Strawberry Lemon Limeade

A 15-minute recipe for the tastiest, most refreshing drink for all your summer activities.

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

In a medium saucepan, bring the sugar and water to a boil stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.
1 ½ cup sugar, 1 ½ cups water
Remove pan from the heat and add 4 cups of ice cubes.
Ice
While the sugar-water mixture cools, finely grate the zest from one lime and one lemon. Set aside.
3 limes, 6 large lemons
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.
10 ounces frozen strawberries in syrup
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.
Water
Serve over ice. Garnish with fresh strawberries and/or lemon and lime slices.

You can use all limes or all lemons in this recipe. Just make sure that you have the total amount of juice needed.
Hold the garnish on the side until serving the drink. Sometimes citrus oils can be bitter and overpowering if allowed to sit in the liquid for too long.
Substitute an equal amount of a sugar substitute if you like. If substituting, you can skip making the simple syrup in steps 1-2.