Fresh Strawberry Lemonade Recipe - How To Make Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

fresh strawberries

🥗Healthier: frozen strawberries

💰Cheaper: strawberry puree

Frozen strawberries are often more affordable and equally flavorful.

In a medium saucepan, add 1.5 cups of white sugar and 2 cups of water.

Bring the mixture to a boil to create a simple syrup, stirring quickly.

Once boiling, turn off the heat and remove from burner.

Add 1 teaspoon of pure lemon extract and 1 teaspoon of pure strawberry extract to the syrup and stir.

Let the simple syrup cool completely at room temperature.

Squeeze lemons to yield 1.5 cups of freshly squeezed lemon juice, removing seeds as you go.

In a blender, add 0.5 pounds of fresh strawberries (rinsed and hulled) and puree until smooth.

In a pitcher, combine the pureed strawberries, the cooled simple syrup, the lemon juice, and 2.5 cups of cold water.

Stir everything together until well blended.

Fill mason jars with ice and pour in the strawberry lemonade.

Garnish with a strawberry, a lemon wedge, a fresh mint leaf, and add two straws.

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