It’s strawberry picking season in the midwest and each year we head out and pick until we can’t carry anymore. There is a cute farm (Spencer Farms) near us where you can pick strawberries and blueberries in the summer and dig up mums in the fall. We love going there to support them and their fruit is the best around!
We use the strawberries for lots of different recipes. Sophia’s favorite is to put them on her pancakes and my favorite is to make a strawberry rhubarb pie. This year we tried a new recipe we got from Sprouts Cooking School– Strawberry Lemonade. It was a really fun recipe to do with Sophia (5) because she’s always asking for ‘pink lemolade’ at restaurants and was surprised at how real strawberry lemonade tastes!
Strawberry Lemonade
Ingredients
• 1 ¼ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 16 oz package strawberries, diced
Instructions
Add lemon juice and sugar in a pitcher and stir until sugar dissolves. Add water and strawberries and stir to combine.
Kid Friendly
Sophia was able to do this entire process by using a wavy chopper and a lemon squeezer. She’s been on a baking kick ever since she took her Baking with Barbie class at Sprouts several months ago. They made fresh squeezed lemonade and she couldn’t get enough of it’s tart taste. Ever since she’s been excited to bake new recipes and even picked out a cook book with her gift card money at the book store. In a few weeks she’ll get to do a full week of baking with Sprouts at their Once Upon a Time summer camp!
If you’re looking for another recipe with fresh berries, last year I made an amazing Mulberry Cheesecake for Father’s Day!
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