Healthy Blueberry Lemonade

This homemade Healthy Blueberry Lemonade recipe is made with blueberries, lemon juice, honey and water.  It’s delicious and pretty and so easy to make!

Blueberry Lemonade is super easy to make and it’s perfect to serve at backyard barbecues, holidays, birthday parties and baby showers. And, it’s delicious, nutritious and promotes a healthy lifestyle.

This Healthy Blueberry Lemonade is one of my favorite summer drinks to make. It’s refreshing and lightly sweetened with honey (rather than granulated sugar), and it makes a perfect healthy drink to serve for special occasions.

Blueberry Lemonade Recipe

You will only need 4 ingredients to make this homemade healthy blueberry lemonade recipe.

• Lemons. Juice enough lemons so you have 1 cup lemon juice.   
• Honey. We use honey for this recipe rather than pure cane sugar. The health benefits of honey can be lost when honey is heated, so we don’t heat the honey to make this recipe, instead we blend or stir the honey with water which dissolves the honey just fine.
• Water. Dilute with as much or as little water as you like for your desired level of sweetness and tartness.
• Blueberries. We use about 1-1/2 cup of organic blueberries for this recipe. You can use either fresh or frozen blueberries.

Find printable recipe with the measurements below.

How To Make Blueberry Lemonade

This homemade blueberry lemonade recipe comes together in about 10 minutes start-to-finish.

1. Juice Lemons. Juice enough lemons so you have 1 cup lemon juice.  
2. Blend Blueberries. Blend blueberries and 2 cups water in a blender until smooth. Strain through a fine mesh colander into a large pitcher. We basically make a blueberry simple syrup for this recipe.
3. Mix Ingredients. Pour the lemon juice, honey and the rest of the water into the pitcher and stir well until the honey dissolves. You can also add everything back into the blender and blend well so the honey is well dissolved. Adjust sweetness to taste.
4. Serve. Chill in the refrigerator before serving. Serve over ice and garnish with lemon slices.

How To Store It

Store Pink Lemonade in a tall pitcher or sealed mason jars in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can also pour into ice cube trays to make flavored ice cubes to add to water or iced tea like I’ve done with these Arnold Palmer (Sweet Tea) Ice Cubes. Or you can pour into popsicle molds to make popsicles like these Strawberry Popsicles.

Best Way To Juice Lemons

Here are a few tips and tricks to get the most juice from lemons.

1. With a lemon sitting on a countertop, press down hard with the palm of your hand and roll the lemon back and forth a few times. This helps to break the juice away from the pulp.
2. Cut the lemon in half lengthwise if you’re juicing by hand. It’s easier to grip when cut lengthwise.
3. Cut the lemon in half crosswise if you’re using a juicer or a reamer.
4. Using a fork, poke the pulp a few times to loosen up the membranes to release the most juice.
5. Use a reamer, juicer or a pair of cooking tongs to extract as much juice from the lemon as possibl

How Much Juice Is In One Lemon?

If you’re wondering how much juice there is in one lemon, the answer to that question depends on the size and ripeness of the lemon. The more ripe the lemon, the more juice it will likely produce. And obviously larger lemons will produce more juice than smaller lemons

• 1 small lemon will produce about 2-3 tablespoon (or 1-1.5 fluid ounces)
• 1 medium lemon will produce about 3-4 tablespoons (or 2 fluid ounces)
• 1 large lemon will produce about 4-5 tablespoons (or 2.5 fluid ounces

How Many Lemons For 1 Cup Of Juice?

There are 16 tablespoons in 1 cup, so you’ll either need about 8 small lemons, 5 medium lemons, or 4 large lemons to get 1 cup of lemon juice.  I always buy a few extra lemons, just in case some of the lemons don’t produce much juice.

Choosing the Best Blueberries

Be sure to look for blueberries that are  dry, firm and have a deep blue color with a chalky white surface (called “bloom”). The bloom is a sign of freshness. They should move freely in the box when you give them a light shake, otherwise they may be soggy or have mold and are stuck together.

Before refrigerating when you get them home, remove them from the container to better inspect them, removing any that are soggy or have mold, then return them to the container or an air-tight container. This will help to prevent other berries from getting mold on them.

It’s always a good idea to buy organic, eat them raw and eat them as often as you can (1/2 cup daily) so you can to reap the many benefits they have to offer.

Looking for More Summer Drink Recipes to Make?

These refreshing summer drinks are non alcoholic.

• Honey Lemonade
• Pink Lemonade
• Strawberry Lemonade
• Cucumber Slushie
• Hibiscus Tea Recipe
• Fruit Infused Water
• Iced Orange Ginger Green Tea
• Sparkling Blackberry Mint Spritzer
• Blueberry Green Tea
• Fruit Infused Turmeric Tea
• Agua Frescas

This recipe was originally published July 26, 2017.