Strawberry Lemonade

On a hot summer day when the sun is up high and the scorching heat is making you sweat, a refreshing drink will simmer you down.

Sitting in the pool with a cool drink in your hand sounds like the perfect way to spend summer days and escape the heat.

And chilled lemonade with ice is the perfect way to beat the heat and quench thirst.

Although basic lemonade is perfect for the job, it gets boring when you have been drinking it since you were young, and want something with a twist and more sweetness. Strawberry lemonade is a sweeter and fruitier version of lemonade to please the taste buds.Spice your mornings at work with some Strawberry Lemonade. Grab a water bottle from Vaya now!

Health Benefits:

Strawberries and lemons are both known to be quite rich in antioxidants, vitamins and energy boosting properties. Strawberries have been proven to help prevent many diseases including heart complications, diabetes and even cancer. Strawberries are also loaded with vitamin C and help in keeping the skin healthy.Lemons have a plethora of antioxidants and vitamins which nourish the body.

Strawberry lemonade is used by many health enthusiasts nowadays to hydrate and detox their body of toxins.If you like the lemonade, especially in the hot summers,you’ll drink more water which will increase the rate of resting metabolism in your.All of this helps in losing and maintaining weight.

One serving of our strawberry lemonade contains 90 calories.

Ingredients

cups strawberries: 1 1/4

lemons (limes for limeade): 2

cup sugar or more if preferred: 1/2

cups water: 6

cups ice: 3

How To Make Strawberry Lemonade

1. Wash and cut the strawberries in half and blend them with lemons, honey and 2 cups of water.
2. Strain the strawberry mix with a strainer (to remove seeds and pulp) and add rest of the water.
3. Taste the lemonade to check sweetness. Add more honey if you’d like.
4. Pour in glasses, add ice, garnish with sliced strawberries and serve.

Trivia:

• Strawberries are not berries, despite the name. Berries have seeds inside, so strawberries fall in a group of their own.
• There are more than 200 seeds on a single strawberry.
• Native Americas were the earliest people to consume strawberries and believed them to have medicinal properties.
• Belgium has a museum dedicated to strawberries.
• Lemonade can be traced back to 500 AD, when the Egyptians used to mix lemon juice and sugar to make
• The store-bought pink lemonade in not pure lemonade.In fact, grape juice is used to make it.