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What better way to hydrate this season then with a watermelon smoothie. Once you learn how to cut melon, you’ll be digging into all the summer smoothies like this cantaloupe smoothie or this honeydew smoothie.
Want a refreshing, vitamin-packed smoothie that doubles as a kid-pleasing snack? This watermelon smoothie is a cool and sweet thirst quencher that you’ll be sipping on all season long. Packed with watermelon, cherries and strawberries, this quintessential summer smoothie is quick and easy to make and perfect for freezing as popsicles.
With just four simple ingredients, you’re on your way to an invigorating, naturally-sweetened, healthy summer treat.
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5 Watermelon Smoothie Tips
- Since watermelon is over 90% water by weight, you don’t need to add any extra liquid or ice to this smoothie.
- Use seedless watermelon for this recipe. No need to spend all day picking out watermelon seeds!
- Using frozen cherries and frozen strawberries rather than fresh ones yields a cool and frosty drink. If using fresh, add ice cubes to the blender.
- Serve this smoothie immediately after making it. The longer it sits, the more the watermelon separates from the other ingredients.
- Want popsicles? Freeze the smoothie in freezer pop molds to make homemade popsicles for the kids.
Health Benefits of a Summer Smoothie
Summer is overflowing with nutrient-dense produce. Take advantage of these ruby red, antioxidant-rich ingredients!
Watermelon
Watermelon has high water content, so it’s the perfect fruit for hydration. All that water doesn’t mean it’s lacking in powerful antioxidants. Watermelon actually has about 40% more lycopene than raw tomatoes. Lycopene can help curb your risk of cancer and heart disease as well as offers some protective effects against damaging UV rays.
Strawberries
Strawberries add filling fiber to this watermelon smoothie as well as vitamin C and other beneficial antioxidants. Blood sugar regulation, reducing heart disease risk and boosting immunity are just some of the health benefits of adding strawberries to your diet.
Cherries
Cherries are also high in fiber and loaded with antioxidants. These powerful antioxidants may protect against cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes as well as Alzheimer’s. Anti-inflammatory compounds in cherries may help reduce muscle pain and damage.
Watermelon Smoothie FAQs
My watermelon smoothie blends cherries, watermelon, strawberries and lime. It’s super refreshing and antioxidant-loaded!
Yes! When using any kind of melon in a smoothie, I cut back on the amount of liquid. Watermelon contains enough water on its own that you don’t need any more liquid. Also, don’t forget to remove the seeds!
Watermelon acts as both the liquid and fruit in a smoothie. If you freeze the watermelon, be sure to add extra liquid to help it blend well.
More Summer Beverage Recipes
If you loved sipping my watermelon smoothie then check out these other excellent fruit smoothie options to cool down on a hot day:
- Spinach Banana Smoothie
- Mixed Berry Smoothie
- Pineapple Green Smoothie
- Orange Julius Smoothie
- Tropical Smoothie
- Cherry Beet Smoothie
- Summer Melon Smoothie
- Mango Green Smoothie
- Strawberry Blueberry Smoothie
- Pineapple Smoothie
- Blackberry Smoothie
- Strawberry Watermelon Smoothie
- Peach Probiotic Smoothie
Summer is the perfect time to stock up on fresh produce. You can freeze it to use to enjoy summer smoothies all winter long, or freeze smoothie packs to enjoy as well.
Will you rate + review this recipe once you’ve tried it? I so value your feedback!
Summer Watermelon Smoothie
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cherries frozen
- 2 cups watermelon chopped
- ¼ cup strawberries frozen
- ½ lime peeled
- 1 tbsp chia seeds optional
- 1 serving homemade protein powder optional
Instructions
- Add watermelon, strawberries, cherries and lime juice to the blender.
- Blend on high speed until nice and smooth.
- Pour into cups and sprinkle with chia seeds on top.
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Notes
- Use seedless watermelon if you don’t have time to pick out the seeds before blending.
- If using frozen watermelon, thaw ahead of time or add 1/2 cup liquid to help it blend well.
- To lower the natural sugar, swap the cherries out for blueberries or raspberries, or add in a plant based protein powder to help your body process the natural sugar.
Wow.. another good one. Blends that I wouldn’t put together but I am glad I did. The lime was a little strong for me but still good. I have a new appreciation for line. Loving this challenge!!
Very refreshing and would be great on a hot summer day. Didn’t have enough frozen watermelon so added a few more strawberries and cherries and some coconut water also blended the chia seeds in th smoothie. Thanks for the great recipe.
Very yummy!
I really like cherry-limeade – add watermelon and its even better!! This was delicious. It was a little challenging measuring out whole frozen strawberries, so I think I had a little bit less because I didn’t quite pick up any strawberry flavor. This was a bit thin, but perhaps maybe those few extra strawberries will help that. Will definitely make this again and would LOVE it on a HOT day!
Hi Allison! Strawberries are definitely not the star here. They blend in and provide some great background flavors, but if you’d like to have more of a strawberry flavor, you could swap the measurements with the watermelon. 🙂
I was absolutely surprised how wonderful it tastes! I’m not Really a watermelon fan never truly buy it but with this recipe I think the combination was fantastic. For half I put my protein powder in it which is flavored with vanilla and it just simply made it creamy but the flavor was still just as good as withou. I will definitely make this again and probably put it into some popsicle modes Thanks for the great idea!
Very refreshing!
Excellent, excellent. Would want to drink this every day, exspecially when it’s 90 degrees outside.
Very refreshing smoothie. Didn’t have enough frozen watermelon so added a few more cherries and strawberries as well as coconut water and blended in the chia seeds. Thanks for a great recipe.
I was absolutely surprised how wonderful it tastes! I’m not Really a watermelon fan never truly buy it but with this recipe I think the combination was fantastic. For half I put my protein powder in it which is flavored with vanilla and it just simply made it creamy but the flavor was still just as good as withou. I will definitely make this again and probably put it into some popsicle modes Thanks for the great idea!
This was really good. A lot of watermelon taste.
Excellent, excellent. Would want to drink this every day, especially when it’s 90 degrees outside – so refreshing!!!!
I like the flavor even though I am not a fan of watermelon. I will add something like oats to thicken it up next time.
Umh, umh good!
Great looking and sounding smoothie! I will be adding more lime given my preference for tartness and sweetness combined. I will try it out when we finally reach warmer weather in western Washington probably after July 4th.
Watermelon simply delicious .
We weren’t sure how we’d like this one, but we were pleasantly surprised to really enjoy it. I think I might add a whole lime next time. My 11 years drank the whole serving.
Super easy and very refreshing.