This month it was all about melons for the AFBA Blogging Challenge.
If you haven’t had some juicy watermelon in this Texas heat you better get to it! Is this a fun fruit or what? It’s juicy, colorful and comes in different sizes. Pinkish red, light green, and soft orange are mostly what we see inside of a melon after we cut it open to bite into some juicy goodness. Watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe are all types of melons and our members have made some pretty amazing stuff with this African originated fruit. Check it out!
Cool Beverages
Watermelon Cachaça Smash by Coseppi Kitchen
Honeydew Agua Fresca by Full and Content
Watermelon Mint Slushie. by For The Love of Chow
Cantaloupe Aqua Fresca by Coseppi Kitchen
Watermelon Margarita by Food Good, Laundry Bad
Fresh Salads
Watermelon Salad by Hilah Cooking
Texas Cantaloupe Melon with Sunflower Seed Pesto by Local Savour
Watermelon & Tomato Salad by The Dig In
Spicy Refrigerator Pickled Watermelon Rind by Local Savour
Not Your Grandmother’s Gelatin Salad by Spoon and Ink
Crisp n’ Spice Cantaloupe Salad by Simply a Foodie
Watermelon Arugula Salad by Forks Up
Dessert
Watermelon Sorbet and Mango Lassie Ice Cream by Mary Makes Dinner
Minted Honeydew Sorbet by Spoon and Ink
Boozy Watermelon Sorbet by Butterlust
The final heat wave of summer will yield peppers, are you ready to spice things up? Our next monthly blogging challenge topic is peppers, from sweet to hot and anywhere in between. Submit your posts by August 31st by contacting membership@austinfoodbloggers.org. Good luck!
can not believe that i didn’t participate in this lovely round up! so stoked to try all of these.