Watermelon Jalapeño Cocktail uses fresh sweet watermelon chunks blended with ice and the double kick of jalapeño and tequila make a refreshing summer drink that will heat you up and cool you down.
This Watermelon Jalapeño Cocktail recipe is the perfect thirst quencher for summer. Grab a fresh watermelon and mix up this easy but delicious cocktail!
Welcome to Day 4 of Booze Week. I am on staycation, and enjoying some much needed time with family this week. So I asked some of my favourite bloggy peeps to guest post for me.
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming my friend Stacy of Food Lust People Love to the blog. Stacy is an amazing blogger, and more importantly a wonderful friend. I adore her and she always makes me smile with her positive attitude.
Stacy is wicked talented in the kitchen, and amazingly supportive of her fellow bloggers in her free time. I heart her. You will too.
Watermelon Jalapeño Cocktail from Food Lust People Love
Howdy, Lunatics! So very pleased to be meeting you here in the crazy house of Kim for the first time. My name is Stacy and, like Kim, I started my blog in 2011 without knowing what on earth that meant.
Cravings of a Lunatic was one of the first blogs I found as I got deeper into this community of online foodies and it was love at first post. Kim’s great sense of humor and honest patter tickle me but her pretty photographs and tasty recipes keep me coming back for more.
She is the master at organizing blog hops and events like Christmas Week and I’ve been honored to participate in several this past year, so it is my pleasure to make and drink a cocktail on her behalf for Booze Week. Hey, it’s a huuuuge sacrifice, but I would do anything for my friend, Kim!
I’ve been asked more than a few times how I came up with my blog name, Food Lust People Love. Right up there with food is my love of language. I’m kind of a word geek, with whole shelves on my bookcase devoted to books about the English language, its derivations, word etymologies, idioms and euphemisms.
As devoted as I am to the correctly written word, I also like mixing things up. So, in Food Lust People Love, the nouns Food and People are actually used as adjectives, modifying the words Lust and Love. Too much grammar? Well, then, lets just say that my blog is called Food Lust People Love because we can Lust after fabulous Food but it’s People we should Love. And the best way to love them is just like my Cajun grandmothers did, by cooking for them.
Just one more bit of trivia: I’m a career expat, having lived in innumerable countries around the globe and on six of the seven continents. It’s my goal someday, to get to the last one, Antarctica, even if I can’t really live there. I’m American by birth but a lot of the international living has rubbed off on my edges so you’ll find a great mix of food and cultures in my recipe box.
Today I am pleased to share a refreshing concoction I make with sweet Texas watermelons and farm fresh jalapeños. And since we are celebrating Booze Week, you know it’s going to have some tequila in there.
Kim’s instructions said, “Get crazy,” so I did! Growing up in the South, I learned to put salt on my watermelon and eat it with a sharp knife straight out of the rind. The salt brings out the sweetness in the watermelon somehow so I’ve also added a little bit to this summer drink.
It’s hot, cold, sweet and salty, in the best possible way. Hope you find it as refreshing as we do!
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Watermelon Jalapeño Cocktail
Ingredients
- 6 pound watermelon preferably seedless
- 1 fresh jalapeño or to taste
- 4 ounce tequila
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- Ice
Optional Garnish:
- watermelon wedges sliced jalapeño and flakey sea salt, if desired, but highly recommended
Instructions
- Cut your watermelon off the rind and into small chunks. (Remove the seeds if you couldn’t find a seedless one.)
- Finely mince the piece of jalapeño.
- Put the watermelon and jalapeño in the blender. Add the tequila and salt and top with ice.
- Blend until smooth and frothy.
- Pour into pretty glasses.
- Garnish with a watermelon wedge and one thin slice of jalapeño, to alert your guests that this will be spicy.
- Add an extra sprinkle of flakey sea salt, if desired.
- Put the pitcher in the freezer between servings. It’s even better when it gets a little frozen.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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Thank you so much for opening the loony bin doors for visitors, Kim! It’s been a real pleasure to create a cocktail and then drink it on your behalf.
P.S. Can I keep the visitor’s badge? I’d love to come back sometime.
Thanks so much to Stacy for guest posting today. Stacy you can keep the badge forever. I'd love to have you back again. You bring the booze, I'll whip up some pasta.
Thanks for visiting today!
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Toodles! xx
Betsy Cohen
I did not know the history of Food Lust People Love's name and I love it! It's sooooooo you and it is perfect that you are explaining a bit about it here on Kim's site because you are both sweet and sassy and wonderful peeps! Kind of like this delicious cocktail you brought to Booze Week.
