Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Slushies

This has been a very hot summer so far. For this Water Instructable, I decided I wanted to make a refreshing drink made with 4 cups of water and some of my favorite ingredients. Nothing tastes better than to sit back with an icy cold drink to cool you. And fresh lemonade traditionally can be such a special summertime treat! To make it even better, I decided to freeze the water to make frozen lemonade slushies. Then I thought to add some strawberries and how about some mint from my garden too? I had my idea of the perfect summer frozen drink! It was so very tasty and definitely hit the spot that I wanted to hit!! You can make it too by following these steps.

measuring cup

rubber scraper or spatula

2 ice cube trays

plate

sharp knife

spoon

2 glasses

2 straws

blender that crushes ice

4 cups water

1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries

fresh mint sprigs

4 lemons

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 drops yellow food coloring, optional

Pour the water into 2 ice cube trays. Freeze for about 4 hours or over night.

Cut the green tops off of the strawberries.

Cut strawberries in half for small strawberries, in quarters for large strawberries. Place in the freezer for at least one hour.

Add frozen strawberries, ice from 1 ice cube tray and 1 mint sprig to a blender.

Pulse until strawberries and ice are completely crushed and the mixture is blended. If the mixture is too dry, add 1/4 cup water and pulse a little more.

Equally, divide the mixture between 2 glasses and rinse the blender.

Cut the lemons in half.

Juice each lemon half into a medium bowl by squeezing it. You can use a spoon to scrape out more juice. Remove any seeds.

Add sugar and food coloring to the lemon juice. Stir to blend.

Pour lemon juice mixture and the ice from the remaining tray to the blender. Add a mint sprig.

Pulse until the ice is completely crushed and the mixture is blended.

Add frozen lemonade mixture over the strawberry mixture in the glasses.

Add a straw. You may drink it as is or stir to blend.

Garnish each glass with a fresh strawberry and a mint sprig if desired.

I made these after I had been doing some work out in my yard and I found it to be perfectly cold, smooth and refreshing......just what I needed!

I hope you give this recipe a try! It is water at its tastiest!!!