VMBURNS: It's September and Fall is ALMOST here. I had a watermelon that was ripening in my fridge with no desire to just eat watermelon. Instead, I wanted a nice watermelony drink (yeah, I said watermelony). So, what better way to enjoy the watermelon flavor than in a watermelon lemonade? Pouring the watermelon lemonade over Vodka turned this beverage from G-rating to ADULTS ONLY. Don't judge. It's been a long, hot summer. If you're feeling really fancy, you can dress this up with a few sprigs of mint or try sparking water instead of the regular water. I was thirsty and not feeling fancy, so I didn't, but it was still refreshingly delicious. It was all the tastes of summer in a glass.
WATERMELON LEMONADE
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 watermelon (enough for about 4 cups of juice)
- 4-5 lemons (enough to make 1 cup of lemon juice)
- 1 Cup granulated sugar (less if you like it tart)
- 4-6 Cups of water
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Scoop out the watermelon and add to a blender. I selected "liquify" on my blender, but you can use whatever setting you want.
- Use a mesh strainer to strain the liquid into a pitcher.
- Juice the lemons. Strain and add to the pitcher with the watermelon juice.
- Add water and sugar.
- Serve over ice.
- READERS: What's your favorite summer beverage? Let me know in the comments.
- A CUP OF FLOUR, A PINCH OF DEATH
- On the shores of Lake Michigan, influencer Maddy Montgomery has turned the bakery she inherited from her great aunt Octavia into a destination. There’s just one thing she won’t post: the body in the freezer . . .
- Thanks to Maddy’s social media savvy, Baby Cakes Bakery is becoming a huge success—so much so that she’s attracted the attention of her former nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Brandy Denton. When Brandy blows into New Bison like an ill wind and disrupts a vlog Maddy’s filming, their argument goes viral. After Brandy’s body is found in the freezer at Baby Cakes, Maddy instantly goes from viral sensation to murder suspect.
- AS Maddy is still reeling from the murder, a stranger shows up in the bakery claiming to have been a friend of Octavia. He believes Maddy is in danger. When a second body washes up on the lake shore, it seems clear someone’s out to kill to keep a secret—and it may have to do with her great aunt.
Maddy rallies her aunt’s friends, the Baker Street Irregulars; Sheriff April Johnson; and her veterinarian boyfriend Michael—not to mention her English mastiff Baby—to do some digging and root out whoever’s behind the killings. . .
