Watermelon: the new ice cream

I feel like I won the lottery today. Blaine hates watermelon. He's tried it every way possible, he's tried irresistible watermelons but for some reason, he just doesn't like it. That being said, I haven't had watermelon in about five years. Like I am going to buy a gigantic watermelon for just me to eat.

This weekend, however, with Nick and Stef in town I decided to go for it. With their help I could get rid of most of the watermelon and then I could probably finish off the rest myself. So we busted open the melon on Sunday and ate about 1/2 of it. It was soooo tasty. It really hit the spot. And I am sitting here right now finishing the last precious bites of my watermelon. I have intentions of going and buying a new one later tonight.

I wondered though if eating watermelon was kind of like eating otter-pops, you know sugar water. So I looked up the nutritional content of a watermelon, and I was pleasantly surprised. First off a cup of watermelon only has 48 calories. A cup of low-fat ice cream has about 240 calories (regular ice cream could be upwards of 380 calories). Then on top of that watermelon is like a cancer reducing miracle machine. It blasts the carcinogens out of you and fills you up with vitamins A and C and potassium. It has fiber and no fat. A whole honkin' melon costs the same as a carton of ice cream.

It has no seeds, keeps for up to three weeks sitting on your counter, satisfies both thirst and hunger--truly, this is a miracle food.