Happy Thirsty Thursday!!
It has been hot and beautiful here in Seattle all week, and I have something to celebrate!
WE ARE BACK IN OUR KITCHEN!!!
8 weeks of eating out and from takeout containers and I can finally enjoy my own space again.
That also means that I might want to get back to eating healthfully again… but first let me make sure my cocktail game is still strong.
Yup. It is.
I am kind of having some new feelings about gin lately- Pete has recently switched his martini’s from vodka to gin. Naturally, I had to try a few sips of all of those over the last few months and there was one gin in particular that got me really excited. SpyHop distilled Gin.
So we went out and bought a bottle and then this happened.
Watermelon Cucumber Gin Lemonade. I don’t like to add too much sweetness to gin- but the watermelon has a little naturally and then the cucumber keeps it extra fresh
- ½ cup honey
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 cup cucumber chunks
- 3 cups fresh watermelon chunks
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 2 cups gin
- ice
- For the Lemonade:
- In the jar of a blender add the honey, water, lemon juice, cucumber and watermelon and puree on high until smooth.
- Fill a pitcher with ice and add the mint and gin. Then add watermelon mixture, Serve cold over ice.
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Your cocktail game is ON POINT!
mwah!! thanks Gaby!
I made this when a friend came for a surprise visit. At first I thought it would be way too much for the three, yes 3, of us. I couldn’t have been more wrong. This cocktail is so delicious and beautiful and a little dangerous, too. It’s now in my favorite drinks list. The one thing I have to say is that you must peel the cucumbers, or else you won’t get the beautiful ruby red color. Thanks for another hit in the drink department. And your photography is exceptional.
Thank you so much Angelika!! Great tip about the cucumber skin- appreciated!
Heather, i read your story and found it wonderful and inspiring. I am not a trained French chef but I lived many years in Europe and also considered sugar, white flour and butter my best friends… or at least indispensable to the creation of exciting and appetizing foid. Six months ago, I was diagnosed with breastcancer and immediately adopted a ketagenic diet recommended by Dr. Mercola -no sugar, no grains and no lacteos, moderate amounts of fruits and5-7 servings of low starch vegetables and a lot of good fats. The changes were impressive-apartfrom containing all of the cancer in my tumor, Iwas fully recovered three and a half weeks after a double mastectomy, my hair went from solid grey to more brown than grey, after 25 years of wearing glasses I stopped needing them, heightened mental acuity and improved mood stability. So here’s to rising to the challenge of making good food with ingredients that promote instead of hindering good health. I will look for your book. Congratulations on your good work and may you enjoy much deserved success! Best wishes, Laura Wagner de Romero
Laura, your story gave me goosebumps. I am so incredibly happy for your health transformation and it brings me great joy to hear how well you are doing and that you took the challenge on with gusto and got all of the rewards! Please keep me updated, your story is what keeps me on going on this path of fighting for everyone to have better health. Very Best of wishes XOXO, Heather