Watermelon-Banana Smoothie

Fancy!

Watermelon-Banana Smoothie Recipe
Makes 1 serving. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen watermelon cubes
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 cup coconut milk

Instructions:

1. Toss all ingredients in the blender.
2. Blend, serve and enjoy.

To make frozen watermelon cubes, simply chop up 1/4 of a ripe watermelon into cubes. This drink may come out thick - so add a splash of extra milk as needed to get an even consistency. I love the banana-watermelon combo - why is there no banana-melon ice cream?

Watermelon Smoothie

Sweet and smooth!

Watermelon Smoothie Recipe
Makes 1 serving. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen watermelon cubes
• 1/2 cup almond milk

Instructions:

1. Toss all ingredients in the blender.
2. Blend, serve and enjoy.

To make frozen watermelon cubes, simply chop up 1/4 of a ripe watermelon into cubes (should produce 2 cups of cubes) for a regular, spherical watermelon. Blend well to eliminate chunks of watermelon. 

Melon-Berry Smoothie

Simple two-ingredient smoothie!

Melon-Berry Smoothie Recipe
Makes 1 serving. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup watermelon
• 1/2 cup frozen raspberries

Instructions:

1. Toss all ingredients in blender.
2. Blend, serve and enjoy.

This recipe is so simple and watermelon is great for a post-workout treat to relieve muscle soreness as determined in this study.

Watermelon Splash Smoothie

Bubbly, sweet post-exercise treat!

Watermelon Splash Smoothie Recipe
Makes 1 serving. 

Ingredients:

• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup watermelon
• 1/2 cup frozen strawberries

Instructions:

1. Toss all ingredients in blender.
2. Blend, serve and enjoy.

For this recipe, I used Simply Orange Pulp-Free Juice with Tangerine. For convenience, you could use seedless watermelon; otherwise go for the seeded watermelon, which seems to have a stronger watermelon flavor.