Melon Slushes

Melon Slushes is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 105 calories. For 78 cents per serving, this recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up honeydew melon, sugar, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 496 would say it hit the spot. It works well as a very affordable side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 45%. This score is good. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Whiskey-Cranberry Slushes, Pineapple, Watermelon & Strawberry Slushes, and Fresh Melon Cooler (agua De Melon).

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 130 minutes

Cooking duration: 5 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/4 cup fresh mint leaves

1 1-inch piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

1 12-ounce can ginger ale

2 bags green tea

3 cups chopped honeydew melon (from 1 small melon)

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoons sugar

Equipment:

sauce pan

blender

Cooking instruction summary:

Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and let steep 5 minutes. Remove the tea bags (do not squeeze). Let the tea cool to room temperature. Meanwhile, bring 3 tablespoons water, the sugar and ginger to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool; discard the ginger. Stir the ginger syrup into the tea. Pour into ice cube trays and freeze until solid, 2 to 4 hours. Freeze the chopped melon until solid, at least 2 hours. Combine half each of the tea ice cubes, frozen melon, ginger ale, lemon juice and mint in a blender and puree until smooth. Divide between 2 glasses. Repeat to make 2 more drinks. Photograph by Kang Kim

 

Step by step:


1. Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a simmer in a medium saucepan.

2. Remove from the heat, add the tea bags and let steep 5 minutes.

3. Remove the tea bags (do not squeeze).

4. Let the tea cool to room temperature.

5. Meanwhile, bring 3 tablespoons water, the sugar and ginger to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes.

6. Remove from the heat and let cool; discard the ginger. Stir the ginger syrup into the tea.

7. Pour into ice cube trays and freeze until solid, 2 to 4 hours. Freeze the chopped melon until solid, at least 2 hours.

8. Combine half each of the tea ice cubes, frozen melon, ginger ale, lemon juice and mint in a blender and puree until smooth. Divide between 2 glasses. Repeat to make 2 more drinks.

9. Photograph by Kang Kim


Nutrition Information:

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104k Calories
0.88g Protein
0.25g Total Fat
26g Carbs
4% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
104k
5%

Fat
0.25g
0%

  Saturated Fat
0.07g
0%

Carbohydrates
26g
9%

  Sugar
24g
27%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
30mg
1%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
0.88g
2%

Vitamin C
29mg
36%

Potassium
330mg
9%

Folate
30µg
8%

Vitamin B6
0.13mg
6%

Fiber
1g
5%

Magnesium
17mg
4%

Manganese
0.09mg
4%

Vitamin A
184IU
4%

Vitamin B1
0.05mg
4%

Vitamin K
3µg
4%

Copper
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.61mg
3%

Iron
0.54mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.23mg
2%

Calcium
18mg
2%

Phosphorus
17mg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.03mg
2%

Selenium
1µg
1%

Zinc
0.2mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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