best darn strawberry agua fresca!

Well at least in my book and just FYI you can substitute almost any fruit for the strawberries. I've made watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, grape, and orange, lemon & lime. The last three are a little different but not to much harder. The kids love this stuff and now that summers here nothing could be better! So here we go...

You need a large Pitcher  (I don't know how much this holds but its a normal kitchen size one)
a strainer, the finer the mesh the better you don't want seeds
I used one pint of strawberries hulled and halved  
a Blender
Water
2/3 cup sweetener your choice

Ok so I put all the strawberries in the blender with about 1/4 of a cup of water and I add 1/3 of the sweetener at this point too. Blend the strawberries until there are no more lumps, strain it into the pitcher. I use a spoon to make sure that all the juice is going threw. Add 1/2 a cup of water into the strainer you'll see it goes threw much faster even with all the pulp and seeds that are at the bottom of the strainer. Start adding water half a cup at a time to get it to the consistency you want it. I almost filled the whole pitcher up after adding the water. Then I add sweetener to taste, sometimes the fruit is so good and sweet you don't need to much while other times like with lemon and lime you may need WAY more! :D I add a little (half of a table spoon) of the pulp and seeds back into the pitcher because I like the seeds and feel but I don't want that many in my juice... Yummy! ENJOY!

*ps if you are making a citrus one you need to squeeze the juice from fruit, you need about 1 cup - 1 1/2 cups citrus juice and then everything else is the same. :D