After school, cool kids off with watermelon lemonade

  • By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:01am
  • Life

The trouble with heading back to school is that it invariably happens when it still feels like summer. And sitting inside a hot classroom on a sunny summery day can be a total downer.

While you can’t do much about the weather or school calendar, you can offer your little ones a refreshing afterschool treats to help them beat the back-to-school blues.

Start them off with a frosty glass of watermelon lemonade, a sweet and refreshing drink you can feel good about serving. It’s nothing more than watermelon, ice, lemon juice and a splash of honey blended until thick.

And feel free to add frozen strawberries, raspberries or other fruit for an even thicker slushy-like drink.

Watermelon lemonade

4 cups ice

4 cups watermelon chunks

1/3 cup lemon juice

2 tablespoons honey or sugar

Pinch salt

In a blender, combine all ingredients. Puree until smooth, about 1 minute. You may need to stop the blender and stir the ingredients once to ensure everything blends evenly. Serve immediately. The drink will separate some as it sits. Either blend again or simply stir to combine.

Other frozen or fresh soft fruits — such as raspberries, strawberries, bananas, peaches or grapes (especially frozen grapes) — also can be added when blending. If so, you may need to increase the amount of lemon juice to balance the other flavors.

Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 80 calories; 0 calories from fat (0 percent of total calories); 0 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 24 g carbohydrate; 1 g protein; 1 g fiber; 65 mg sodium.

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