My Strawberry Lemon Limeade is a refreshing combination of sweetened strawberries with tart-sweet lemon and lime juices.
Yesterday was the first really warm day we've had this spring. 88 degrees. Pretty warm. Not hot, but still a taste of what's in store for summer.
After working all day, doing four loads of laundry and cooking dinner, I just wanted a tall glass of something refreshing. Something I could enjoy while we watched Dancing with the Stars, and caught up on email and Facebook.
A tall glass of something cold to sip while we relaxed and wound down for the day. You know, right?
I suddenly remembered how much I used to enjoy the Strawberry Lemonade at Sonic. It was light and sweet and tart all at the same time.
So, I grabbed a few things from the pantry and went to work. I didn't have enough lemons to make a big pitcher of lemonade, but I had some limes so I added those. I also had a package of frozen strawberries hanging out in the freezer so I grabbed those, too.
And, let me tell you, what I wound up with was just delicious. Just the thing to cool you down on a hot spring or summer day.
Strawberry Lemon Limeade is a refreshing combination of sweetened strawberries with a tart-sweet lemon-limeade. Click To Tweet
How to Make Strawberry Lemon Limeade
You'll start by making a simple syrup of equal parts water and sugar. Bring it to a boil and stir until the sugar completely melts. You can then refrigerate the syrup until it's cool or do what I did and add ice to cool it down right away.
While the syrup is cooling, remove the zest from one lime and one lemon. A microplane makes this job so easy and gives you a very finely grated zest. Love that tool! Set the zest aside and then juice the lemons and limes.
Put the thawed strawberries with their syrup in a large pitcher. Add the lemon-lime zest, the simple syrup, and the juices. Stir together to blend. Add enough water to make a total of eight cups.
Now, taste your mixture. If you like it less tart, add water a cup at a time until you get just the taste you want. Serve over ice and garnish with fresh strawberries and lemon or lime slices.
Enjoy!
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Strawberry Lemon-Limeade
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 ½ cups water
- Ice
- 3 limes
- 5-6 large lemons
- 1 10 oz. package frozen strawberries in syrup thawed
- Water
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, bring the sugar and water to a boil stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove pan from the heat and add 4 cups of ice cubes.
- While the sugar-water mixture cools, finely grate the zest from one lime and one lemon. Set aside.
- Juice the lemons and limes. There should be about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups juice.
- Put the thawed strawberries with their syrup in the bottom of a pitcher.
- Add the finely grated zest, lemon-lime juice and the cooled sugar-water mixture.
- Add enough additional water to make a total of 8 cups.
- Serve over ice. Garnish with fresh strawberries and/or lemon and lime slices.
Notes
Nutrition Information
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Maria says
Great drink for summer!
Barbara | VinoLuciStyle says
Sounds perfect Lana...I love the addition of some lime! I'm thinking I might also love the addition of some Spanish Cava or white wine. :)
Lana says
Sounds really good to me!
Feast on the Cheap says
Growing up, my mom used to take me to a little neighborhood cafe on our special mom-daughter lunches and the place served Strawberry-Lemonade once the weather was nice enough to sit outside. I ordered it every time, without fail. This looks wonderful - a tall glass of childhood memories for me!
Lana says
You know, nothing pleases me more than when one of my recipes brings back a treasured memory for a reader. Thanks for sharing your memory.
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
Delicious! I went to a Sonic for the very first time on our trip across country last summer. I tried the Cherry Limeade version. Yum!
Lana says
I love Sonic - mostly for the drinks! They have some delicious lemonade combos there.
Apron Appeal says
My kids want to have a lemonade stand at our garage sale next week. This will be used.
Lana says
Great! Be sure taste it since it's pretty tart. You may want to add a touch more water for kids.
Stephanie says
oh my god that looks delicious!! I have a terrible weakness for lemons and limes and strawberries
claudia lamascolo says
Bookmarked I am a huge fan here of this one and its healthy....lemon is perfect for many things in the body and lime as well!
Lana says
Thanks, Claudia! I hope that if you try it you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
Neena says
Oh, that looks soooo good! Wish I had a glass right now. The thermometer is reading 95.
Lana says
I wish you had a glass of it, too. 'Cause that would mean you were at my house! Be careful in that heat, Mama.
Amy @ A Little Nosh says
That looks so refreshing! My mouth is watering.
Lana says
It really is, Amy. I was just thinking about it and had to go pour myself another glass full.
Cookin' Canuck says
This sounds so refreshing, Lana. I think it was just meant to be that you didn't have enough lemons and added some limes instead - that combination sounds wonderful to me.
Lana says
Interesting how not having all the ingredients you think you need sometimes leads to something wonderful.