This Blended Strawberry Mango Lemonade is a delicious lemonade juice hybrid. It’s super fresh leaving you quenched and wanting more!
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Through limited resources in the recent former East Nashville shop, we quickly realized blending juices is another way to get delicious fresh juice without paying for an extremely expensive juice maker! Especially as a small business those payments hit hard. We never released any of the beverages on the menu, at least as of yet so I figure why not share one with you here and see what you think! Positive and negative feedback is welcome. I will note, due to having no filtrating systems in a juicer you will get more pulp, which on a positive note, actually leaves more nutrients in the juice. If it's not your style feel free to strain out any unwanted pulp here since this is a thicker drink. Excited to see what you think!
Feel free to sub for honey or a natural cane sugar.
Add your favorite alcohol for a yummy cocktail!
You can use pre-squeezed lemon juice it just won't be quite as fresh.
Feel free to microwave/defrost frozen fruit like I did for this recipe or use fresh.
Of you’re feeling super eco friendly.. Did you know you can actually eat the peel and seeds of a lemon? It will leave more pulp of course and add a bitter edge with the rind, but you can save waste by doing so! Another good way to make this recipe eco friendly is to compost your strawberry green tops and lemon peels for the nitrogen that plants love!!
If your mango and strawberries are not frozen skip this step!: Microwave, strawberries, and mangoes until they are still cold, but soft to touch. Should be approx 1 min each
If your mangoes and strawberries are fresh: Pull off the green strawberry tops. No need to cut the top of the strawberry. We want the whole strawberry! It’s ok to leave bits of the stem or pedicel behind that the leaves were on.
If you’re wanting the extra nutrients leave the green strawberry leaves! They may not be sweet, but they’re packed full of Vitamin C. Much more actually than the actual strawberries themselves!
Squeeze the juice from your lemons (approx 4 lemons) into the blender. It won’t taste quite as fresh, but pre-squeeze lemon juice (1 cup) will work as well.
2 cup fresh strawberries (or defrosted from frozen)
1 cup fresh mango (or defrosted from frozen)
1 cup agave
2 cups water
Blend on high till you get a juice consistency for approx 60 seconds. Go longer if you'd like. The more you blend the more blended together the flavors will be.
I also recommend adding ice if serving immediately. Keep chilled in the fridge for serving as it tastes best cold.
Here’s a couple more refreshing pick me ups:
Strawberry Coconut Smoothie (Lavender color)
Pair with:
Blue Cashew Bites for a healthy snack
Add some tequila and serve with some Pink Trout Tacos for a pretty dinner pairing.
Store in an airtight pitcher. It will she good for approx 5 days.
A blended juice packed with nutrients from lemons, strawberries and mangoes. It's sweetened with agave too!
If your mango and strawberries are not frozen skip this step!: Microwave, strawberries, and mangoes until they are still cold, but soft to touch. Should be approx 1 min each
If your mangoes and strawberries are fresh: Pull off the green strawberry tops. No need to cut the top of the strawberry. We want the whole strawberry! It’s ok to leave bits of the stem or pedicel behind that the leaves were on.
Thank you so much for choosing one of my recipes to cook today! I hope you enjoy the cooking process. I love to hear any and all recipe suggestions. Please reach out to me for any questions or comments! :)
Have a wonderful day!
Hanna
hannabeeeatin@gmail.com