Watermelon Wonders?

Question

1) Any recipes for keeping cool during the summer besides the classic cutting and eating?

2) What are some of the nutritional facts?

3) Any healthy benefits?

4) How can you tell if it's ripe enough?

5) Does more green on the outside mean sweeter insides?

Answer 1

one cup watermelon = 46cal (about 146g from which 141g are water)
good source of potassium, vitamin A and vitamin E
most of calories come from sugar - fructose
89% of calories come from carbs, 4% from fat and 7% from protein
its ripe if a little "tail" is dried and when you knock on it - it sounds empty