We are the Stuarts (formerly of Imperial) now residing in Okinawa, Japan.

This blog started from a desire to bridge the miles as we were preparing to leave the USA for 3+ years. It has turned into much more. It's part travel diary, part personal reflection, part "sociology of military life" and part mommy-blog. We hope you read something here that is interesting to you (or at least not a total waste of your time).

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Watermelon Ice


Remember that summer list I made awhile back? Well, our summer is almost over, and I'm sucking at it. Big time. At least I think so, I may have accidentally done one or two I'm not remembering now...and I haven't actually looked at the list since about a week after I wrote it. It's that bad.

I do remember that this was on the list, though:


What is this, you ask? It is a watermelon slushie. Made with actual frozen chunks of watermelon. Like this:



Peel and cube an entire seedless watermelon.



Gather all of your small, round Tupperware containers. Fill them with watermelon chunks, squishing the pieces so the juice fills the spaces.



Get a cute assistant to help you.



Freeze containers for several hours, until solid. Empty each container into the drum of the ice shaver.



Place a bigger bowl beneath to catch shaved ice. Turn crank.



Spoon watermelon ice into cups. Add a little Sprite for that extra something. Eat while pondering why you don't do this more often.

Repeat.

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