Cucumber Melon Salad
Summer's the time for creative salads like this checkerboard cucumber melon salad ~ it's beautiful, delicious, fun to make and fun to eat!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
assorted melon
- 1/2 small seedless watermelon
- 1/2 small cantaloupe melon, or other orange melon.
- 1/2 small honeydew melon, or other green melon.
cheese
- 4 ounces feta cheese, look for imported Greek sheep's milk feta for great flavor.
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella ciliengine (cherry size balls), about 8-10
cucumber
- 3-4 baby or Persian cucumbers
cherry tomatoes
- 15 heirloom cherry tomatoes
dressing
- drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
- drizzle of white wine or sherry vinegar, or fresh lime juice
garnish
- flakey sea salt and fresh cracked pepper
- fresh herbs and edible blossoms
Instructions
- Slice the melon into 1" cubes. You will want about 36 cubes, more or less.
- Slice the feta cheese into 1" cubes, you'll want about 10-12 cubes.
- Slice the cucumbers into 1" long slices. You'll want about 15 pieces.
- Whether you are arranging a platter sized salad or individual plates, the process is the same. Start on the bottom row and arrange as many cubes as fits the width of your plate. Alternate melon, cheese, and tomatoes as you like. I don't cut the tomatoes ahead of time, I see what I need as I go. Sometimes I leave them whole for visual variety.
- When your grid or grids are finished, drizzle lightly with olive oil and squeeze a little lime juice over them. Add sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper. I like to add a little herbes de Provence or Italian seasoning as well.
- Garnish with sprigs of herbs, herb blossoms, edible blossoms, ect.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
The salad must be served shortly after it is made, it will not keep. If you'd like to prep ahead you can cut the feta cheese and the melons into cubes and keep them well wrapped for up to several hours in the fridge. Plan to slice the cucumber and tomatoes just before arranging and serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 187 kcal · Carbohydrates: 22 g · Protein: 7 g · Fat: 9 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Cholesterol: 24 mg · Sodium: 675 mg · Potassium: 540 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 18 g · Vitamin A: 2122 IU · Vitamin C: 40 mg · Calcium: 166 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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