I Had No Idea Strawberry Lemonade Could Taste So Good!

Granted I live in a big strawberry-growing state, but I would list strawberries in my top 10 "favorite things about summer"...And I have to admit, I have never made strawberry lemonade.

Today I decided to concoct a light strawberry lemonade recipe for an article I'm writing on Farmer's Markets for WebMD. I pureed some sliced strawberries then stirred in some Splenda and some sugar then some freshly squeezed lemon juice. I poured in a healthy dose of seltzer water and some ice and voila! Strawberry lemonade!

I then sat down to taste this vibrantly colored drink and I couldn't believe my taste buds! It was soooooo delicious. I had no idea. Truly. That strawberry lemonade could taste this good. Maybe it was the great-tasting strawberries? I don't know and frankly I don't care. All I know is I made a glass for my daughter after school today and I tried real hard not to talk it up or anything and she had the same reaction I did. I can't wait to make another glass tomorrow.

If you aren't into Splenda, you could use another alternative sweetener or use all sugar. Whatever works! The cool thing is, because we are using non-filtered strawberry puree, each glass contributes 1.5 grams of fiber.

Here's my recipe:

Strawberry Light Lemonade
You can adjust the Splenda and sugar (add more or less) depending on your
taste preference.

Ingredients:
2 cups sliced or halved strawberries
5 tablespoons superfine sugar (regular sugar will work too though)
8 tablespoons Splenda
12 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
ice cubes as desired
about 2/3 cup club soda, mineral water or seltzer water per glass

Preparation:
1. Puree strawberries and 1 tablespoon sugar in blender or small food
processor.
2. Spoon 3 tablespoons of strawberry puree into each glass then add in 2
tablespoons of Splenda and 1 tablespoon of sugar into each glass.
3. Add 3 tablespoons of lemon juice in each glass then stir to blend well.
Stir in about 2/3 cup of club soda (or similar) into each glass, add some
ice and serve!

Yield: 4 glasses

Per serving: 97 calories, 1 g protein, 25 g carbohydrate, .3 g fat, 0 g
saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 1.5 g fiber, 1 mg sodium. Calories from
fat: 3 percent.

Related Topics: Berry-licious Tips and Recipes, Strawberry Crips Recipe

Technorati Tags: lemonade, strawberries, strawberrylemonade, recipe