Happy Monday! Admittedly, Mondays are not my favorite days–especially in summer when there are so many fun things to do on the weekends. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned studying “attractive” living, you don’t want to wish away your life. So nowadays, rather than wishing away “The Mondays,” I’d way rather do whatever I can to make them bearable and even wonderful. One of my favorite ways of doing that this summer has been with the Tahoe Blue Watermelon Cooler.
Blossom’s BiFF and his kids have come over on Mondays and Tuesdays lots this summer to swim, BBQ, play, watch movies on my new outdoor projecting screen, and of course, to eat and drink. This new drink came about when we had a bowl of cut-up watermelon that was clearly going to be on its way out soon. None of us wanted to continue eating even MORE watermelon than we’d already consumed, and because BB is really good about preventing waste for all of us, the remaining watermelon ended up in the Ninja. After realizing the flavor was light but still off the charts, we mixed it with some homemade soda water out of the Soda Stream, and some Tahoe Blue Vodka. After adding a sprig of homegrown mint and a squeeze of lime, I think both of us realized we’d landed on something pretty special.
So soak up as much summer as possible. Avoid the tendency to live weekend to weekend and make every day of these long, warm weeks count by creating special routines and ceremonies that make life worth soaking up with the sun.
Happy Summer and Happy Sipping!
- ⅓ Cup Fresh Watermelon Juice
- 1½ Shots Tahoe Blue Vodka
- 1 Shot Organic Lemonade
- Soda
- Lime Wedge
- Mint Sprig
- Put ice in the glass.
- Rim the glass with Lime and squeeze the rest of the juice over the ice.
- Pour in the Watermelon Juice and Tahoe Blue Vodka.
- Fill the remainder of the glass with soda, to taste.
- Float the cocktail with Lemonade.
- Twist the mint and garnish.
