Agua Fresca, a beverage made from melon, water and lime or lemon juice, is a wonderful way to keep cool in the heat of summer. Gourmet foodie blog Smitten Kitchen describes how to make it.
In Chinese medicine, melon has cooling energy. But be careful: while refreshing, it’s best not to have melon with breakfast as it is too cold for a morning stomach just heating up to digest food all day. Save melon for later in the day.
And I agree with Smitten Kitchen: leave out the sugar. Melon is plenty sweet on its own. If you do need more sweetener, I recommend agave nectar, a sweet, honey-like product of the agave cactus (tequila!), which has a low glycemic index so it’s gentler to the system.
Head over to Smitten Kitchen for the recipe and more info.
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EDIT: Before I could get this piece up on the intarwebz, Lifehacker beat me to it. But I still found it first! Ha!
/ i am so happy for you as you embark on your new life. marriage, a career, no more school, what else could you ask for? glad to see things are going so great for you. post lots of pictures of the new wardrobe please! and are you going to leave the pink in your hair?
Je confirme… c’est drôlement plaisant de retrouver le monde moderne! Je crois que ta prière a été entendue jusqu’à Munich;)J’ai comme une grosse envie de tester cette recette avec des quetsches…