Iced Watermelon Cooler

'Recipe adapted from BBC.co.uk'

Ingredients:

550g/1lb 4oz watermelon, peeled, seeds removed, chopped

¼ lemon, juice only

Iced-cubes

fresh mint leaves, to serve

Method:

Mash the watermelon in a bowl, then add and stir in the lemon juice

Sieve the watermelon into a jug and press down gently on the pulp to extract all the juice

Pour the juice into glasses filled with ice and garnish with the mint.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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