My poor little guys… They’ve been so disappointed! I’ve been trying to plan a special outing for us since late march. We have a tradition to visit our local strawberry picking farm during the week for a special mom/kid/day off from school day. It’s not really about the strawberries, because really, we can get strawberries from the store anytime. It’s more about the anticipation of the trip and the fun of visiting a real farm and being able to pick our own berries!
We’ve had a very busy and extremely wet spring this year. Every time I put the trip on the schedule, something would come up and we have to postpone.. (Once again, we were supposed to go last Friday, but we woke to a steady rain.)
I thought I would treat them to something special as an after school treat that Friday. Since I had a freezer full of strawberries that really should be eaten before adding more, I decided to whip them up some Strawberry Lemonade Slushies! Yum!
Strawberry Lemonade Slushies:
Ingredients:
- 12 oz frozen strawberries (about 2 heaping cups)
- 1 1/2 cups prepared lemonade
- optional:1 to 2 tsp of sugar, it will just depend how sweet your strawberries are- give it a taste.
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We tried one last time to get to the farm and were finally able to pick some fruit! With all the rain and being so late in the season , the strawberries were mostly mush, so not too much luck there, but we definitely scored on the blackberries and peaches! I will say, the wild blackberries growing behind our house taste much, much sweeter that the ones we picked at the farm. Though it was fun to pick them and not have to watch out the the stinging nettle!
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Lydia Beiler says
Oh, this sounds super yummy and refreshing! A friend recently made me a drink that was similar to this- her's used ice, strawberries and fresh squeezed lemon juice. It was amazing!
Storybook Apothecary says
these sound delicious for summer!
Valerie Earnest says
I will definitely be making these this summer- we need to beat the heat! Thanks for linking up to the Handmade Hangout- I will be featuring you today on my page when the new linky goes live at 6pm ET (www.occasionallycrafty.com). Hope you'll stop by!
Noreen says
What a great recipe for when you've picked too many berries!
Noreen
Crafty Journal
Mel at Adventures of Mel says
This sounds amazingly refreshing right now! Definitely pinning for future reference. It's been so rainy here too; so glad you guys made it to pick some fruit, though! Thank you for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week's issue.
Melissa French - The More With Less Mom says
Mmm how can one resist? Thanks for posting. Hello from Inspire Me Wednesday.
Adam says
This looks delicious! I think I’ll try it as a cocktail!
Christy says
Looks delicious! Question…if you didn’t want to use lemonade, could you just put water in it instead? I love lemonade and strawberries but I’m not a big fan of them together. Just curious. Thanks.
Jamie says
I would use another type of juice instead of water.