I appreciate Whole Foods, don’t get me wrong, but it’s hard not to question their inflated prices at times. Case in point – yesterday we popped in for some lunch while out grocery shopping. At the checkout they had 16-ounce bottles of “fresh juices” chilling in ice, ready for thirsty customers to spontaneously grab. One variety was watermelon juice – for $4.99! Do you know how much it costs to “juice” watermelon, particularly during watermelon season? I would say about 50 cents and 30 seconds of time in the blender – and no, it wasn’t even organic watermelon juice. And just to show how easy and amazing “watermelon juice” is, I’ve got a trio of healthy, sweet, detoxifying watermelon smoothie recipes to share with you today!
These watermelon smoothie recipes & photo were shared with us by the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
These watermelon smoothie recipes are about as pure as it gets – with only fruits and vegetables nourish, hydrate and refresh. On its own, sweet seasonal watermelon is packed with arginine and citrulline, which may help to improve blood flow. It also has a high water and potassium level that can offer serious hydration and potentially aid the body in flushing out unwanted fluids and reducing bloat.
Though a couple of these watermelon smoothie recipes do have juice options, keep in mind that many conventional juicers require you to throw away the pulp, which means throwing out some possible bonus health benefits. Also, though not required, a high-speed blender may come in handy to fully pulverize all of those fresh fruits and veggies into a smooth replenishing drink.
Special Diet Notes: Detox Watermelon Smoothie Recipes
By ingredients, these recipes are dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan / plant-based, vegetarian, paleo, and generally top food allergy-friendly – whew!
- 2 cups watermelon chunks
- 1 small to medium beet, washed
- 1 apple, seeded and cut into cubes
- 1 tablespoon apple juice concentrate
- ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
- Place all ingredients in your blender with the watermelon on the bottom. Turn the blender on slow speed until the watermelon has liquefied, then increase the speed and blend 1 minute or until liquefied.
- Divide the watermelon smoothie between 2 cups and serve.
- ⅓ medium cucumber, peeled
- 3 medium carrots, washed
- 2 celery stalks
- ½ red pepper, washed and seeded
- ¼ cup fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
- 2 cups watermelon
- Dash of horseradish or fresh horseradish root
- Ice, for the juice
- In a juicer, extract the juice from all ingredients.
- OR for a smothie, place all ingredients in your blender with the watermelon on the bottom. Turn the blender on slow speed until the watermelon has liquefied, then increase the speed and blend 2 minutes or until liquefied.
- Serve juice over ice or simply divide the smoothie between 2 glasses.
- 2 cups watermelon cubes
- ⅓ large lemon, peeled
- 1 1 /2 tablespoons peeled fresh ginger
- 2 medium carrots
- Ice, for juice
- Juice all ingredients in a conventional juicer.
- OR, place all ingredients in your blender with the watermelon on the bottom. Turn the blender on slow speed until the watermelon has liquefied. Increase the speed and blend 2 minutes, or until liquefied.
- Serve juice over ice or simply divide the smoothie between 2 glasses.
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A calorie count would be helpful. Nice looking recipes!
Just these gorgeous images have me drooling! I love smoothies but don’t have that magic touch to just toss it all into the blenders. I like the detox element here too. I also just happen to have extra watermelon in fridge. A match made in heaven I’d say!
Wow, those look like a color palette! I know I’d love them all. Too bad I ate all my watermelon earlier … now I must get more!
Thanks, Alisa. 🙂
Shirley
I agree … $5 for watermelon juice is a bit steep! Loving the recipes you’ve made here … and they are gorgeous too! Looking forward to trying the Zapper Watermelon Smoothie!
I love when healthy drinks are delicious, too. These all look awesome.
Not only are these deliciously refreshing for summer I love that they aid detox, too!
Fun to have some new watermelon ideas. I’m all about watermelon in smoothies this time of year.
I love the different options for the smoothies. Watermelon is perfect this time in the season and I think I found some new ways to drink it. Thanks.
I agree that Whole Foods (and most other grocery stores) inflate prices so much! Truth is though if people didn’t buy it they would either drop the price or pull the product. I think it’s all about convenience for most people. I am not one of those people lol! That de-bloat smoothie sounds awesome! Love the horseradish in it.
I totally agree Lauren, but yeah, I’m not one of those people either!
These trio look refreshing! I love the variety and creativity here, in the way you used as a juice or ice cubes.
Loved this post. Big watermelon fan here. Never thought to juice watermelon though. Fabulous recipes, thanks Alisa!