Hard cantaloupe [View all]

About a week ago cantaloupe was on sale for $.49 a pound, so I bought one. I cut it up when I got home and was disappointed to discover it was rock hard. I googled hard cantaloupe and nearly all I saw was the recommendation of putting the uncut cantaloupe in a paper bag for a few days to ripen it; too late, obviously. So I hit on the idea of making smoothies.

No yogurt on hand.

I dug out my Ninja blender and tossed some cantaloupe, some cherries, a teaspoon of sugar and some milk and blended it. Not enough milk on my first try, and I could have used some more sugar. Not horrible, though. Next try, tomorrow night, I'll use strawberries (cherries are gone) and more milk and try again.

Anyone have a good hand at smoothies? I'm new at this.