I was at Trader Joe's while visiting my sister in Santa Fe and saw these beautiful watermelons for $3.50!! Half the cost of what they are where I live. So I decided to make a delicious, refreshing, TOTALLY HEALTHY watermelon lime sorbet.
You can make it with an ice cream maker or without! The recipe is very simple.
Watermelon Lime sorbet
Photo courtesy of Rachel Ray |
8 cups of cubed watermelon
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1 tsp powdered stevia
If you want to use the ice cream maker throw all the ingredients into a processor or blender and then into the ice cream maker. If you have a room temperature watermelon you may have trouble getting your ice cream maker to freeze it all the way past a slush. So start with cold or slightly frozen watermelon. If you choose to use a warmer melon you may just need to throw it into the freezer for the last bit. If you are serving it right away keep an eye on it that it doesn't freeze too hard! If you are serving it later you will need to pull it (if frozen hard) out of the freezer early to let it warm to a better consistency and shave with a fork before serving.
My regular sized watermelon (not personal size and not huge) made two batches in the ice cream maker and left me a batch and a half of watermelon lime mixture for popsicles! The kids loved it both ways and I felt great giving it to them! I have really tried to keep my kids sugar intake limited and this is a fun way of doing it so they don't feel deprived. In fact the neighbor boys scarfed them down as well and didn't even notice the lack of added sugar! Let me know how it goes.
P.S. If you are looking for some other sorbet, smoothie and popsicle recipes check out these posts I did earlier with TONS of recipes that will refresh on a hot day, satisfy a sweet tooth and keep you looking great in a swimsuit!
Refreshing Mango Strawberry Lime Salad |
Green Smoothie Guide. |
Cool Summer Treats that Cure the Urge to Splurge! |
All Natural No added sugar Mango Sorbet |
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