This is hands down the most requested drink by my family, friends, and my very picky children. This watermelon cooler is refreshing, hydrating, cooling, and tastes like a tropical drink you’d enjoy on vacation. In my Vitamix blender, I throw in cubes of fresh watermelon, which becomes the liquid portion. I add frozen strawberries, fresh mint leaves, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice.
I often make this recipe to use up a watermelon that is getting too watery before we can eat it, or to repurpose a watermelon that turned out to not be perfectly sweet and crunchy for slicing and eating raw. I often even blend any watermelon, whether it is ripe or not, too soft or too crunchy, as the texture and flavors are instantly remedied and delicious in this drink.
Watermelon Cooler
Ingredients
- 1/2 a fresh watermelon, cubed I use enough to fill my blender up to the 8 cup mark
- 1 c frozen strawberries
- 1/4 c fresh spearmint leaves (about 4-5 stems)
- 1 lime, juiced
Instructions
- Place everything in the blender and blend on high for 1 minute. I often use my Vitamix blender push-stick for this to get everything evenly moved down.
