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"Pretty in Pink" Watermelon Gazpacho

Name: "Pretty in Pink" Watermelon Gazpacho
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: About 5-6 cups of seedless watermelon, about one cup of which is cut into 1/2 inch dice, the rest in chunks; 1 seedless cucumber, half in chunks, half in 1/2-inch dice; 1 small head Boston lettuce, trimmed; 2 stalks celery, de-stringed, cut into 1/2-inch dice; 1 yellow or red or orange pepper, or a mixture, cut in 1/2 inch dice; 1/2 red onion, cut in 1/2 inch dice; Juice of one lime; 6-7 mint leaves, torn; Mint sprigs or Greek yogurt, for garnish

by: wssmom

June 29, 2011

4.3

3 Ratings

Serves 4-6

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Author Notes

These days, in my office, we are all watermelon addicts. Two or three times a week, one or the other of us lugs in a giant, sweet, wonderful watermelon and we spend the day carving it up and dribbling watermelon juice on our desks and leaving pink smears on the copy. The other day I brought home from the market a gigantic seedless watermelon that was too heavy to tote to work in my backpack on my bike (no, I haven't gotten the basket yet, drat!) so I left half at home. There are a lot of watermelon gazpacho recipes out there, some call for tomatoes to go with the watermelon and others add jalapenos; this is what we did with it. —wssmom

What You'll Need

Ingredients

About 5-6 cups of seedless watermelon, about one cup of which is cut into 1/2 inch dice, the rest in chunks
1 seedless cucumber, half in chunks, half in 1/2-inch dice
1 small head Boston lettuce, trimmed
2 stalks celery, de-stringed, cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 yellow or red or orange pepper, or a mixture, cut in 1/2 inch dice
1/2 red onion, cut in 1/2 inch dice
Juice of one lime
6-7 mint leaves, torn
Mint sprigs or Greek yogurt, for garnish

Directions

Whirl the chunked watermelon, half the seedless cucumber, and the lettuce in a blender until thoroughly pureed.
Stir the pureed watermelon and the remaining ingredients together in an large bowl, chill for a couple of hours, and serve ice-cold with a mint sprig or a dollop of Greek yogurt.

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14 Reviews

Bevi July 9, 2012

My son made this the other night ( minus the lettuce) and raved about it.

Bevi July 15, 2012

I had all sorts of fun with this recipe. On the first try, I added half a charred jalapeno pepper, plus chunks of avocado. Yum. I also made a Pretty in Pink Mary - with the Stoli in the freezer, how could I resist?

em-i-lis May 31, 2013

of course you couldn't and shouldn't have resisted! :) love your spirit, bev!

TheWimpyVegetarian July 5, 2011

I love the watermelon here! Great idea!

wssmom July 6, 2011

Thanks so much, ChezSuzanne! I know I will be craving this in January ...

Sagegreen July 3, 2011

Great flavors!

wssmom July 3, 2011

Wow, thanks, sg!

Bevi July 2, 2011

This looks really refreshing!

wssmom July 2, 2011

Thanks, Bevi -- it's delish icy-cold, and I actually had some for breakfast the other (warm and muggy) morning!

mrslarkin June 30, 2011

yum, now here's a gazpacho I'd actually enjoy! You lucky girl, you can ride your bike to work??

wssmom June 30, 2011

You can put in or leave out whatever you'd like as well! And yes, after several stabs at dieting, an unused gym membership or two, I decided the simplest option to the creeping poundage was to swap out the bike for the car!

boulangere June 29, 2011

Oooh! Pretty indeed!

wssmom June 29, 2011

Yay! Even the student child liked it!