Dairy Free Fresh Vanilla Berry Lemonade

Total time50 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time5 min

4.9

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This is the kind of drink that makes a regular afternoon feel like a special occasion. Real strawberries and blueberries get muddled right in the pitcher, releasing their natural juice and color into every glass — no artificial flavoring or dye in sight. The vanilla simple syrup is made from scratch using maple syrup and a whole vanilla bean, which gives the lemonade a warm, floral depth you just can't get from a powder packet or store-bought mix. Fresh-squeezed lemon juice ties everything together with a bright, tangy backbone that keeps it from tasting too sweet. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of dairy, so there's no swapping or substituting needed — it just works as written. You can strain it smooth for a clean, elegant pour or leave the berry pulp in for something a little more rustic and full-bodied. Either way, a glass over ice with a sprig of fresh mint is genuinely hard to beat.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the vanilla simple syrup

½ cup maple syrup
½ cup water
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped

For the lemonade

1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
½ cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 6–7 lemons)
3 cups cold water

For serving

ice, for serving
fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine the maple syrup, 1/2 cup water, vanilla bean seeds, and the scraped pod in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the maple syrup is fully dissolved, about 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and let the syrup steep for 20 minutes.
2
Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl or measuring cup, discarding the vanilla pod. Let the syrup cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.

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