Almond Free Paleo Watermelon Margarita

Total time10 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time0 min

4.5

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Summer in a glass doesn't get much better than this — fresh watermelon blended smooth, strained for a silky-clean juice, then shaken hard with bright lime, a touch of honey, and good blanco tequila. Every ingredient here is naturally free from tree nuts, so there's no label-scanning or substitution anxiety to slow you down before happy hour. The honey steps in as a gentle, unrefined sweetener that keeps the whole drink grain-free and paleo-friendly without dulling the fruit's natural sweetness. Straining the blended watermelon is the move that separates a truly polished cocktail from a chunky smoothie situation — you get pure, jewel-red juice that shakes up beautifully. A salted rim and a squeeze of fresh lime cut right through the sweetness, giving you that classic sweet-salty-tart balance in every sip. Garnish with a little wedge of watermelon and a lime wheel and it looks like something you'd pay twelve dollars for at a rooftop bar.

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Ingredients

2 servings

3 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes
3 oz blanco tequila (100% agave)
2 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
1 tbsp honey
¼ tsp fine sea salt, plus more for the rim
1 cup ice cubes, plus extra for serving

For serving

2 lime wedges, for rimming and garnish
2 small watermelon wedges, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1
Spread a thin layer of fine sea salt on a small flat plate. Run a lime wedge around the rim of each rocks glass, then press the rim into the salt to coat. Fill each glass with fresh ice and set aside.
2
Add the watermelon cubes to a blender and blend on high until completely smooth, about 20–30 seconds. Pour the watermelon purée through a fine-mesh strainer into a measuring cup or bowl, pressing with a spoon to extract as much juice as possible; discard the solids. You should have about 1 cup of strained watermelon juice.

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