This Easy Healthy Sugar-free Strawberry Lemonade is the perfect naturally-sweetened drink for summer, or all year long. Made with no heating and no straining, you’ll love the simplicity and of course you’ll love the taste.

homemade sugar-free strawberry lemonade in mason jar mugs.

There’s nothing like lemonade to satisfy your thirst and brighten up any day. Drinking water is of course, great (as long as it’s filtered water), but there’s something about lemonade that really hits the spot.

Interestingly, the “hitting the spot” thing is rooted in science. The acidic nature of lemonade is known to satisfy your thirst since it creates more salivation action.

We’ve been making and drinking Sugar-free Lemonade for years, but I’ve been playing around with other lemon-based drinks to have more delicious options to choose from. And since we’ve been having all kinds of fun with berries in our kitchen, this Strawberry Lemonade just had to happen.

I think we just might have made the best strawberry lemonade ever.

Bowl of strawberries, a small bowl of lemon, and a cup of low carb sweetener on a white marble tabletop

Tastes great and it’s super easy to make. Doesn’t get much better than that.

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No Heating or Straining

One of my goals with this recipe was to make an Easy Strawberry Lemonade that anyone (including kids) could whip up in a hurry. There are so many recipes for Strawberry Lemonade out there that call for heating and straining, but not this one!

There’s no need to heat since the blender mixes it all well. If you’re using a granulated sweetener, to make sure they blend even better, just use keto powdered sugar.

There’s also no need for straining. I love having the whole berry in this lemonade. It’s more nutritious and I love the body that it adds to the drink.

ingredients in high speed blender for Easy Strawberry Lemonade

Better Than Store Bought

Why not just buy Strawberry Lemonade from the store?

First of all, it’s not that readily available.

Secondly, the ingredients of many strawberry lemonades in stores are not the best. One of the worst is this Strawberry Lemonade mix from Country Time.

Ingredients in Country Time Strawberry Lemonade Powder:

Sugar, Fructose, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Malic Acid, Magnesium Oxide, Xanthan Gum, Artificial Color, Red 40, Red 40 Lake.

No need for Red 40 or Red 40 Lake, or “natural flavor” in this recipe because the strawberries have all the natural flavor and gorgeous color you need.

What’s the Difference Between Pink Lemonade and Strawberry Lemonade?

While working on this recipe, I just had to find the answer to this.

It turns out that Strawberry Lemonade is just what it sounds like: lemonade with strawberries mixed in.

And Pink Lemonade is simply pink-colored lemonade.

There are 2 potential origins of pink lemonade, and both were mishaps: one more problematic than the other.

One possible origin was a circus where a salesman ran out of water for lemonade and used water that a bareback rider had used to wash out her red tights. Ick!

The other involved a circus promoter who accidentally dropped red cinnamon candies into lemonade, resulting in the now-famous pink drink.

Serving Ideas

Some great places to serve this Strawberry Lemonade:

baby shower
wedding reception or rehearsal dinner
girls’ (or boys’) night out
birthday party
book club
potluck
anywhere!

Recipe Notes

Measuring Strawberries: Measure a heaping cup of berries for each cup.

Lemon Juice: Fresh lemon juice is best, but organic bottled lemon juice works well too (we love it!)

Blender Notes: If you use a high-powered blender like a Vitamix or Blendtec, your strawberry lemonade will be deliciously foamy.

Strawberries: You can use fresh or frozen strawberries. If using frozen, the resulting drink will be colder and more “foamy.”

Sweeteners: Any sweetener can work for this recipe. If you’re not low-carb, honey is great as well. For honey, you’d want to use about 1/2 cup. Another great option is this Sugar-free Simple Syrup.

Close up of a mason glass jar of sugar-free strawberry lemonade with a slice of lemon and a red and white striped straw

Low-carb sweeteners like xylitol, erythritol, allulose, or an erythritol/monk blend like Lakanto are also great options. Just keep in mind that when using alternative sweeteners, blending 2 or more together will result in a better taste. More on that in this post about stevia taste.

More Healthy Drink Recipes

Here are some more healthy drink recipes, both hot and cold.

Whole Lemon Lemonade – so full of nutrition and great taste
Sugar-free Limeade – the perfect blend of sweet and tart
Easy Sugar-free Lemonade – so easy and so good
Adaptogenic Hot Chocolate – address stress with this comforting drink
Dairy-free Sugar-free Hot Chocolate – a healthier option to store-bought mixes
Adrenal Cocktail – help your body deal with stress in this yummy vitamin C-packed drink

Ingredients

6 cups water
2 cups strawberries (organic preferred)
2 cups lemon juice
3/8 teaspoon stevia extract or to taste
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup strawberries (optional; for garnish)
lemon peels (optional; for garnish)
ice

Instructions

Place all ingredients (except garnish and ice) in a blender (regular or high speed) and blend until smooth. A food processor can work as well.
Pour into glass and serve with ice, if desired. Alternatively, add some frozen strawberries to the glass.
Garnish with strawberries and/or lemon if desired.

Notes

Measuring Strawberries: Measure a heaping cup of berries for each cup.

Lemon Juice: Fresh lemon juice is best, but organic bottled lemon juice works well too (we love it!)

Blender Notes: If you use a high powered blender like a Vitamix or Blendtec, your strawberry lemonade will be foamy in appearance. I personally LOVE this.

Strawberries: You can use fresh or frozen strawberries. If using frozen, the resulting drink will, of course, be colder and more “foamy.”
Sweeteners: Any sweetener can work for this recipe. If you’re not low-carb, honey is great as well. For honey, you’d want to use about 1/2 cup.
Low-carb sweeteners like xylitol, erythritol, allulose, or an erythritol/monk blend like Lakanto also work well.
When using alternative sweeteners, blending 2 or more together can result in a better taste. More on that in this post about stevia taste.

Nutrition

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is merely an approximation. Optional ingredients are not included and when there is an alternative, the primary ingredient is typically used. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site. Erythritol carbs are not included in carb counts since they have been shown not to impact blood sugar. Net carbs are the total carbs minus fiber.

Do you love lemonade as much as we do?

2 Comments

Are Hall says:

May 25, 2022 at 7:05 am

Hi! Take it from this here old lady, Pink Lemonade isn’t just “pink colored” – it is made with the syrup from a jar of Maracino cherries. That is what gives it it’s distinct flavor. It is not too sweet since you only use a little of the syrup. Some more modern recipes call for adding cranberry juice, or Grenadine to make ir pink – I haven’t tried either of these yet.
THANK YOU for posting such wonderful, healthiier recipes, as a diabetic person with other health problems, I appreciate your help.

1. Adrienne says:
  
  May 25, 2022 at 7:55 am
  
  Hi there! I think I remember hearing that! Cranberry is so wonderful — you might be interested in this: https://wholenewmom.com/homemade-cranberry-juice/
  
  You are SO welcome. Your comment made my day. We’ve got a lot of tough stuff going on so the encouragement was even more meaningful. I hope to have more recipes up really soon. My mom was diabetic and I had blood sugar issues, but they appear to be under control now, thankfully. You might be interested also in this little bit about our journey. I might reach out via email with some more information. wholenewmom.com/about-me/. Hang in there :).