Daily Archives: June 20, 2012

Watermelon-Mint Lemonade

Watermelon-Mint Lemonade

I don’t know how hot it is where you guys are, but it was 100 frickin’ degrees today here in Northern Virginia. 100, sunny, and muggy. It was so bad that for once I welcomed the subzero air blasting inside my office — I was cold, but at least with my limbs frozen I could actually withstand the heat once I stepped back outside. I know all my whining about the heat is super lame and incredibly #firstworldproblems-esque, but guys…I was not built to withstand heat. By the time I dragged my sweaty, sticky ass home after work, I was in no mood to do anything but stand over the AC for the next 8 hours or so. I definitely wasn’t going to even...

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Mango Lassi

Mango Lassi

With the weather finally reaching summer-like temperatures this week (94 and counting!), cool and refreshing fruit beverages are on my mind again. Usually that means margaritas, daiquiris, and mojitos start featuring heavily in my blog posts, but I don’t want you guys to think I’m a complete lush. I do drink non-alcoholic beverages, you know. The first time I had a mango lassi was in Texas, when my mom’s co-worker from India invited us to her apartment for dinner. I don’t remember what we ate that night, but I do know there were lassis served with the meal, and some kind of sweetened mango-puree over ice cream for dessert. It was the first time I had ever tasted a mango, and I was hooked immediately!...

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