Fresh Strawberry Mint Lemonade.
Happy start of summer!
To celebrate, let’s make a super refreshing beverage. Exclamation points!!
All you gotta do is mash up some fruit and herbs…
…and pour it in a pretty glass. Or directly into your mouth.
Summer in a cup!
Fresh Strawberry Mint Lemonade
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1/3 cup fresh mint leaves
Instructions
- Combine sugar and water in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat to make a simple syrup. Whisk for a minute or two until sugar dissolves, then once mixture combines to a boil, turn off heat and set in the fridge to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Add strawberries and mint to a blender, pureeing until liquified. Add in lemon juice and simple syrup, pureeing until combined. At this point you can choose to keep the mixture thick with the fruit puree, strain half of it to lighten it a bit or strain all of it to remove the strawberry pulp. It’s up to you! Pour mixture into a pitchen and stick in the fridge for 20 minutes until cold. Serve over ice.
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Hint: you can make this very adult friendly with a splash of vodka.
81 Comments on “Fresh Strawberry Mint Lemonade.”
Summer in a cup! Love that! Hope your summer is off to a great start.
And love the collages and pour shot in this post!
Ya for summer… I can’t wait to try out all these drinks on the patio
This looks so refreshing!!! I wish we had today off as well (our long weekend was last week, sadly.) I hope you’re enjoying plenty of this recipe today! :)
I read that last sentence as, “you can make this very adult with a friendly splash of vodka”
(Looks delicious!!!)
So pretty. Oh my gosh you photos are awesome! Love this drink! Happy start to summer!
So refreshing! Love it!
I love strawberry lemonade! Yours looks amazing! Perfect for today and the whole rest of the summer!
This is so bright and pretty! Happy summer to you too!
Ohhh, how incredible this looks now but how irresistible it will look later on during this 90-degree day! Thanks for sharing!
This is AMAZING. So easy and great for summer. I host a big girls might at my house every other month and need to make a big batch of this. Adult friendly version of course!
I’ll take mine with the vodka and a side of hammock-swinging!
This is too easy! Perfect to enjoy for a Memorial Day brunch today!
Looks so refreshing! I need to make more fun drinks this summer :)
Summer in a cup indeed! Can’t wait to try this – with vodka.
So prettty!!! Love the addition of mint!
Fabulous and right up my alley. Now, please tell me about those ice cubes. So perfectly square and solid. Those will keep the drinks cold for a while. Where did you find them?
Summer in a cup, for real! This looks so delicious.
I just got a mint plant and have no idea what I was going to do with it!
I think I might just drink the entire pitcher myself! This is a beautiful drink!
Watch out mint plant you are going to be bare by the end of today!
I always love your recipes and this one looks great… I just wish that with your readership you might want to remind them that today isn’t just the unofficial start to summer. It’s also about remembering our fallen.
As the wife of one of them I am glad that it can both and I always love looking forward to your yummy recipes, just don’t forget them in all of it.
:-)
hi connie! thank you so much to your husband!i definitely didn’t forget – i just mentioned it first thing early this morning on all of my social media sites!
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Summer? Where! It feels like November over here :(
What a wonderful, refreshing looking drink! It’s raining here in what’s supposed to be sunny CA, so hopefully later in the week it will feel like summer!
This looks really great, I love strawberries and mint together! Yum!
I am going to go and buy some mint, and as soon as I have finished off the pitcher of Thyme Lemonade in my fridge, this is so happening!
Looks incredible! I can’t wait to try this…the adult version of course!
Because I’m a teacher and don’t get out of school until June 26, booooooooo! I feel like summer doesn’t begin until then I get robbed the month of June. What a lovely drink to start off the summer!
wow, it looks just beautiful!
Summer in a cup is right, girl! It’s rainy and cloudy here in Indy and I have everything on hand to make it…even the mint leaves from my herb plants. Just what I need to make the clouds part! Vodka or rum…either way, a perfect refreshing adult bev! Thanks for sharing! xo
This recipe looks so delicious, and I can’t wait to try it!
This sounds brilliant. Approximately how many lemons did it take to yield up a cup and a half of juice?
This is indeed refreshing! You hit this one on the head!
Hmmm my drinks are always adult friendly … especially on the weekend. Oh, and the weeknights. ok, so all the time really.
I am jumping for joy that it is summer!
Perfect for summer!
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Our summer hasn’t officially begun, but I think I may try a some (or a gallon) of this and pretend that it has. ;)
Oh my God, Jessica! It was soooooo good!!!! Precisely I had some strawberries going bed and didn´t want to make just ordinary milkshake. And then I saw your post and run to prepare it. The lemon´s acidity boost the flavor of this drink. Thank you! You are the best.
Perfect for a lovely summer’s day! Unfortunately our summer is non-existant here in Scotland :( Luckily I go on holiday to Greece in two weeks. Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaah!
Gorgeous! Love this lemonade! So refreshing & delicious! P.s. I always add the voka!!
These pictures are gorgeous! And this looks so refreshing.
Summer in a cup, indeed! Looks and sounds amazingly refreshing! Can’t wait to get an herb garden going so I could make things like this on a whim.
Sounds very refreshing. I’ll be sure to give this a try at our next pool party :)
Looks so refreshing and I love that it has mint in it too!
Good thing you mention a splash of vodka or I would have had to! Or white rum. Sounds perfect with or without.
Love that first photo with the juice running down the side of the pitcher. At first glance while I was waiting for the page to load I thought i was looking at a bloody mary. Too bad, but I’ll definitely take the lemonade. :)
I was going to ask if I could add vodka. And seriously stop with the amazing pictures! Pure talent my friend. Just incredible.
Great summertime drink!
What a great way to use all of the strawberries we have.
I really need to quit buying in bulk, but you can NEVER have too many strawberries!! This drink will be another recipe going into my keeper file.
Plus it’s ‘adult’ friendly for Friday & Saturday nights! Mwahahaha!!!
Looks totally refreshing! I love the little pieces of mint!
Nothing beats freshly squeezed lemonade!