I’m sharing a layered Watermelon Smoothie Recipe in honor of my 2nd favorite day of the year… National Watermelon Day!!
I have often said that RER is a love letter to running and watermelon –> my two favorite things in the world.
I am not exaggerating my obsession with either. I cannot get enough. So, although I understand the virtues of ‘everything in moderation’ I am unable to put that approach into practice because I am addicted to endorphins and lycopene (and whatever else is in watermelon)!
Today I made a fun recipe with my favorite food in the form of a layered smoothie. I think it’s super healthy because it doesn’t have a ton of added random ingredients or unnecessary sugar. It’s just the basics, just like I like it.
Layered Watermelon Smoothie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 heaping cup chopped watermelon (seedless)
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- ice
- frozen spinach (a handful of raw would work too, but might not come out as thick)
Directions: Mix watermelon, protein powder and ice in blender. Pour out half and set aside. Add spinach to blender with half of remaining watermelon. Mix thoroughly and pour into glasses.
Carefully pour the pink watermelon smoothie layer you set aside on top. Garnish with sunflower seeds for a watermelon-y look. Enjoy.
And while you sip that smoothie here are some of my favorite watermelon gifs…
National Watermelon Day Told Via Pics
An impression of me eating watermelon:
![watermelon gif funny[3]](https://runeatrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/watermelon-gif-funny3.gif "watermelon gif funny[3]")
How Vegas eats watermelon:
![cat attack watermelon[3]](https://runeatrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cat-attack-watermelon3.gif "cat attack watermelon[3]")
If I ate watermelon as slow as I ran:
![turtle eating watermelon[3]](https://runeatrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/turtle-eating-watermelon3.gif "turtle eating watermelon[3]")
If I didn’t have a knife to cut the watermelon:
![weird kid eating watermelon[3]](https://runeatrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/weird-kid-eating-watermelon3.gif "weird kid eating watermelon[3]")
Or maybe I’d just go for it and devour the whole thing?
If I was trying to channel Beyonce after some vodka soaked watermelon:
![if i was dranking watermelon with beyonce[3]](https://runeatrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/if-i-was-dranking-watermelon-with-beyonce3.gif "if i was dranking watermelon with beyonce[3]")
When I’m alone with my watermelon:
Now I gotta get back to eating! See ya later!
I made these baked tostada shells to change it up tonight. Since they’re not fried you can eat 8 of them. Or maybe not, I’m bad with numbers.
Yeah, that sounds about right for one serving 😉
Dying over these gifs….. #GifGameStrong
Your gif game is on point. That hippo gif is incredible. I hope you don’t have too much of a watermelon hangover post National Watermelon Day!
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I like the taste of watermelons but I hate the hassle of them with the seeds…
The smoothie looks refreshing!
You’re too funny!
I love watermelon but to be honest they’re just too big to bring home for me and my hubby– maybe when I have more people to eat it with I’ll splurge…hahha…something tells me you could prob eat the whole thing though!
The smoothie looks amazing, thanks for the recipe! xo
Have you tried the Panera watermelon feta salad? It’s got a pretty awesome flavor and seems like your kind of thing 😉
I am super weird actually in that I prefer watermelon straight up – not in recipes unless I throw some in a smoothie for flavor. I usually eat if before I can make anything else with it.
For some reason I thought I could tell you that it was NWD before you found out and that would make me so cool. LOL! Like you’d ever need someone to tell you it was Thanksgiving. What was I thinking?!
I just might buy some today when I go food shopping. I once went to a party where we blended the inside of a watermelon and added vodka. We served it back in the rind as a bowl. Like punch!