Watermelon Mint Lemonade
We had a few of our dearest friends and their little ones over for a Memorial Day barbeque last weekend and had such a lovely time. The weather was perfect, and the food was delicious! All of the kids played in the backyard, the men hung out around the grill, and the ladies prepared the side dishes in the kitchen. Such a stereotypical American barbeque and so much fun!
Everyone brought dishes to share, but I greeted everyone with this fresh watermelon mint lemonade. Some chose to spike there’s with a little tequila, but I love mine as it is. It’s so refreshing on a warm day and is the perfect summer beverage!
| Ingredients (serves 6)
1.5 cups hot water |
Directions
Mix the honey into the hot water until it dissolves, then set aside until it cools to room temperature.
Run the watermelon, lemons, and cucumber through a juicer. Pour the extracted juice into a pitcher.
Alternatively, you can put the watermelon and cucumber in a high speed blender and blend until smooth but you will want to make sure there are no seeds. Juice the lemons by hand, then stir into the pureed watermelon mixture. Pour through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher.
Stir the honey water and chopped mint into the watermelon, cucumber, and lemon juice then put in the fridge to chill for an hour.
Serve over ice with a lemon slice as a garnish.
Enjoy!
Shared with Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays and Allergy Free Wednesdays
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Hi Danielle,
This looks amazing! I’ve never thought of putting watermelon in lemonade…sounds superb.
So funny…I am sharing my ginger mint limonade on Thursday! Looks like we are both looking forward to summer. I was in NYC last week, but my husband said it was near 100 here in Davis. So nice and cool this week (thankfully).
I look forward to trying your recipe!! I have yet to make watermelon juice.
I have a question for you…does watermelon ever bother your stomach? Last summer I discovered that watermelon was irritating my stomach. I looked it up online, and found it affects many others in this way (and some other melons too). I was pretty bummed about it, as I grew up on watermelon. I found eating it with other food and eating just a little helps, so I can’t eat large amounts (like I want to) or on an empty stomach. So interesting.
Thanks Danielle.
Hugs,
–Amber
P.S. Sounds like such a lovely party!!!
I’ve heard that but haven’t had problems myself. Also – I’ve always heard the juices of fruits are easier to digest than the fibrous parts that are discarded.
This looks delish!! I would like to see nutritional info after the recipes so we can see the net carbs, carbs, fiber, etc. Just a thought!
This looks so great for a day at the pool! Thanks, I’m pinning this one
ooh that sounds so refreshing! and it looks mighty delicious! i love that color:) so bright and cheery! i love having friends over for a BBQ….so fun:) thanks for sharing!
can’t wait to try! ive been making paleo popsicles a lot this summer and this would be so yummy in posicle form!
Great idea!! I’ll have to try that!
I will have to make a batch and freeze into cubes for Slushies.
I was wondering about the cucumber no peel part (they are organic, why not use the peel) well… I found out.. Hello, brownish/reddish not so appetizing looking lemonade
. Kids instantly didn’t want to try but i’ll get back at them and turn it into sorbet icecream 
. Thanks, and next time i’ll follow instructions, haha
haha yes that is why! plus I think the peel makes it taste a little bitter!
that sounds really good. I wonder how it would taste if make it as a smoothie. have you tried it?!
A bit of Chambord would be amazing in this.
This is the SECOND fabulous drink I have tried from your website! So excited for your recipe book.
Making this on Friday! Swapping lemons for limes and adding a bit of rum and splash of club soda for refreshing twist on a mojito! We had watermelon mojitos on vacation once, so good! Can’t wait for your cookbook!!!!