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Slushy Blended Watermelon Lemonade

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Blended Watermelon Lemonade is a delicious, refreshing, slushy treat with no sugar, just four real food ingredients. It’s naturally sweetened and the perfect summertime drink.
 
Glasses filled with a pink slushy watermelon lemonade with a fresh lemon slice.

Watermelon and lemonade screams summertime!

There’s nothing like a glass of fresh, homemade lemonade at the end of a hot summer day. Everyone love this classic drink.

Watermelon is a summertime favorite too! Watermelon is so loved it’s almost its own food group during the summer.

So why not enjoy both at the same time in the most insanely delicious summertime drink?! 

Glass full of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon slices and watermelon slices.

There are so many different versions of lemonade from classic lemonade to mint lemonade, to peach lemonade, to lavender lemonade, to strawberry lemonade, to herbal tea blended with lemonade and ever sugar-free lemonade!

But hands down, my favorite version is watermelon lemonade. There’s just nothing that compares in my opinion.

Two overhead glasses filled with pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon and watermelon slices.

This healthier slushy blended watermelon lemonade has no sugar and is naturally sweetened.

You won’t find any cane sugar in this blended watermelon lemonade, just simple, natural, real food ingredients.

 

This slushy watermelon lemonade is so refreshing and only sweetened with pure raw honey, preferably from a local source or a high quality raw honey (that way you get the beneficial properties from the honey).

Glass of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon slices and watermelon slices.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!

We all need to stay hydrated during the summer heat and watermelon is a great solution. Why? Because watermelon has a high water content!

This makes just one more good reason to add it to lemonade.

Glass of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with a slice of fresh lemon and watermelon slices.

Slushy or slushie? Who cares! It’s the same thing.

Maybe the best thing about this blended watermelon lemonade is that it’s a slushy! It’s so, SO, so good! There’s just nothing that can beat the incredible texture of a good slushy.

Glasses filled with pink watermelon lemonade slushy with fresh lemon slices and watermelon pieces.

You won’t find any food coloring and food dyes in this watermelon lemonade slushy.

All you need is watermelon to make this slushy have the most beautiful pink color. You can’t beat that natural pink hue!

Most of all, you can’t beat that mouthwatering flavor of the watermelon!

So grab yourself some watermelon and lemons at your local farmers market and add this to your summertime must-make list! 

Glass of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon and watermelon slices.

Glass full of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon slices and watermelon slices.

Blended Watermelon Lemonade 

Glass of pink slushy watermelon lemonade with fresh lemon and watermelon slices.

Slushy Blended Watermelon Lemonade

Yield: 3-4 cups
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Blended Watermelon Lemonade is a delicious, refreshing, slushy treat with no sugar, just four real food ingredients. It's naturally sweetened and the perfect summertime drink.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed organic lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 2 cups organic seedless watermelon chunks
  • 3 cups ice cubes made from filtered water
  • 1/4 cup raw honey, preferably local (<--I use this or local raw creamed clover)

Instructions

  1. Measure first or squeeze the juice of 2 lemons through a small fine mesh strainer into blender.
  2. Add the watermelon chunks, ice cubes and honey in that order to the blender. 
  3. Blend on high speed until combined and slushy. If you don't have a high-powered blender and it’s not combining right away, use a low/pulse button a couple of times or give it a stir with a spoon (turn blender off first if stirring with spoon), then increase the speed up to high or an ”ice crush function, repeat if needed.
  4. Serve immediately. Enjoy! 

Notes

YOU WILL NEED: Blender {<-- this is what I use}, Measuring Cup

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 98Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 20mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 1gSugar: 23gProtein: 1g

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© Emily
Cuisine: American / Category: Beverage

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Comments

  2. I need to make this for my watermellon loving hubby. I don’t have a regular blender, but I do have a stick blender. That should work, right?

    Pinning this for later reference. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!

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  3. @ Abby, thanks for your comment! I hope your hubby enjoys it 🙂 I have never used a stick blender for blending drinks/smoothies, so I’m not sure if it will break up the ice, but I’m guessing it will do fine breaking up the watermelon. I hope it works out 🙂

    @ [email protected], I hope you love it! It’s so yummy! I have been making it a lot lately, trying to enjoy the watermelons while they are in season. Thanks for the visit from Full Plate Thursday 🙂

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  5. I have just recently posted about impatiently waiting for summer to arrive here in Australia and now I’m even more impatient! This is summer in a glass…yum!

