Summer Melon Salad

This refreshing Summer Melon Salad recipe is made with juicy ripe honeydew melon, watermelon and cantaloupe tossed in a delicious lime dressing and tossed with fresh mint.  It’s one of those easy summer recipes that’s you’ll want to make for backyard barbecues, picnics and potlucks! 

This fresh and juicy melon salad is a refreshing mix of watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew all tossed in a simple honey lime dressing and speckled with fresh mint.   

Melon Fruit Salad Recipe

• Watermelon
• Cantaloupe
• Honeydew
• Lime juice and zest
• Honey
• Mint

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Variations

• Use lemon instead of lime for the dressing
• Add basil instead of mint

How to Make Melon Salad

This Summer Melon Salad recipe comes together in a pinch!!

1. Make dressing. Mix the honey and lime juice in a small bowl until well blended.  Stir in the lime zest.
2.  Cut melon. Chop the melon into bite size pieces.  Add it all to a large mixing bowl and toss to mix it up.
3. Drizzle dressing.  Drizzle the dressing over the melon and toss to coat.
4. Sprinkle with mint.  Sprinkle mint into the salad and toss again.  

How Can You Tell If A Cantaloupe Is Ripe?

Cantaloupe is beige in color with a slightly raised webbing texture on the outside. If the melon has visible green areas, this means that the fruit isn’t ripe yet. A perfectly ripe cantaloupe will have a slight cantaloupe aroma. Don’t choose melons with soft bruising spots or dark decaying spots. 

How to Cut Cantaloupe

1. Lay the melon on a cutting board and cut off 1/2 to 1 inch off of each end of the melon.
2. Stand the melon on one of the cut sides and carefully cut away the rind. You’ll want to cut deep enough to see the juicy flesh of the melon.
3. Cut the melon in half.
4. Using a tablespoon, scoop out the seeds and stringy center parts of the cantaloupe.
5. Place the cantaloupe center part down on a cutting board and cut into wedges, then cut wedges into chunks.

Tips For Picking A Good Watermelon

Here’s a few tips for picking a watermelon that you’ll enjoy.

• Rind health. You’ll want to look for a watermelon with a flat matte rind rather than a glossy or shiny rind.
• Yellow field spot. Look for the yellow field spot on the bottom of the watermelon. This is where the watermelon laid on the field and the yellow color indicates ripeness (and that it ripened in the field).
• Weight. Heavier watermelons are often juicy watermelons. Pick up different watermelons in the bunch to choose one on the heavier side for its size.

Looking for more summer fruit salads to make?

• Fruit Cups
• Packable Fresh Fruit Salad
• Summery Watermelon Fruit Pizza
• Summer Berry Salad

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Yield: 4 - 6 servings

Summer Melon Salad

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

This refreshing Summer Melon Salad recipe is made with juicy ripe honeydew melon, watermelon and cantaloupe tossed in a delicious lime dressing and tossed with fresh mint. 

Ingredients

• 4 cups watermelon, peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 cups cantaloupe, peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 cups honeydew melon, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1/2 cup clover honey
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 heaping teaspoon grated lime zest
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons fresh mint, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Mix the honey and lime juice in a small bowl until well blended. Stir in the lime zest.
2.  Add all of the cut up melon to a large bowl and add the honey lime dressing. Toss to coat the melon. Place the salad onto your serving plate/platter then sprinkle with salt and mint over the top before serving.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 199Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 146mgCarbohydrates: 51gFiber: 3gSugar: 48gProtein: 2g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.