Hold the pumpkin, summer isn't over yet! While I am all on board for the weather changing slightly (we have a bit to go here in Texas still), I am still eating up all the summer fruits and I'm just not quite ready to say goodbye. Labor Day is a few days away and with the long weekend ahead, I am planning out our menus for each day and you bet that includes cocktails, because what holiday weekend is complete without a good cocktail? My watermelon mint slush is a drink I have been making all summer long and will continue to make until watermelons have seen their better days for the year.
It's Friday and it is raining, like pouring let's just take a nap all day kind of raining. And it looks like it is going to the whole weekend here in Louisiana. If I wasn't already itching for a beach vacation, I am definitely wanting one now. White sands, blue water, tan toes, my man by my side, and a salted and frosty watermelon margarita...
There is good news here y'all, I just so happened to make a batch of watermelon margaritas...a little sunshine on a rainy day in my book. These cocktails should be the official drink of the summer. They are the perfect balance of refreshing, tangy, and sweet with a kick from tequila, which is never a bad thing!
It's perfect for that extra watermelon that you have cut up in the fridge, or if you happen to get a watermelon that isn't perfect when you cut it open, throw it in the blender! This drink doesn't discriminate against imperfections!
A drink to trick you into thinking you are on vacation...a sip of sunny rays! Or if you are somewhere sunny and gorgeous this weekend, I'm jealous, but nevertheless this drink would be perfect poolside or with your toes in the sand!
Does anything say summer like sweet and juicy watermelon? It's my favorite and I can literally eat my weight in it. It's kind of a problem, sometimes I have to pace myself. I am totally guilty of slicing and eating simultaneously just to ensure that it will fit into the container I am trying to put it in...well that and the fact that I am too impatient to wait until the whole thing is sliced, and why dirty another bowl right? So I got to thinking about my love of watermelon and thought why not make a cocktail out of it?
Meet my new favorite summer drink, a sparkling watermelon basil cocktail!
Seriously, it's the most refreshing drink, and with the heat that Louisiana has been experiencing, I need all the refreshment I can get! The sweet watermelon is balanced with basil and lime and then you add a little gin and prosecco and holy moly...it's going to rock your world.
Since tomorrow is the Fourth of July, I thought I better get this recipe to y'all today because this drink could not be more perfect for any of your holiday activities this weekend! Watermelon is basically an essential ingredient to the Fourth of July anyway, so it just makes sense.
