Pink Lemonade - All natural, no dyes!

This recipe came about because my oldest daughter loved pink lemonade growing up, but she's allergic to red food dye.  It was a hot summer, maybe 4 years ago, and my kids really wanted pink lemonade. So this was the result.

All Natural Pink Lemonade Recipe
Yields 1/2 gallon (2 quarts)
Ingredients

• 1 cup lemon juice
• 3/4 to 1 cup sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)
• 1 pint strawberries, fresh or frozen - and they can even be too soft and wilty to eat
• 1/2 cup blackberries, fresh or frozen
• water

Directions

This is a great way to use up those strawberries that haven't gone bad, but are too soft to eat raw.

In a blender, add the lemon juice, sugar, strawberries and a bit of water. Blend until it's pureed. Pour it into a 1/2 gallon container.

In the same blender, place the blackberries and some more water. I usually keep a bag of frozen blackberries in the freezer just for this recipe. Puree the blackberries to a fairly smooth consistency. Add them to the container, and then add enough water to fill the remainder. Stir and drink.

It may get foamy, but the foam will go away. The strawberries add that pink lemonade flavor, but the blackberries really give it the color. And my kids don't miss that powdered pink stuff.