Strawberry Lemonade Slush/Lemonade

This is a two part recipe. It came out pretty great. It was a spur of the moment thing. It starts out with a lemonade or limeade base and then you add that to the strawberries.

Ingredients for lime/lemonade base
2 1/2 cups water
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp finely shredded lemon or lime peel
1 1/4 cups lemon or lime juice
Ice cubes

For a lemonade or limeade base, in a medium saucepan heat and stir water and sugar over meidum heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; cool 20 minutes. Add citrus peel and juice to sugar mixture. Pour into a jar; cover and chill up to 3 days. (For lemonade, combine equal parts base and water in ice-filled glasses; stir.)

Strawberry Lemonade Slush
For each serving, ina blender container combine 1/2 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened strawberries, 1/3 cup lemonade base, and 1 tbsp sugar. Blend until smooth. With a blender running, add 1/2 cup ice cubes, 1 at a time, through opening in lid until beverage is slushy.