I bought a big watermelon a week or so ago. I kept putting off cutting it because there just wasn't room in our refrigerator to handle the leftovers.
Finally, I decided to cut it up, remove the seeds, put it in the blender and make a watermelon drink.
I remembered making a watermelon drink last year. I remembered that it was delicious. Unfortunately, I didn't remember that there was something besides watermelon in the recipe. I wish I had read my watermelon smoothie post from last July. I forgot about strawberries.
It's pretty tasty actually, but I do think it would be better with the strawberries. It will be even better when I am using one of the watermelons from our garden. They are only babies right now.
I was able to fill a couple of glasses and put away several quart jars full for later. Notice the green screen in the background. That's the screen I found at my last yard sale outing. I thought it would make a pretty good background in this photo.
My creative husband suggested I freeze some in ice trays for drinks and smoothies. He has been coming up with some great ideas lately and this one was great. When I told him I was going to put his idea on my blog, he wanted to make sure that I gave him full credit. He's a hoot.
I took the leftovers outside. Buddy was the only 4 legged watermelon lover. He thanked me and told me it was incredibly refreshing. Buddy is such a gentleman.
UPDATE: I added strawberries and mango to my last quart jar of watermelon juice and put it back through the blender. Ohhhh - yummy! ...much better than plain watermelon (which wasn't at all bad). The original recipe didn't call for mango, but I just tossed it in on a whim. Mango seems to go with everything.
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