a cucumber and melon salad that is incredibly simple and delightful. a wonderful departure from conventional fruit or green salads! made a whole day in advance.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- ½ cantaloupe – peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 cucumbers – peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- ½ small red onion, finely diced
- 1 large stalk celery, diced
- ⅓ cup poppy seed dressing, or more to taste
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Place cantaloupe and cucumbers in a colander; set a plate on top. Place a heavy object such as a large can of food on top of plate to squeeze out excess liquid from cantaloupe and cucumbers, tossing about every 30 minutes, 2 to 3 hours.
- Transfer cantaloupe and cucumbers to a large bowl; add onion, celery, poppy seed dressing, and red wine vinegar. Toss to coat. Stir in poppy seeds.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 79 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 84 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I bought an overripe melon from the farmers market… and so glad I found this recipe! Husband doesn’t care for celery so I omitted it.
This was good as written, but I’ll be adding a few more “colors” (e.g., berries) and sprinkling a little non-caloric sweetener over them the next time I make it.
4.26.16 If you’re planning to make this in advance, I can certainly see why you’d want to get the excess moisture out and go through the procedure outlined in the instructions. I had this for lunch today, cut it up, added the poppy seed dressing, and I had no problem with watery dressing. Nice little salad, certainly like the way this one breaks nutritionally. Thanks for sharing.