Recently we were at the food truck event – civic center eats -and had a coupon to use that left us with $5. The suggested addition was a limeade of the day. Options were watermelon serrano and strawberry basil. I tried both and both were amazing, but i chose the strawberry. After we finished our meals, we had another coupon and got 2 more, 1 of each flavor. Since we had coupons, the $5 price tag didn’t really hit home, but after we talked about how tasty they were I decided it was not worth the price and I needed to figure out how to make it myself! And so the research started!
I found 2 recipes for each kind that seemed worth while, and started to gather ingredients.
Hubby isn’t “a fan” of basil and we have enough spearmint to float a boat, so i shifted that recipe to be strawberry mint.
I went to walmart and spent the following:
- 22 limes 5.50
- 1 large container of strawberries – 4.69
- 1 personal seedless watermelon 2.69
- 2 serranos – .23
- Total – 13.11
All in all i did not use all the limes, nor the strawberries, so it was a less than the total and now that i know how i want it to work, it would be a much less “startup cost”
So the result was 2 “pitchers” worth of mixture to add fizzy water to and/or Vodka.
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[buymeapie-recipe id=’48’]It was a wonderful experiment and i anticipate watching sales and creating concoctions as different fruits go on sale!
As we were enjoying the fruits of our labors – pun intended!
Hubby said that this would not be viable for a party, I disagreed and for that added this prepable section as well!
Pre-prep – double or triple your ingredients and do the following!
Get a large seedless watermelon, in 2 batches blender and strain the juice. Set aside
Strawberries/mint – put the whole large container in the blender (cored and halved) – strain. Set aside
Juice the limes – i have an attachment for my cuisinart – best thing ever – strain. Set aside.
Mint simple syrup – double or triple your batch, let it cool, set aside
Depending the size and quantity of your pitchers, make your mixtures ahead.
You containers for salads in a jar might be a good option as well!
If you try this recipe, let me know how it went and leave a comment.
