HONEYdew mojito pops

Not a being a huge fan of “mint”, I figured I would have a tough time with this month’s Improv Cooking Challenge ingredients, MINT & MELON… That is, until a friend was describing her favorite drink: Watermelon Mojito. I thought, hmmmmmmmm – I could play around with that.

So I did…

But then I came across a recipe for honey-lime simple syrup. And it was obvious that the mint leaves should go into that, instead of being blended with the fruit.

I love my blender! It made short work of those honeydew chunks.I did have some difficulty pouring directly into the molds, though (& that was before the rum!)

My two “of-age” tasters loved the popsicle!

I even made a batch without rum for the teenagers. Again, rave reviews.Except from me – I just do not enjoy mint & lime.

 

But, here are some more MINT & MELON recipes developed by my friends:

An InLinkz Link-up

...when life takes away your limes...

... could also be titled "Don't Count Your Limes Before They're Harvested!"  Back at the beginning of the year I blogged about my lovely lime tree with its beautiful blossoms...

I was not counting on there being a hard freeze (in Glendale, in February, for cryin' out loud!) that badly injured my tree. (I am so thankful the tree is nice & healthy now!) So sorry, no limes this summer...

Normally, when we need a lime for tea or marinade we head to the back wall to pick one. Trifle inconvenient to drive to Sprouts each time I want a little icy blender drink!

 My knight in shining armor to the rescue! He bought me a nice large bag of limes from Costco. 

They.are.so.delish. Raspberry tea never had it so good! Diet coke is improved with a little squeeze. Black beans are quite tasty with some lime squirted on... Grilled salmon totally rocks a honey/lime marinade.

However, no matter how many I use, usually toward the end of the bag the poor things are as hard as rocks & difficult to juice. What a waste.

NOT TODAY, FOLKS!

Today I made lime simple syrup: 

4 cups sugar

4 cups water

3 limes, quartered

bring to boil

cool

strain through cheesecloth

bottle

ENJOY!