1 - 3/4 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you like it)
1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice, about 4 -6 lemons
4 cups cold water (to dilute)
* pureed frozen strawberries
Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
While the sugar is dissolving, squeeze the juice out of 4 -6 lemons, enough to make 1 cup of juice.
Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 4 cups of cold water. Refrigerate 30 - 40 minutes. If the lemonade is too sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice.
*Note - we added some pureed frozen strawberries to make strawberry lemonade and the kids liked it better than the regular.
Another tip - you can add some white grape juice to make it a little less... "lemonadey" .
