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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My little girl is starting Kindergarten this Fall and I can’t believe how fast the time went. I can’t wait to try this recipe and the corn on the cob one. Easy, delicious Summer recipes! 🙂
Oh my goodness, the time does seem to fly by!! I hope you enjoy the Watermelonade and the Corn on the Cob!!!
I just found your posts. I am going to try the Mandarin Orange Pie. It sounds and looks delicious. I make an Orange Marmalade Cake. It is delicious. I found the recipe in a small book entitled “Esther’s Gift, A Mitford Christmas Story ” by Jan Karon. The recipe is called “Esther’s Orange Marmalade Layer Cake.” It is very good. I make it at Christmas and my daughter and everyone that tastes it say it is delicious. I have been making it since 2002 when a friend gave me this small book.. I have only missed a few times since then.
What a wonderful tradition!!! I hope you enjoy the pie!!!
Christy on another note how is your new hair style working out for you?
I am loving it Jean!!!
The post I saw was very attractive.
Have a blessed day!
Christy, My husband and I tried the Watermelonade drink this weekend and it was wonderful. I admit i was a little skeptical at first since I wasn’t too sure how it would turn out… but it’s definitely a winner! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad you liked it Pam!!!
I had to smile as I read your post about your youngun driving by himself. That had to be one of the most nervewracking seasons of my life Christie. He sounds so responsible and loving. Be glad for that! I am impressed that he texted you back!!Be prepared to leave that make up on for many nights to come!:)
🙂 I have thought about that Arlene.
“Yesterday was a day of significant change in my life. It was a day filled with joy and pride, mingled with a little uncertainty as I held my breath and watched a thread which had connected me to my son break.” “There is a lump in my heart as I adjust to the change as well.”
We too have had a significant change in our lives. It was a day filled with utter devastation and sadness, as we watched the ever so fragile thread between us and our daughter break and forever slip away. The lump in my heart was now a large hole, as I realized we must go home without her, never to take her home again. How will we adjust to the change as well.
“Last night, he drove himself to church and then went to the local Chick Fil A with his youth group. I found myself at 8:00, wanting to go to bed but unwilling to take my makeup off until he was home. At 8:22 I texted him: “I want to go to bed but I can’t take my makeup off in case something happens and you need me. Can you come home?” He texted right back that he was planning on leaving at 8:30. He arrived exactly when he said he would and came in to give me a hug and tell me about his evening. Man, he’s a great kid.”
She laid in her hospital bed, the evil cancer slowly robbing us of our beautiful daughter, of our happiness and joy and of our very lives. As I sat alongside her I wanted to go to sleep, but I was unwilling to, in case she needed me. I said, “Can you stay with us just a little longer.” She struggled and stayed the night. Man, what a great daughter.
“Oh yes, yesterday. My son. He is a licensed driver. Yesterday, he left the house on his own. Crazy. How did we go from this to this?”
Oh yes, it seems like yesterday. Our daughter. She was now preparing to leave us, leave us forever and there was nothing we could do about it. Crazy, how did we get here?
“Just like that. He pulled out of the driveway.”
Just like that, she took her last breath and drifted away.
“He used his turn signal, waited for a clear gap in traffic, and very responsibly pulled out of the driveway. His first trip was to a gas station to fill up and grab a coke and a snack. He brought one of each back to his sister, too. Man, he’s a great kid.”
She looked up towards the ceiling. She looked left to right as if looking at people that came in the room. She spoke to them aloud and called them by their names. She told me they told her she belonged with them and she had to go. She described such beautiful images, as we sat there clinging to her every word. She again told me she belonged with them and had to go. I struggled with giving her permission to leave us, but I told her to go with them, that I would take care of her mother and we would be ok. Man, what a great daughter.
“Last night, he drove himself to church and then went to the local Chick Fil A with his youth group. I found myself at 8:00, wanting to go to bed but unwilling to take my makeup off until he was home. At 8:22 I texted him: “I want to go to bed but I can’t take my makeup off in case something happens and you need me. Can you come home?” He texted right back that he was planning on leaving at 8:30. He arrived exactly when he said he would and came in to give me a hug and tell me about his evening. Man, he’s a great kid.”
So on her last night, she abruptly turned her head, as if someone walked into the room. My wife and I looked, expecting to see a doctor or someone standing there. There was no one. Our daughter loving stretched out her arms and said “Jesus sweet Jesus” as if Jesus was coming to embrace her. At that moment, with her arms reaching out, she exhaled her last breath and left us all alone.
“I’m not clinging too tightly. In fact, I’m not really clinging at all, except for the hug he has learned he is required to give before turning to that front door. I’m actively letting go, but it is a process I have to go through each and every time and I’m not sure if it is going to get any easier. He leaves and so does part of my heart. It is like part of my brain is a tracking device set on him the entire time he is away.”
I couldn’t have clung more tightly. In fact, I wish every day I could cling onto her, even if it was just for a moment. I had to let go. It was and still I a process. I have to learn to let go every time I see her room, hear her name or see her picture. It’s never gotten easier. They say time heals all wounds, but that’s not true. It only puts scab on them, so you can deal with it.
“Moms know this. Moms of younger ones are reading and imagining in horror.”
Moms know this can happen, but you never think of it. Moms that have sadly experienced this are the ones reading and remembering in horror.
“Yes, that sweet toddler who looks at you and smiles is someday going to walk out the door and in place of your hand in his, there will be car keys. And for a moment, your heart will feel a sharp and painful ache, until he or she looks back, and you see that same smile from all those years ago and you know that this is a moment they’ve waited for, and as much as you want to hold them to you, you also want to give them this moment. So much of parenting is a strange swirl of pride, love, hope, joy, and clinging. Okay, maybe just a little bit of clinging.”
Yes, that sweet toddler that looks at you and smiles has a future ahead of them that is unknown. Someday they going to walk out the door and for a moment, your heart will feel a sharp and painful ache, until he or she looks back and you see that same smile from all those years ago and you know that this is a moment they’ve waited for. You’ll trust that they will be back and you’ll get to hold them, hug and kiss them and know no matter what, their still your baby.
I guess my point is. There’s no such things as “clinging too much.” Love and cherish your children and your loved ones, like there is no tomorrow. For we do not know what life has in store for us and when our last hug will take place.
Never take things for granted! Don’t sweat the small things in life and never miss an opportunity to tell them how much you love them and how much they mean to you. Hug them long and often!
Maggie, we miss you every minute of every day! Dad
I cannot even begin to understand the depth of your loss, but I sure can begin to feel the depth of your love.
You are a beautiful tribute to your precious girl, who is most assuredly resting in the care of Jesus, sweet Jesus.
My heart is with you.
Loved your story of your son leaving the nest with the car keys. It took me awhile, but it eventually occurred to me that the whole purpose of parenting is to get your child ready to leave you and begin a new life as an adult, relying on all the years of your teaching and the example you set, to be
successful in life and as parents themselves.
Oh Sally, you are so right. Knowing and understanding doesn’t make it easier does it?