True Meals, you’ve stolen our hearts together with your Watermelon Salad. We’re speaking top-of-the-line salads we’ve ever eaten. A do-it-yourself rendition needed to occur!
Mates, it’s now your flip to be swept off your ft. Simply 20 minutes stand between you and this show-stopping, candy + spicy watermelon salad that’s so hydrating, contemporary, and excellent for summer time. Allow us to present you the way it’s carried out!
The bottom of this AMAZING salad is crunchy cucumber and candy watermelon with bites of avocado and cherry tomatoes. Fruit salad? Veggie salad? It’s a whatever-you-want-it-to-be salad!
All of it will get tossed along with the spicy component: Calabrian peppers! They’re fruity and spicy and SO good, however if you happen to don’t wish to have yet another ingredient added to your fridge, crimson pepper flakes or one other spicy chili would additionally work.
Then it’s coated or drizzled with a creamy, candy, shiny, subtly smoky turmeric mango dressing. Whereas she’s form of dreamy similar to that, a couple of toppings take her to the subsequent degree!
Marcona almonds, sesame seeds, crumbled seaweed, and a pinch of flaky salt deserve a standing ovation for his or her roles on this salad. You won’t suppose these flavors go collectively, however woah, simply wait till the primary chunk!
We will’t wait so that you can do this watermelon salad! It’s received it alllll happening:
Candy
Salty
Spicy
Crunchy
Refreshing
Straightforward to make
& SO scrumptious!
It makes the proper gentle meal for 2 paired together with your favourite protein, however we aren’t strangers to a solo occasion involving devouring the entire bowl. Sure, it’s that good! Don’t decide.
Pairing concepts? It’s scrumptious with grilled fish or tofu, or paired with our Marinated Peanut Tempeh (7 Elements), Smashed Chickpea Taco Meat, or Lime-Crusted Salmon.
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Servings 2
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SALAD
- 3 cups watermelon, reduce into 1-1 ½ inch cubes
- 1 cup cucumber, reduce into 1-inch chunks (ideally Persian or English cucumber // if utilizing common cucumber, peel in strips to make alternating stripes of inexperienced and white)
- 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes, halved (or heirloom tomatoes, reduce into bite-sized items)
- 1/2 massive ripe avocado, reduce into 1/2-1 inch items (non-obligatory)
- 1-2 Tbsp finely chopped Calabrian peppers
(they’re fruity + spicy! // or sub crimson pepper flakes to style, although not as spectacular) - 3-4 Tbsp Creamy Turmeric Mango French dressing
GARNISH
- 2-4 Tbsp chopped Marcona almonds (or sub toasted slivered almonds*)
- 2 pinches flaky sea salt* (corresponding to Maldon)
- 1-2 sheets roasted seaweed snacks*, crumbled (plain/sea salt // non-obligatory)
- Sesame seeds* (non-obligatory)
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In the event you haven’t already made our Creamy Mango Turmeric Dressing, put together it at the moment. Put aside.
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To a medium-large mixing bowl, add watermelon, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and chopped peppers. Toss gently to mix.
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There are two choices for including the dressing to the salad, relying on whether or not you need it to be fairly or simply style good! Possibility 1: For a prettier consequence, switch to a serving platter and drizzle with dressing. Possibility 2: In the event you simply need it to style good, add the dressing on to the blending bowl and toss gently till simply mixed. Style and modify as wanted, including extra Calabrian chili peppers for warmth or mango dressing for sweetness/brightness. We used the total quantities of each.
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Divide between serving plates and garnish every serving with 1-2 Tbsp chopped Marcona almonds, a pinch of flaky sea salt, and a pinch every of crumbled seaweed (crumble between your fingers) and sesame seeds (each non-obligatory). Get pleasure from!
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Greatest eaten contemporary — leftovers change into soggy. Not freezer pleasant.
*When you have furikake, it might be an awesome alternative for the flaky salt + seaweed snacks + sesame seeds.
*Impressed by True Meals Kitchen and tailored from our Minty Watermelon Cucumber Salad.
*Vitamin data is a tough estimate calculated with the lesser quantities the place ranges are supplied and with out non-obligatory components.
Serving: 1 serving Energy: 237 Carbohydrates: 20.8 g Protein: 6.2 g Fats: 16.2 g Saturated Fats: 2.1 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 1 g Monounsaturated Fats: 4.7 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 412 mg Potassium: 528 mg Fiber: 4.3 g Sugar: 13.6 g Vitamin A: 244 IU Vitamin C: 26 mg Calcium: 59 mg Iron: 1.4 mg
