Watermelon meets lemonade in this Refreshing Mint Watermelonade. It’s a healthy and delicious drink recipe on a hot summer day. Sweetened naturally with fruit and a touch of honey!
How’s THAT for a name?! Screw SEO, I just couldn’t come up with watermelonade and not use it! In other news, today’s post is dedicated to the most glorious invention since indoor plumbing, the iPhone.
I seriously have no idea how I lived before the existence of a smart phone. I must have been very dumb. While it’s nice to get a break from it every now and then, when we are apart it feels like I have a phantom limb. It should be there, but it’s not.
Besides it’s obvious uses for email, phone, text, I also depend entirely on it for answering the 132497987324 questions that pop into my head every day. Google is also something I wonder how I lived without.
Here is a prime example of why I need an iPhone with me at all times. So I’m in the grocery store picking up a watermelon. There’s 3 other ladies around me knocking on all of the watermelons trying to pick the perfect one. Of course I do the same and begin knocking away on some melons (lol). But here’s the thing, I have no idea why.
It seemed like the logical thing to do but I had no clue what I should be listening or feeling for. After knocking on about 5 of them, I decided it was time I google what the heck I was doing. Thankfully I had my trusty iPhone to answer all of life’s questions including “why should you knock on watermelons?”
As it turns out, to pick the perfect watermelon it should feel/sound hollow when you knock on it. You learn something new everyday! So I joined back in with my new club of melon knockers until I found the best watermelon in the bunch!
I actually live in fear of what someone might find if my phone got stolen or lost and a stranger looked up my search history. I suspect they will be somewhat astounded by the number of medical conditions I look up, A LOT of random facts about Montana (I was there 2 weeks ago and apparently very curious) and articles about English bulldogs (don’t ask…).
Now that I’ve bared some of my shameful googling habits, I’m sort of feeling like I should go hide in the corner with this Refreshing Mint Watermelonade. At least I’ll have my iPhone to keep me company.
PrintRefreshing Mint Watermelonade
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 12 cups 1x
Ingredients
- 6–7 lemons, juiced (or about 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice)
- 2 cups watermelon, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 cup mint leaves
- 12 cups water
- 2–4 tbsp honey (more or less, to taste)
Instructions
- In a blender combine lemon juice, watermelon and mint leaves.
- Add to a large jug and dilute with water.
- Add in honey, to taste.
- Store in refrigerator.
Are you attached to your smartphone? Tell me a random thing you’ve googled! I swear I won’t judge…
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29 Comments
Thalia @ butter and brioche
August 4, 2014 at 5:10 ami could SO kick back and relax with one of these lemonades right now, they look so refreshing and perfect for summer!
Kim
August 3, 2014 at 10:09 pmThis looks awesome – perfect for summer time. And, I’m thinking that it would taste pretty good with a bit of vodka if you wanted to turn it into an adult summer beverage!!!
Pretty much any time my boys start questioning stuff my go-to is “just google it.” I always tell them that living in this time period there is really nothing we can’t figure out in just a few minutes!!!
erin @ The Almond Eater
August 3, 2014 at 10:09 pmI am attached to my smartphone…ish…but I’m also really good at leaving it away from me for an hour or so at a time. The last thing I googled was the price of a flight to the UK….which isn’t THAT embarrassing. The embarrassing part is me actually thinking I could afford a flight to the UK.
Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness
August 3, 2014 at 9:09 pmYummm! I’ve been obsessed with watermelon smoothies and juice lately. So good!
My hubby and I refer to the iPhone as “baby Jesus” because it has the answers to all questions in life hahaha
Mary Frances
August 3, 2014 at 2:41 pmHaha, yes, take a stand against SEO! Watermelonade for the win … I love this name, it needs to become a thing. And oh my gosh, I can relate too much to the iPhone incident. Waaay too much 🙂
Pinning this perfect summer drink!
Ann
August 3, 2014 at 12:09 pmI had to Google SEO. You’ve mentioned it several times already but I somehow always have been too lazy to look it up. Now I know 😉
Would you suggest to use sparkling or regular water? Sparkling water would give it more of an actual lemonade feeling, wouldn’t it?
Kelly @ Nosh and Nourish
August 3, 2014 at 10:17 am“melon knockers”… tee hee. 😀 PS. I LOVE the name watermelonade. #genius
Sam @ Better With Sprinkles
August 3, 2014 at 8:32 amIf Google tells me to knock on watermelon, then I should probably do it. And one of these days, I will actually get a smartphone…eventually.
Sam @ Better With Sprinkles
August 3, 2014 at 8:35 amAnd by smartphone I mean iPhone, because my current android isn’t particularly smart despite the smartphone label…
Amanda @ Diary of a Semi-Health Nut
August 4, 2014 at 8:32 pmYeah I totally know what you mean! I had a Blackberry for way too long, then an android…then in April I finally got an iPhone. It rocks my world to see the freaking emojis people send me and comment with on IG!!!!
Danielle @ Chits and Chats and Chocolate
August 3, 2014 at 7:55 amThis looks so good, and I have everything right in my kitchen! Yay! This rarely happens!
I know I have looked up some pretty crazy stuff, bit my history must have been cleared not too long ago
After watching movies, I always look up each actor in it to see what other movies they’ve been in.
Joanne
August 3, 2014 at 7:15 amWell I personally had no idea about this knocking on watermelons method! But hey, if google says it, it must be true.
This drink is like THE most refreshing thing.
meredith @ The Cookie ChRUNicles
August 3, 2014 at 5:44 amThis will make you laugh – My son likes to fight with Siri and often talks to her in Hebrew. I mean, at least he has learned something at Hebrew school and bothers to use what he learns?
Arman @ thebigmansworld
August 3, 2014 at 5:37 amAre you attached to your smart phone? What a silly question.
Actually, I should google now how to know if my watermelon will have seeds. I had a watermelon mojito once. It was amazing and I thought I was drunk. Then the bar tender told me it was a mocktail.
Ann
August 3, 2014 at 12:07 pmHAHA!