Fourth of July Weekend

My sister and I spent the fourth at our Dad's place. There were several late nights and relaxing beach days with some of my sister's friends from college. On the third we sat in a life guard stand and watched the fireworks explode over the ocean. I also ended up making enough salsa and guacamole to feed a small nation.




^ My new favorite summer accessory

Watermelon Granita:
My stepmother found this awesome recipe for watermelon granita that was super simple. The only issue was that it takes two hours to prepare... But it was very refreshing after a long day in the sun.
Watermelon Granita Recipe:
6 cups watermelon
1/2 lime juice
1/2 sugar or splenda (we used splenda because my Dad is diabetic if you do this I would recommend starting with 1/4 cup splenda since it tends to be sweeter)

Directions:
Puree watermelon then add lime and sugar. If you want to make it alcholic (which we did) Mix in 2/3 cup vodka. Then pour into a metal pan and freeze for two and a half hours stirring every hour to reduce ice crystals.

I served it out of half of the watermelon and garnished it with cucumber slices and it was a big hit!

Daring Kitchen

I did it! I signed up for the Daring Kitchen! I have been putting it off for months but after a lot of consideration and a little coaxing from my sister I finally decided I could do it. So wish me luck and I can not wait to blog about it.