Stacy
Thank you, Betsy! I don't know that I've ever written the explanation down anywhere. Perhaps I should add it to my About Me page. 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
Awe, not many people call me sweet Betsy so I'll take it. Ha.
movita beaucoup
Yay! Two of my favourite bloggers in one place! WITH BOOZE.
Stacy
Thanks, Movita! Booze makes everything better, doesn't it?
Kim Beaulieu
It's like heaven....with booze.
Michelle M
My favorite beverage is a pomegranate martini. But I like margaritas, cosmos, mojitos, etc. Depends on the weather and event!
Stacy
I like your selection, Michelle. My favorites depend on the weather too.
Kim Beaulieu
I like the way you think Michelle.
John@Kitchen Riffs
Jalapeño in a cocktail? Sounds like a brilliant idea! Love this -- thanks.
Stacy
Hope you give it a try, John!
Kim Beaulieu
I am such a spicy girl that I think this one would be right up my alley.
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes
Pina Coladas are my favorite drink!!
Stacy
I drank piña coladas for a full week during my honeymoon, Ashley, so they are still one of my favorite drinks for the combination of flavors and for the nostalgia.
Kim Beaulieu
Now that song is stuck in my head....if you like pina coladas....
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour)
I absolutely adore cocktails with a little spicy jalapeno mixed in. My favorite!
Stacy
Yay! This cocktail was the first time I'd tried it, Kim, but now it's a favorite.
Kim Beaulieu
I concur, if you're going to do something do it all the way right.
Brenda@Sugar-Free Mom
I've never tried jalapeno in a cocktail but boy does it sound good!
Stacy
Give it a try, Brenda! It's really refreshing with the watermelon.
Kim Beaulieu
I see a trend coming on, spicy cocktails, I love this idea.
Marjory @ Dinner-Mom
Great use of delish watermelon. I bet these are outstanding!
Stacy
They are excellent, Marjory. 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
Watermelon is the way to go for beverages. I wish I could get fresh watermelon every single day of the year.
Stephanie @ Back For Seconds
Hope you're enjoying you r family time!
This drink is amazing!!
Stacy
Thanks, Stephanie! I hope Kim is enjoying her time off too!
Kim Beaulieu
Thanks Stephanie. I really needed some time off. SO thankful for my bloggie peeps. They never let me down.
Liz
What a terrific cocktail, Stacy! A little sweet and a little spicy! YUM! Hope you're enjoying your family time, Kim B! xx
Stacy
Thank you, Liz! The sweeter the watermelon, the more delicious this is!
Kim Beaulieu
Thanks Liz. We had a ball. I am so glad I took the time off. I'm sure I'll pay for it on Monday when I start back to work, but it's so worth it.
Lauren Kelly Nutrition
Booze week? LOVE IT! This cocktail looks so amazing!
Stacy
Thank you, Lauren! Booze Week is the best!
Kim Beaulieu
I aim to please.
Sally Tews
Vodka~
Cosmo
Stacy
Nice choice, Sally!
Kim Beaulieu
Classic choice.
christine
I love the watermelon/jalapeno combo. And it looks so refreshing.
Stacy
Thank you, Christine! It's my new favorite combination.
Kim Beaulieu
I concur wholeheartedly Christine.
Rebecca {foodie with family}
Well THAT sounds like fifteen kinds of delicious!! I love the watermelon jalapeno combination!
Stacy
It was at least 15 kinds, Rebecca. 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
I was thinking 14 but I like your number better. Your comments always make me laugh out loud Rebecca.
Angie | Big Bears Wife
Cocktail perfection!
Stacy
Thanks, Angie!
Kim Beaulieu
Stacy brought her a-game.
Ginny McMeans
I am feeling giddy already. Jalapeno in a drink along with watermelon sounds like a winner.
Stacy
It is so refreshing, Ginny! Do give it a try while it's still summer.
Kim Beaulieu
It really looks awesome, maybe one day we can all sip one together. How fun would that be.
Linda K.
I'm an iced tea drinker.
Stacy
Me too, Linda!
Kim Beaulieu
So is my hubby.
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
Love this! I had a spicy jalapeno cocktail earlier this summer and it was so good.... I'll have to give this on a try!
Stacy
Please do, Lauren! I'd love to hear what you think of it.
Kim Beaulieu
I love that people mix things up these days. Not everything sweet has to be only sweet and not everything savoury has to be only savoury. It's a brave new world out there, and I totally dig it.
Angela {Mind Over Batter}
This is brilliant! Watermelon is so refreshing. With that jalapeno kick and the booze? Total winner!
Kim Beaulieu
I concur Angela. I think Stacy really nailed this recipe. So happy she guest posted for me. I heart her.