Strawberries + Lemon + a little help = Strawberry Lemonade

So earlier today, I needed some grocery items for dinner, but was too exhausted to go to the store.  So Jon volunteered to go out while I napped.  I needed Chicken and a Lemon....

I should have taken a picture, but he came back with a FULL BAG of lemons! like 10 of them.  I was scared.  But he declared he wanted to try making Strawberry Lemonade.  (He also bought fresh strawberries).

After looking up a few recipes, Jon started juicing some lemons.  I remained doing my own thing, until I was asked to make some simple syrup and help mix it all together.

Here's a picture of the carnage....

The already juiced halfs

It produced just over 2 cups of juice!
I made a simple syrup mixture (2 cups water/2 cups sugar).
Jon also pureed a whole thingy of strawberries...what they come in 1 pound?

We started by adding 1 cup simple syrup to the pureed strawberries.  We added about half the lemon juice to a pitcher, then about half of the strawberry puree.  It was still too sour, so we added about another 3/4c simple syrup.  That was the right tartness, so we just added a bunch of water

Here's the finished product....

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TASTY!

"Homemade Strawberry Lemonade"

1 cup of fresh Lemon Juice (about 3-4)
Half a pound of strawberries
~1 1/2 cups of simple syrup
Add water until the 'right' consistency
Ice to make it cold.

Put in pretty pitcher

ENJOY!