Sugar-Free Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
Sugar-free sparkling strawberry lemonade is a refreshing drink on a hot summer day! Read on to see how to make it and discover the health benefits.
If you enjoy the taste of lemonade but would like to avoid the sugar and/or food coloring found in many lemonade drinks, then give this sugar-free sparkling strawberry lemonade a try!
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Sugar-Free Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade
Many people are looking for drink recipes compatible with Trim Healthy Mama, paleo or ketogenic diets. This recipe may fit the bill for any of those diets unless you are avoiding even small amounts of fruit.
My husband came up with this recipe recently, and I decided to share it because it’s just so good!
You can use any type of unflavored carbonated water for this recipe (sparkling water, club soda, soda water, or seltzer water), but we prefer to make our own sparkling water with this sparkling water maker.
We really like this stevia extract powder we used. It comes with a scoop, so in the place where the scoop is mentioned, that’s the scoop we’re using.
These stevia-sweetened flavor drops can also be added to the recipe for added flavor (the strawberry kiwi flavor is amazing!).
Sugar-Free Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 liters carbonated water
- 5 scoops stevia extract powder
- 4 slices fresh lemon
- 5 frozen strawberries
Instructions
- You can use any type of unflavored carbonated water (sparkling water, club soda, soda water, or seltzer water), but I prefer to make my own sparkling water with a Soda Stream.
- Pour the carbonated water into a pitcher. Add five scoops of stevia extra powder one scoop at a time (we use the scoop that comes with the stevia container). Be sure not to add all the stevia extract at once as the natural chemical reaction that occurs between the powder and the carbonated water will create quite a bit of bubbly foam! Stir the powder into the water to mix well.You can also add some stevia-sweetened flavored stevia drops (linked in the post) for additional flavor.
- Add the lemon slices and the strawberries, then gently stir. Add ice if desired.
Supplies Used for This Recipe:
- Stevia Extract Powder
- Flavor Drops (optional)
- SodaStream (for making carbonated water, optional)
How to Make Carbonated Water
Carbonated water can be a refreshing sugar-free alternative to sugary soft drinks.
Our family enjoys carbonated drinks, and we love to use our SodaStream.Â
Making our own carbonated water costs less per ounce than store-bought carbonated drinks, plus we are avoiding all the chemicals that can be found in canned beverages.
We usually add natural stevia-sweetened flavor drops to make tasty homemade flavored sparkling drinks.
Benefits of Carbonated Water
In addition to being delicious, carbonated water comes with some surprising health benefits.
(The following isn’t medical advice, it’s just notes from my own reading online. See my disclaimer here.)
Drinking carbonated water can help you stay hydrated. It has also been demonstrated in studies to have health benefit such as improving swallowing ability in adults, particularly when the beverage is cold.
Drinking sparkling water may also help with digestive problems such as constipation and gallbladder emptying.
Carbon dioxide (CO2), the gas that causes bubbles in sparking water, is really important in human health.
Carbon dioxide levels in the body may improve oxygenation by signaling your cells to absorb more oxygen.
Consuming carbon dioxide in a carbonated beverage may actually lead to better oxygen uptake in your body.
Many health experts are coming to see that maintaining a body pH on the alkaline side rather than the acidic side is key to fighting off diseases and inflammation.
You can even add a sprinkle of common household baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to sparkling water to add the nutritional powerhouse of bicarbonate to your diet.
I hope you enjoy this refreshing recipe! Comment below if you try it, and let me know what you think!
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Just wondering, if I was not going to use stevia, but Allulose or Xylitol, how much would I use for this? I only use those 2 sugar substitutes as they are the only ones I can stand.
(I actually make a 1:1 of both together)
This does look good, and I have to drink 128 oz of water per day. It would be nice to have another flavor instead of plain water!
I’ve never made this with allulose or xylitol. I would probably just keep adding a little until it tastes how I want it.
This combination sound delicious, I was looking for some new combination and flavor, thanks for sharing this summer drink recipe.
Another tasty recipe… looks so refreshing!
Thanks for sharing at TFT!
Thank you!
This looks amazing. I really like that it has no added sugar and has health benefits too.
Have a great weekend,
Kippi
Thank you!
Thank you for the recipe. I love the carbonated water addition.
Thanks for sharing with us on the Homestead Blog Hop.
Thanks for stopping by, Kelly!
This looks cool, refreshing and healthy!
It’s definitely a favorite summer drink!
Awesome drink recipe!
I have always wanted to check on sugar free welcome drink options for th emany dinners I host – this is just perfect. Thanks for joining Bloggers Pit Stop – Pit Stop Crew
Glad it was helpful!
That sounds delicious and refreshing. Pinned.
We love it in the summer months!
I did not know all of that about carbonated drinks! That is very interesting! I bet if I could make something good, my peeps would love it! This one sounds yummy. And if it gets the kids to drink more “water” then it really can not be a bad thing! Thank for the recipe!
Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell
Blessings,
Amy
Kids especially love it!
Thanks for sharing such a refreshing drink recipe. I am gonna make this right now.
Enjoy!
This looks amazing! The perfect summer drink 🙂 Thanks for sharing on Homestead Blog Hop!
Thank you, Liz!
Thanks for sharing! Pinning!
Thanks for pinning!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I’ve stayed away from carbinated drinks since going Keto because I don’t want the sugar or the high fructose corn syrup or the aspartame but this looks like something I’d enjoy drinking. I’ll have to try it. #inspireMeLink
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!