Lactose Free Watermelon Lime Refresher
Few drinks capture the feeling of summer quite like a tall glass of something cold, pink, and bursting with fresh fruit. This blended and strained watermelon drink gets a bright lift from fresh lime juice and a subtle warmth from grated ginger, with just a touch of honey to round everything out. The result is silky-smooth and genuinely refreshing — nothing like the overly sweet, artificially flavored versions you'd find in a bottle. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of dairy, so there's no swapping, substituting, or label-reading required. Blending and straining the watermelon pulls out a clean, vibrant juice that looks stunning poured over ice with a few mint leaves and a lime slice on the rim. It's the kind of drink that disappears fast at a backyard gathering, so you might want to double the batch.
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4 servings
- 6 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes (about ½ small watermelon)
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 1 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 cup cold water
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh mint leaves, for serving (optional)
- lime slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the watermelon cubes, lime juice, honey, grated ginger, and cold water to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 30–45 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the blended mixture through it, pressing gently with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids left in the strainer.
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