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Weather: 31 degrees, windy
What I’m listening to: A Thousand Years, Christina Perri (slightly obsessed with this song)
Pastor Alaska and I used to share Strawberry Limeades from the Sonic Drive-Ins in California. It was a refreshing treat that both of us thoroughly enjoyed. When the drink was gone, we’d remove the lid and fish out the chunks of strawberries from the ice with our straws.
I had several cute, juicy little key limes leftover from when I made the popular Key Lime Cake with ombre frosting last week and I didn’t want them to go to waste. I decided to make my own homemade Strawberry Key Limeades. The key lime elevates this drink to something even better than the original. Key limes, for me, have a hint of vanilla paired with bright acidity. We were thrilled with our homemade version (and so was our frequent taste-tester, Andy the Intern). Rather than using up our leftover limes, we may have just invented an excuse to have to keep buying more instead. Oh darn.
Ingredients
- key limes
- lemon-lime soda
- frozen sliced strawberries with sugar, mostly thawed, but very cold
- ice
Instructions
- Take an 8oz glass and, into the bottom, squeeze the juice of one key lime, straining the seeds. Toss lime wedges into the glass. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of the frozen strawberries with their juices. Fill the cup with ice. Pour lemon-lime soda over ice until nearly full. Add one more heaping tablespoon of strawberries to the top of the drink. Swirl. Drink. Repeat.
Notes
Recipe can be increased to make a large batch by using a 1 key lime and 2 heaping tablespoons of frozen strawberry for every 8 ounce ratio.
Want to make your own frozen sliced strawberries with sugar? Slice 16oz of fresh strawberries and macerate with 1/4c sugar. Freeze in a freezer-safe plastic container with a lid. Freeze in juices.
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