Sugar-free Strawberry Lemonade
This Naturally-sweetened Sugar-free Strawberry Lemonade is the perfect drink to satisfy your thirst all year round.
Ingredients
- 6 cups water
- 2 cups strawberries (organic preferred)
- 2 cups lemon juice
- 1/2 cup low-carb sweetener see Recipe Notes for alternatives
- 1/4 teaspoon Stevia extract or to taste
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup strawberries (optional; for garnish)
- lemon optional; for garnish, peels
- ice
Instructions
- Place all ingredients (except garnish and ice) into all in to the blender (regular or high speed) and blend until smooth. A food processor should 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
- 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. Honey is fantastic--you will use about 1/2 the recommended amount since honey is sweeter than other sweeteners. See this post about substituting sweeteners for more information.
- Low-carb sweeteners like xylitol, erythritol, allulose, or an erythritol/monk blend like Lakanto work great.
- When using alternative sweeteners, blending 2 or more together will result in a better taste. More on that in this post about stevia taste.
- I like using plain stevia for many of my drinks. To do only stevia extract for this recipe, you'd use 3/8 teaspoon.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 20
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 20kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 5.4g | 2% |
| Protein | 0.6g | 1% |
| Fat | 0.6g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.6g | 3% |
| Sodium | 37mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 94mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.6g | 2% |
| Sugar | 2.4g | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 36mg | 40% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.6mg | 3% |
| Net Carbohydrates | 5g |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.