Agua de sandia is an ‘agua fresca’ made in Latin America, but with LOTS of sugar. If you have visited Mexico or any Latin American country or walked into any taqueria, you will find many options for “aguas frescas” (refreshing drinks)… Agua de horchata, agua de jamaica, agua de pepino con limon, agua de tamarindo and the list goes on.
Here I am going to share with you how to enjoy agua de sandia using only honey to sweetened it, but if your watermelon is super ripe and sweet… you might not need to do that!
Speaking of popsicles, I shared one at The Nourishing Gourmet today. Using leftover agua de sandia, I made Paleta de Sandia y Frutas {fruit salad on a stick}. Please check it out! It is soooo good and great to share at a party!
This drink is so good that even my “watermelon-hater” husband loves it.
Yes, you read that right.
My hubby hates watermelon and cucumbers…. gags when he smells either one in my breath, but he LOVES agua de sandia.
Weird, right? He says its because of the honey, which he thinks makes the watermelon taste better and I have to agree that it does make it taste good… but I love watermelon, so I think having a fresh slice is just as good as having a drink of it!
Now, I hope everyone will have a wonderful 4th of July celebration! To be honest, we haven’t been able to have a real 4th of July celebration since moving to Honduras about 4 years ago.
Sometimes I miss the gatherings, fellowship, good food and the fireworks. My oldest girl even asked me if we will ever see some real fireworks (she was only 2 the last time we saw fireworks, which was in Costa Rica).
One day, hopefully… I told her.
Once in a while we have fireworks popping around for wedding celebrations or holidays in the community we live in, but they are truly pathetic and mostly for noise then for show. Plus, they often set them off in broad daylight! Huh?
It would be so fun for my kids to see some serious fireworks exploding in the dark sky. One day, hopefully!
Now, go whip up some Agua de Sandia (or make some Paletas de Sandia y Frutas) and enjoy the fireworks!
Agua de Sandia (Watermelon Drink)
Before serving, shake it well and enjoy as it is or over ice.
Do you pull out the seeds first?
Nope, they will be filtered out if you use a really fine sieve.
Looks great! I can’t wait til I get my hands on a local watermelon so I can give this a shot 🙂 Watermelon and cucumber both have a chemical called citrulline, which helps detox the body of ammonia. I don’t know what that means for your husband; that’s just what I thought when I read that he didn’t like those 🙂
Thanks Jordie! I did not know that about watermelon and cucumber… thank you for letting me know! All I know is that he hates the taste… thinks they don’t really taste like anything but yucky watery something 🙂 LOL!!
Good to know that both of them help with detoxing… so awesome how whole foods are so great for helping with cleansing and keeping the body in balance.
Hope you enjoy the drink when you make it! If you remember, come back and let me know what you think.