Easy Strawberry Lemonade

This homemade strawberry lemonade recipe is easy with the best sweet cake flavor! It’s quick to conjure up a large, deliciously festive pitcher.

do you have fresh strawberries Here’s one of the best ways to use them… a jarful strawberry lemonade! This drink is bright and beautiful, citrusy with hints of berries on the finish. Homemade is infinitely better: the flavors are brilliantly fresh. This has become a favorite here as a summertime drink (if we’re not doing the pink lemonade shortcut, of course!). This recipe is quick and easy: you don’t even have to cook a syrup! Just mix and go.

Ingredients strawberry lemonade

This strawberry lemonade recipe skips making strawberry syrup on the stovetop and goes straight into the blender. All you have to do is combine the berries and sugar, then mix with lemon juice to make a lemonade. As simple as that! In fact, you only need three real ingredients (plus water):

Use the best ripe berries

Of course, this strawberry lemonade tastes best with ripe strawberries. Strawberries are easy to find out of season these days: and their flavor is tart and bland. Be sure to find ripe fruit, because no amount of sugar can save an unripe berry! Bonus points if you have a pint of berries from a local farmers market.

How to Make Strawberry Lemonade (Basic Steps)

Once you have your ingredients, there are only a few basic steps to make strawberry lemonade. Here’s everything you need to do (or jump to the recipe below for exact quantities):

• Squeeze lemons. The only part that takes time is this! We recommend using a Juicer, which is fastest, extracts the most juice and is easy on your hands. The next best choice? A portable juicer.
• Mix strawberries, sugar and water. Give it a boost in the blender.
• Shuffle the pitcher. Then mix it in a pitcher with the lemon juice and more cold water. Garnish with ice cream and mint if you like!

Serve in a pitcher with ice? reduce water

Planning to make this strawberry lemonade for a party and leave it in a large pitcher with ice? Ice melts over time, which can dilute the drink. If you think it might stay for a while, you can reduce the cold water you add at the end to compensate for the dilution.

However, if you want to serve it right away, there’s no need! Just follow the recipe below.

Strawberry lemonade variations

There are so many delicious ways to mix this drink! Here are a few ideas:

• Sparkling lemonade: Stir in 4 cups of sparkling water instead of cold water.
• Spicy lemonade: Serve 1 cup of this strawberry lemonade by the glass with ¼ cup vodka or 3 tablespoons gin.
• Arnold Palmer: Make a Strawberry Arnold Palmer by mixing 6 tablespoons of lemonade with 1 cup of iced tea.

More lemonade flavors? Try cucumber lemonade, ginger lemonade, mint lemonade, raspberry lemonade, or watermelon lemonade.

More strawberry recipes

do you have berries We have many strawberry recipes to make the most of the season! Here are some tastier recipes using this delicious berry:

This strawberry lemonade recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.