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It's heating up around here.

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On the super sunny Summer days (say that 5x fast, lol) it’s nice to make simple recipes that don’t require much difficulty.

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These slushies have a bit of summer fruit, a bit of winter fruit, and some spring fresh mint so I guess they are kind of an all season drink. They will cool you down if it’s summer or they’ll make you think of summer heat when you make them during the winter.

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I took way too long trying to photograph these because all of the beautiful slush melted into a flat looking drinks. Just imagine them with mounds of slush on top for me because that’s what they originally looked like.

I made them with raw sugar and even used that to make pretty rims on the cups. I also used frozen watermelon to get them really slushy. It was mostly seedless but not quite so I still had a few seeds in these slushies but the kids didn’t mind just spitting them out.

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I heard a rumor once that watermelon seeds are poisonous so I looked it up and found some people that actually recommend eating them because they are healthy. I’m not really sure about that but I promise that you won’t grow a watermelon in your belly if, like me, you fail to catch all of the seeds. My brother-in-law said that I should spike these and I thought I’d mention that you can if you want to I just don’t personally drink.

Anyway, I hope you're having a great weekend! Cheers!

Watermelon, Pomegranate, & Mint Slushies

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 5 - 6

Ingredients

4 1/2 cups seeded watermelon cubes, frozen
1 cup pomegranate arils (about 1 large pomegranate)
1/2 cup sugar in the raw plus more for cups
2 cups cold water
handful of fresh mint leaves (optional)

Instructions

To make the sugared glasses, dip the rims of chosen glasses into warm water and then into a shallow bowl of raw sugar. Allow to dry for at least 30 minutes
Pour arils and water into a blender or food processor and blend for about a minute. Pour through a mesh strainer and press as much liquid out of seeds as possible then discard seeds.
Pour juice back into blender and add watermelon, sugar, and mint and blend until smooth but thick like a slushy. If you 'd like it thicker you can add some ice as well.

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