Thursday, April 7, 2011

Strawberries

About this time of year is when we start seeing big red juicy strawberries at the grocery. My kids love strawberries. I can barely have the strawberries washed and sliced before my kids are in the kitchen filling their bowls full of them.
                               
We plan to garden this year. We have three square foot garden spaces set up so far. One of them will be only for strawberries, lots and lots of strawberries. The rest of the spaces for vegetables. I can't wait to start planting and see strawberries like this come out of our garden that we planted ourselves.

One of our favorite things to make is strawberry lemonade. It makes me anxious for summer to arrive.

Strawberry Lemonade

4-6 lemons, enough to equal 1 cup of lemon juice
1-1 1/2 c. sugar syrup (recipe follows)
16 oz. container of strawberries, cleaned and hulled
1 quart sparkling water
strawberries to garnish
Juice the lemons to get 1 cup of lemon juice. Blend the strawberries and 1/2 c. of the simple syrup in a blender until smooth. Strain to remove the seeds. Pour lemon juice, strawberry puree, 1/2 c. simple syrup, and sparkling water into a pitcher. Add more simple syrup if needed to achieve the sweetness you like. Add ice and chill.
Recipe: Sugar Syrup
1 part sugar to 1 part water
Combine sugar and warm water. Stir to dissolve sugar.
~Amber Hope

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