Strawberry Lemonade!

I used to be a catering prep cook and would frequent a neighboring coffee shop on my breaks. One of my favorite drinks to get was the Odwalla Strawberry Lemonade. Nothing says summer to me like Lemonade and Limeade, so since Matt and I have taken to sunning ourselves like beached whales on our shared back yard area we decided last weekend to try our hand at homemade lemonade.


I made up a batch of regular lemonade, which was kind of hard for me to get just right since I like my drinks more tart and Matt likes his drinks more sweet. In order to infuse a little more lemon flavor into the drinks I zested the lemons and cooked the zest into the simple syrup. Then once everything was combined I strained out the lemon rinds. I think it was a smashing success!

Then after I made the regular lemonade Matt wanted to make peach lemonade, which I vetoed because I love to eat the peaches raw, and we agreed on making strawberry lemonade. I think that is came out perfect. The flavors just danced across my palate and were even great when mixed with some vodka for our weekly picnic. If you are like me and do not like pulp this drink is best served strained, but if you are a pulp lover like Matt just pour and enjoy!


Strawberry Lemonade Recipe:
(Serves 4) <--- I advise tripling this recipe because it is so darn good!

For Juice:
Juice of 2 Large Lemons
1 3/4 c. Water
6-8 Strawberries

For Simple-Syrup:
1/4 c. Sugar
1/4 c. Water

Zest lemons and then mix zest, sugar and water into a sauce pan and simmer until combined.

Juice lemons and once simple syrup is made and cooled, combine juice, water, simple syrup and strawberries in a blender. Chill and enjoy!

I advise taste testing this as you go along to make sure it is the way you like your lemonade! Not too sweet or not too sour!