USE A BIG JUG. SERIOUSLY.

mick had a boys night at the steakhouse tonight, so i had a girls night in with connie francis. being sick of the cold melbourne weather i decided to crank up the heater, pretend its summer and make some old fashioned watermelon lemonade. now we dont have a big jug or even a little jug so i had to make it in our fruit bowl but thats ok. we also dont have a sieve (which i didnt realise till after id started) so it came out "orange juice with pulp" style. anywho heres the recipe. its super simple, but use a big jug, and use a sieve.

use. a. big. jug.

OLD FASHIONED WATERMELON LEMONADE
ingredients
1/4to1/2 a seedless watermelon (you want about 3 cups of juice after its been sieved)
1/4cup fresh mint leaves
1/4cup packed brown sugar
2lemons
1cup soda water
directions
1.in a big jug combine the juice of one and half lemons the sugar and the mint leaves. mash with a wooden spoon to dissolve sugar and bruise the lime leaves.
2.cut up the watermelon into chunks and use a blender to puree. (you may need to do this in batches). pour the puree through a fine sieve to remove as much pith as possible.
3.pour the juice into your jug, add the soda water and stir to combine.
4. slice up the remaining lemon and put into the jug (this looks really pretty). chill in the fridge.
5.serve over ice. 
6.enjoy!
*depending how sweet or juicy the melon is i usually mess around with how much sugar/lemon/soda water i use. add to taste.
i also managed to finish the art piece that i was working on. ill be sending this away to my friend joe soon, im almost sad to see it go. i was pretty happy with how it turned out, i hope it makes joe happy.

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better get to work on the next one
kittyxx