetness you desire. 

I have also made this recipe using powdered Stevia instead of sugar – I used about ¼ cup to get to a level of sweetness that tasted good to me.

To make your own superfine sugar, simply add the amount of sugar you plan to use to a food processor or clean coffee grinder. Process the sugar until it has a fine texture, like powdered sugar. Do not use powdered sugar, as it contains starch, which you don’t want in your lemonade.

Tried this recipe?

Please Consider Leaving a Review!