Watermelonade
This delicious watermelonade recipe includes hints of honey and lime juice for the most refreshing summer drink.
I have a difficult time making recipes like this watermelon lemonade with a watermelon because I feel like watermelon, in and of itself, is about as perfect as it can get. Just hand me a salt shaker and a knife and get out of my way!
But today’s watermelonade recipe is a special exception. Why? Because it is basically watermelon that you can drink. No knife, no stickiness, sit back with a straw, and drink the whole melon if the mood hits ya. I add just enough “extra” stuff to enhance the flavor, being careful not to detract from it.
These extra ingredients include lime juice to put the “lemonade” in watermelonade. Then I also add honey for sweetness and a touch of salt, which is totally optional. The instructions are as easy as they come. Just pop all the ingredients in a blender and blend it up until it’s liquefied. Then pour it into a cup filled with crushed ice and you have watermelon lemonade. This is the perfect refreshing drink to enjoy during summer.
So next time you go to buy (or pick) a watermelon, buy (or pick) two instead. Eat one, drink the other. You can’t go wrong! If you wanna see how I do it, skip right on down to the first picture.
And now for the watermelonade.
Recipe Ingredients
- Fresh watermelon
- Honey
- Bottled or fresh lime juice
How to Make Watermelonade
Now here are the instructions, so don’t blink because you’ll miss it, k?
Put all of the ingredients into a blender.
Blend until smooth and completely liquified
Serve your watermelonade over crushed ice.
That’s it! Told ya this watermelon lemonade was too easy.
Sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy your watermelonade!
Storage
This is best served immediately. But just adjust the ingredients depending on how many servings you’re after.
Recipe Notes
- Feel free to substitute the lime juice for bottled or fresh lemon juice.
- Another popular substitution is using granulated sugar instead of honey for that added sweetness.
- Garnish with a lime slice (or lemon slice) and a fresh mint sprig.
- You can pour the watermelonade straight into a glass with ice. However, you may also like to strain it first for a smoother finish.
- If you seek an alcoholic watermelonade, add an ounce of vodka or tequila to your glass and give it a good stir before enjoying it. The perfect summer cocktail!
You may also like these refreshing drink recipes:
Tropical Pink Mocktail (Fun Fruity Summer Drink)
Sugar-Free Peach Lemonade (2 Ingredients Only)
Wedding Punch (Non-Alcoholic Cranberry Punch)
Ingredients
- 5-6 cups cubed watermelon black seeds removed
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 pinch salt, optional
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a blender and cover. Blend on high speed until completely liquified.5-6 cups cubed watermelon, 1/4 cup lime juice, 1/4 cup honey, 1 pinch salt, optional
- Serve over crushed ice.
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Will be trying this soon, my hubby has a few bee boxes, so we have a fresh honey. Just to let you know, the worrying never stops. When they are grown, it’s just a different worry. I just turn it all over to the Lord to guide them and keep them safe!
What a blessing to have fresh honey!!! I have learned to trust in the Lord more and more!!
As I read your post today, I felt like I was sitting on the front porch, drinking a big ol’ glass of watermelonade and reading a letter from a favorite cousin or dear friend. I am smiling as I read, and yet a tear silently escapes and my heart sends a compassionate squeeze to you.
Thank you, Christy, for making me a member of your family.
Joni
I am so glad to have you as a part of my family Joni and am sending hugs right back to you!!!
Dear Christy,
I laughed so hard when you said ‘but I can’t take my makeup off in case something happens’…….
But there is another phase coming in about 15 years!! HE will worry about YOU! Last week I felt like taking a little nap in the daytime and I put my phone on ‘airplane mode’ so I wouldn’t be bothered. Mistake. My 29 year old son left me voice mails and texts because the phone was going directly to voice mail and that’s different for me. It worried him and he said he was about to drive out to my house even though he had heard from me earlier in the day. So I promised to text him whenever the phone goes into airline mode.
Love is a big ol’ circle isn’t it!
It is a circle indeed!!! Isn’t it a wonderful feeling that they worry about us as well though?!
Ya know, Christy, I am continually amazed at how God designed human beings to mature in stages, it helps us let go in stages.
Seems like one day it’s teething keys, the next *real* car keys, and then it’s dorm keys, and then it’s apartment keys, and his own car bought with his own paycheck keys.
Little by little we let go a day at a time while trying to imprint indelible memories in our hearts and minds.
We made an agreement when he turned 18 and left for college.
I told him “Honey, I’ve never been the momma of a grown man, and I’m sure I’m going to make a lot of mistakes, irritate you on occasion as I learn to let go because I’ve never done this before. Please forgive me when I forget you are grown.”
Well, he said he figured he was new to being a grown up and would make a few mistakes too, so we would forgive one another.
The college years fly by too fast! But they were a lot of fun for us all.
Visits help the heart adjust and their maturity helps you realize they will be fine. And prayer- lots and lots of prayer.
Prayer for travel mercies, for study mercies and wisdom and Divine guidance, for room mates, for good friends, for a good job when he graduates, and for God to send him a godly young lady for his future.
Just wait until he comes home and says “Momma, she’s the one. I’m gonna marry this girl. Can we have the wedding here on the farm next year?”
I have a little more letting go to do I think 😉
Blessings!
Julianne, you have just said it perfectly!!! I will have you in my prayers as we both learn a little more about the process of letting go.
Well, you did it again, Christy! How is it that I cry very often when I read your posts!?! You are somehow tapping into my brain and reading my mind! 🙂
Thanks again, Love your posts!!
xoxo
~HUGS~ Sorry to make you cry Bobbie. I think we should have bought some stock in Kleenex 😉
Hi, Christy!
Oh, honey…I am right there with you, patting your hand and nodding my head. Snip. Even as achy as it is to hear that car door shut, it is so nice to have them run those errands! And bless their hearts, they are so excited to do it! lol
My baby is now 23 and moved almost a year ago to Colorado! Snip. I told him to be patient as I was going to text him a million times a day for about a month, then it would taper off to something more his speed…and sadly, it has but it took longer than a month! Do you think I was going to tell him that part? Uh, no! But we have to do this in steps. Snip. We aren’t hovering, we’re showing our love. He understands. He was so excited to go, learn who he is, be independent, and realize that he still needs me at times and I was right more than he wants to admit. And when we do talk on the phone he sounds so excited that I called and that makes me so happy! Snip, snip…
Oh my goodness, what a wonderful adventure for him. So glad to hear he is understanding of his Momma’s need to hear from him. I hope that one day Brady will be just as gracious towards me!!
Your “momma moment” hit home here too…all those snips to the apron strings are so hard for a momma, but we do them with a smile (crying is easier to hide in the shower). The hardest thread for me to have snipped was the one that was cut when I took my daughter to the airport to board a flight to Afghanistan for a 6-month deployment. Only God and wonderful Florida friends got me through that because we had buried my mom 3 weeks before. And i just put her on another plane Tuesday for her move to Hawaii for at least 3 years! Thank you for sharing snippets of your life with us here…you make me realize just how much I (we all) have to be thankful for and how blessed I (we) really am (are)!
Susan, thank ur daughter for me for her service. She is appreciated. I just love reading Christy’s blog as much as her recipes. She is the real deal. I had the pleasure of meeting her in person at Swiss Pantry a couple of years back. Have a great day!!
Oh my goodness Susan, I can’t even begin to imagine!! 6 months. Now 3 years. You have my prayers, and hugs!!!!