Mmm.

Homemade Strawberry Lemonade.

It's hot outside.
You know you want some.

Apparently the key to excellent lemonade-from-scratch is making the sugar into a syrup first.

Boil: 1/2 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

When the sugar's dissolved,

Add: 1/2 cup lemon juice

2-3 cups cold water (to taste)

I liked mine a little stronger and My Babe liked his more diluted. Your call!

Finally throw some strawberries in the blender and press "frappe." You can strain them a bit before you add them to the lemonade if you wanna remove the seeds and stuff (helps a little with the presentation, though we didn't strain ours and the seeds didn't bother me).

Cool down and enjoy!