Watermelon Spinach Salad

There are days when I hate waking up in the morning to prepare lunch for the huss and then there are days when I hate making an elaborate lunch for the both of the us. On such days, the huss is asked to have lunch at office and I make do with a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice. And then I have an apple for snack. But then there are days when you have a bunch of fresh baby spinach and a huss who is unwilling to have anything with spinach for his lunch. Those days he is again asked to have lunch at office and I make a fresh spinach walnut salad with a simple honey olive oil dressing.

Last week I bought a whole watermelon because it was on a sale and since then we have been having glasses of fresh watermelon juice on our evenings. And when that lazy feeling struck again, I knew what I was going to make for my lunch. A whole plate of this refreshing salad with that slightly sweet and sour dressing and the crunchy almonds made a light and filling lunch.

Serves - 1; Cooking time - nil; Prep time - 15 mins ~*What U Need*~ Watermelon cubes - 1 cup, deseeded Baby spinach - 1 cup, washed and patted dry Salted almonds - few For the dressing Extra virgin olive oil - 1/2 tbsp Honey - 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice - 1 tsp Pepper - 1/4 tsp How I Made it: Mix all the ingredients mentioned under dressing. Place watermelon cubes, spinach in a salad bowl. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and sprinkle the almonds.

Serve immediately!!!

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

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Watermelon - Ginger Popsicle

We are still getting watermelons here and my love for them never dies. I knew that the melons of this season will be watery devoid of their sweetness. Whatever sweet or not sweet, I wanted to have them. So went on and got a 3 kg watermelon. My first bite into the melon and I was devastated. It was tasteless and I knew that I wouldn't have another slice out of it. I didn't want to waste the entire lot and so started adding sugar and making juice out of it. I wanted to make a variation and hence tried out making some popsicles and we loved it. The addition of ginger to the recipe gave a very different overall flavor.

~*What U Need*
Watermelon cubes / pieces - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsps
Ginger juice - 1 tsp
Small watermelon pieces - a handful

How I made it:
Deseed the water-melon pieces and blend them along with water, sugar and ginger juice. Strain this mixture. Pour into popsicle molds, drop in the small watermelon pieces. Freeze for 8 hours.
To remove from the molds, show under running water and pull after 2 mins.

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Watermelon Cooler and a few tips | Summer Special

The sun is scorching here. Step into it and you will find lot of shops selling cut watermelons everywhere. Imagine the cool watermelon passing through ur mouth into ur tummy for this heat. You can even trace back its pathway in ur hot body. That is what I have been doing for the past week.

With Agni natchathiram started, the temperature in Chennai is soaring day by day. I just cant imagine how it is gonna be by mid / end of May. Probably we ll have to reside in ice baths.

A few tips to beat the heat.
* Wear coolers when you go in the sun.
* Apply sunscreen lotion regularly.
* Drink tons of water.
* Exercise a lot.
* Avoid spicy items.
* Have lots of buttermilk.
* Cover ur body when you drive.
* Wear loose cotton cloths and avoid black.
* I would suggest have loads of water melons, muskmelons and any eatables that cool ur body.

~*What U Need*~

Watermelon - 15 chunks
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Ice cubes - 5
Lemon juice - few drops

How I Made it:
De-seed the watermelon chunks
Blend all the above ingredients in a blender and refrigerate.
Serve chill.


Stay Cool!!! Stay Healthy!!! Happy Weekend to all !!!

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