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

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  10. @ Nicole Feliciano, thanks! Thank you for hosting Friday Food Linky and have a great weekend too 🙂

    @NaturalFamiLea, I hope you enjoy it, it’s SO yummy! Thanks for hosting Whole Health Weekend Link-Up too 🙂

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  11. Hi Emily,
    What a great refreshing drink. We just love watermelon and lemonade a great combination for a summertime treat. I am your newest follower. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
    See you soon,
    Miz Helen

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  14. Hi Miz Helen! I am so excited you came to check out the recipe 🙂 I hope you enjoy it, it’s so delicious. Thanks for following me 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend too and I look forward to sharing more with Full Plate Thursday.

    @ hip-chick, 🙂

    @ Sarah @ Sugar Bananas!, thanks for visiting! It’s so yummy with the honey, adds a really lovely flavor. Thanks for hosting Sweets This Week. I really enjoyed your Sweets This Week post, thanks for sharing something so close to your heart.

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  16. I found you from Blog hop..I am interested so much with your watermelon lemonade blended.Thanks a lot for sharing.You have a very nourishing site. Hope you can come and visit me.I am your newest follower.

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  17. @ Marelie, thanks for visiting and for following! I’ll have to go check your site out 🙂 Take care.

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  18. Yum. I have a pitcher of something very similar sitting in my fridge. But I love your addition of ice. My version uses orange juice, but I think adding ice would make it sooo refreshing 🙂

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  27. @ The 21st Century Housewife, thanks so much for your kind words 🙂 Thanks for hosting at the Hearth and Soul Hop!

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  30. @ Miz Helen, thank you SO much! I am honored 🙂 I grabbed the red plate and have it in the side bar, thank you again. I’ve been trying to link up since last night w/ a new recipe for Full Plate Thursday, but it’s still not showing up, I’ll try again today. Have a great week too!

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  31. Thank you for your submission on Nourishing Treasure’s Whole Health Weekend Link-Up. Check back tomorrow when the new link-up is running to see if you were one of the top 3 featured posts! 🙂

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  33. Hi Emily — I know watermelon season is just about over, but this recipe looks so yummy! Would you be interested in posting it at my new link party featuring allergy-friendly lunchbox ideas? I suspect there won’t be many drinks, and your gorgeous photo will really stand out 🙂 You can find the party on Friday morning at http://allergyfreecookery.blogspot.com.

    Thanks!
    Lisa @ Allergy Free Vintage Cookery

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  39. I really love this whole watermelon theme you’ve got going! Looks super refreshing and delicious, I bet my hubby would love this lemonade <3

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  43. We’ve been doing our own watermelon slushy. We don’t use lemon. For a more nutritious blend, juice the rind first then pour into blender with watermelon meat. It is also healthy to eat the seeds. Put the seeds right into the blender and blend on medium. Add a bunch of ice cubes to make the slushy. This blend is tasty and sweet enough that you don’t need to add any sweetener. We top the slush with cropped basil microgreens.

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    • That sounds really lovely Gail, especially with the microgreens on top. 🙂 I don’t use a juicer anymore, so that wouldn’t be an option for me. I do agree, watermelon is usually sweet enough that no sweetener is needed – that’s what my family does too. But for my lemonade version, adding the raw honey is really helpful since most people are used to a sweeter, less tart lemonade. If we have a super sweet watermelon, I don’t add it or sometimes I use liquid stevia instead … but so far the watermelons we’ve had this season are not very sweet or full of flavor. I’m hoping that as summer picks up the watermelons will get better.

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  44. I can’t believe there are only 4 ingredients in this and that such a vivid red color is totally natural! Real food is SO beautiful! (Of course, your gorgeous photos are easy on the eyes, too. 😉 )

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  53. This recipe epitomizes summer, especially with this exhausting heat we’re experiencing right now! LOVE this, so hydrating and SO delicious!! Pinning to #alltheboards 😉 xo

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  54. I am looking at this drink and my mouth is salivating!!! This would be so satisfying on a hot summer day or after I come back from a run and need a bit of natural sugars to top up the tank.

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  63. This looks so appealing! I have always felt gulity about “depriving” my kids of slushies and now I don’t have to. They love lemonade and watermelons so this is the sweet spot. Thank you!

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