Summer Strawberry Lemonade

            Happy summer, everyone! Life is great, I have time to do things, and rookie camp for band has started. This time, I'm on the leadership team, so it is a little different and you have to watch everything you do. Summer is in full steam! I mean that quite literally, because it is hooot, and sooo easy to get dehydrated. Stay hydrated, y'all! Here is a recipe from recipe.com, a wonderful site with almost every food recipe you could think of.

Strawberry Lemonade (from Recipe.com)

1-1/2 cups sugar

4 cups water

2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled

1 tbsp. finely shredded lemon peel

1 cup lemon juice (4-5 lemons)

1. In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup of the sugar and 1 cup of the water; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
2. In a blender, combine remaining 3 cups of water, 1/2 cup of sugar, and the strawberries; process until smooth. Transfer to a 2-quart pitcher; add cooled syrup, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Stir to combine. Fill pitcher with crushed ice. Makes 8, 8-oz. servings.

Make ahead tip: Prepare lemonade but do not add ice. Cover and chill up to 8 hours. Add ice and serve.