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Polka Dot Melon Salad |
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Yield: 6-8 servings |
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Cook Time: None. |
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Tips: Garnish with cherries if desired. |
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Suggestion: Serve in a bowl, over
lettuce leaves or with yogurt as a salad - OR - with sherbet or ice cream
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Salads don't get much more
colorful than this! Cantaloupe, honeydew melon and water
melon come together to create this beautiful fruit salad
that will bring life to any table. These assorted melon
balls are marinated in a Honey Lime dressing that gives this
pretty dish a tart and sweet |
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coating, making this melon ball salad stand apart from
the traditional plain melon ball salad. The citrusy flavors
of lime and orange juice are blended together with the
honey, a little oil, paprika and salt, creating the
perfectly balanced complimentary flavor for these melons.
Polka Dot Melon Salad is
versatile, in that it can be served as a salad or dessert,
and can be presented in a variety of ways. As a salad, it can be served
alone in a bowl as shown in the above photo, or topped with
plain or flavored yogurt. It can also be served as a salad
over lettuce greens. As a dessert, you can serve these
citrus marinated melon balls |
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in a bowl, surrounding a scoop of
sherbet or ice cream. However you serve this pretty dish,
Polka Dot Melon Salad is very
quick and easy to prepare, and will produce a beautiful and
impressive side dish or dessert. For even more color and
flair, you can also garnish this dish with cherries. |
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Ingredients
Melon Salad
1 cantaloupe
1 honeydew melon
4 cups seedless
watermelon balls
Honey Lime Dressing
(recipe follows)
Honey Lime
Dressing
3/4 cup oil
1/3 cup freshly squeezed
lime juice
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup honey
dash salt
1/8 teaspoon paprika
Directions
Melon Salad
Cut cantaloupe, honeydew
melon and watermelon in halves. Remove seeds from
cantaloupe and honeydew. Using a melon ball scooper,
scoop out ball shapes from each melon, using entire
cantaloupe and honeydew melons, and using 4 measured
cups of watermelon balls.
Place balls into a large
mixing bowl. Pour Honey Lime Dressing over melon
balls and gently stir to combine. Cover and
refrigerate for about 1 hour. Serve using any of the
following options:
Serving options:
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Serve alone in a
bowl (as shown in photo)
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Drain and serve over lettuce
greens
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Serve in bowl,
surrounding a scoop of lime, raspberry, orange
or rainbow sherbet
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Serve in a bowl,
surrounding a scoop of ice cream or frozen
yogurt
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Serve in a bowl
topped with plain or flavored yogurt
Honey Lime Dressing
Combine oil, lime and
orange juices, honey, salt and paprika in a jar.
Cover jar and shake vigorously until well blended.
Makes 1 1/2 cups.
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