Strawberry Limeade is the perfect summer drink for BBQ’s or a mid-afternoon treat. Keep this mix in the fridge and enjoy your limeades on demand all summer long.
It’s the first full week of June, which means it’s time to start a new monthly series! In May, we did an entire month of Nerdy recipes . This month, we’re returning to the once-a-week themed recipe model and making a BBQ menu!
I’m starting with a beverage, and over the next three Mondays, we’ll have a BBQ-friendly side, entree, and dessert so at the end of the month, you’ll have an entire delicious BBQ menu ready to go.
For the beverage, I went with a strawberry limeade mix, because nothing says summer to me like a limeade.
Were you a limeade kid? I was. Sonic was one of the few drive-through places near my house growing up, and my family would take late-evening trips in the summer and go get one of their cherry limeades.
As an adult, I rarely drink soda, so I hadn’t had a limeade in yeeeeeears. When I was putting this menu together, a limeade immediately came to mind. I had some strawberries left over from my Strawberry Mimosas , and limes and Sprite from my Red Wine Popsicles , so I whipped up a quick batch of limeade mix to see if I even still liked them.
Um yes. Yes I do.
I had forgotten how a glass of limeade is like sipping summer over ice. The strawberry gives the drink a deeper, more interesting flavor than the traditional cherry, and a hearty squeeze of lime juice is so crisp and refreshing as you sip that you’ll wonder why you don’t drink these all year round.
Making these as a mix is really convenient too. It keeps in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, so you don’t have to worry about finishing up a huge pitcher of limeades or letting it go to waste, and it lets your friends and family control how much limeade goodness they want in their drinks, which is great, because everyone has very different levels of sweet preference.
(Not) Saturday Morning Snapshot
Dog treat photo shoot outtakes…
State of the Blog
How was your week? Did you make anything delicious? Have a good Memorial Day? My sister came up for a visit over the long weekend and we had a low-key family BBQ, so I’d say mine was pretty near to perfect.
This week on the blog, we had one last Nerd Month post in which I rounded up of some of my favorite nerdy recipes from other bloggers. Go check it out. They are AMAZING. Then on Wednesday I posted one of my favorite quick weeknight dinners, and on Friday my Caramel Apple Pie Sundaes went up.
If you like apple pie, you have to try them! It was seriously dangerous photographing those things with no one there to feed them to because I totally could have eaten them all! I didn’t, but it was a close call.
Next Monday we start a new month-long recipe series in honor of summer. Wednesday get ready for lots more Ella pictures because there’s a new dog treat recipe going up. Friday, I’m in the process of writing way too many words about some of my favorite low-cost kitchen tools and on Saturday, there will be a new Simple Saturday recipe that tastes great over waffles…
Recipes/posts released this week were:
Nerd Month Retrospective and 40+ Perfectly Nerdy Recipes – 40+ of my favorite nerdy recipes inspired by books, television, and movies. Recipes for everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ to ‘Star Wars’ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Quick Rosemary Pork Chops – Quick pork chops made with rosemary and sherry that can be on the table in about 20 minutes. So easy and delicious you won’t believe it.
Caramel Apple Pie Sundae – Apple pie in sundae form! Tart Granny Smith apples cooked with brown sugar and cinnamon and dowsed in caramel sauce. Served over vanilla ice cream in a flaky homemade (easy!) buttermilk pie crust shell.
Pop-culture Corner
Aside from some spectacular American Gods casting , mysterious Star Wars reshoots , and lots of angry writing about whether or not fandom is broken, it’s been a pretty quiet week in pop culture. So lets talk summer movies!
Do you have any you are looking forward to seeing this summer? I’m most excited for the new Ghostbusters , but I’ll probably end up seeing most of the big ones just because it’s so hot here in the summer, and going to the movies is one of the few tolerable daytime activities during June through August.
Sony Pictures via Tumblr
Will I ever stop posting that GIF? No. No I will not.
Meal Planning
Saturday: Easy Weeknight Chicken Cacciatore Sunday: Takeout Monday: Breakfast for Dinner Tuesday: Basil Chicken over Angel Hair Pasta Wednesday: Easy Homemade Panini Without a Panini Press Thursday: Simply Delicious Asian Chicken Salad Friday: Roasted Summer Veggies and Chicken Sausage
The perfect homemade high-value dog treats for training. Easy, inexpensive, and irresistible to dogs. Your pup will do anything for these things. Also cat friendly–your cat would probably be willing to trip you for one.
It’s really important to me that my pets be good citizens. Okay, my cats are both jerks, but my horse and my dog have great manners.
Strawberry Limeade Mix
Ingredients
Special Equipment
- Fine mesh strainer
Strawberry Limeade Mix
- 2 cups (about 12oz ) sliced strawberries
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup ( 100g ) granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons lime juice about 2 limes
To Serve
- Clear soda
- Lime slices for garnish optional
Instructions
- In a small pot, combine strawberries and water. Bring to a low simmer and cook for 15 minutes until fragrant.
- Pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove strawberries. Wipe out pot and discard strawberries. Return strained juice to the pot. Return to heat and add sugar. Bring to a low simmer and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until mixture is just slightly thickened.
- Remove from heat, add lime juice, and stir. Transfer syrup to a mason jar.
- To use, add one to two tablespoons of the mixture to 1 cup of clear soda (if you would like to use unsweetened soda water, use 2-3 tablespoons or to taste).
- Garnish with lime slices and enjoy!
