Juicy Watermelon Salad

 Ingredients:

4 cups cubed watermelon

1/2 red onion- chopped

1/2 cup nuts of your choice

Spinach or Kale - washed

1/4 balsamic vinaigrette

1 1/2 tablespoon canola oil

Sprinkle with goat cheese

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine watermelon and onion; cover and refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes. Just before serving, add nuts and greens to watermelon mixture. In a small bowl, whisk vinaigrette and oil; drizzle over salad and toss to coat. Serve over sliced watermelon if desired. Sprinkle with cheese.

I bought an extra watermelon because they were on sale. I can not resist a sale! Since I have quite a bit I made this.

WATERMELON SALSA

 

Ingredients:

2 cups watermelon, diced

1 cup fresh strawberries, diced

1 jalapeno, seeded and diced

1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

1 tablespoon basil, chopped

1 tablespoon mint, chopped

1 tablespoon lime juice

2 tablespoons honey, optional

3 tablespoons red onion, diced small

Directions:

Place all the ingredients together in a bowl and stir gently to combine.

You can serve immediately or place in the refrigerator for an hour before serving.

Serve with chips, crackers or on tacos.

Watermelons are back in season ( sort of). No local ones yet but guess the ones in the store are from south Florida.

I love watermelon but this one wasn't sweet and wanted to make something different.

My little jalapeno actually made it through the winter. Had to cover it each frost but now able to have fresh jalapenos.

Watermelon Carpaccio

 Ingredients:

1/4th of a watermelon ( use more for if desired)

Goat cheese

Few tablespoons of crushed pistachios 

drizzle of honey

Directions:

Slice watermelon thin.

Crumble goat cheese and spread over the watermelon slices along with the pistachios.

Drizzle with honey

Picked up my last watermelon till next season. I wanted to make something different. I really liked this. Made a nice light lunch

Florida Watermelon Rickey

 

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh Florida watermelon, chopped (plus more for garnish if desired)

4 ounces gin

2 fresh limes, juiced

1 ounce simple syrup

Mint leaves and fresh sliced lime for garnish

Soda water, chilled

Directions:

Rinse blender and make sure all the parts are clean and ready to use. Add the fresh watermelon and simple syrup to the blender. Blend until smooth, then strain through a mesh strainer. In a cocktail shaker, add 4 ounces of fresh watermelon juice,  gin and lime juice.  Fill two glasses with ice.  Top each cocktail with chilled soda water and garnish with lime, mint and fresh watermelon if desired. 

Last month was Watermelon season in our area. Prices were pretty good which is great cause I love fresh cold watermelon.  💟

Watermelon Lemonade

Ingredients:

4 cups cubed Seedless Watermelon
1/2 cup Sugar ( you can also use stevia )
2 cups Water
1/2 cup lemon juice





Directions:

Combine sugar and 1/2 cup water and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve.
Allow to cool.
Place watermelon, sugar syrup and lemon juice in blender,  blend until not chunks of watermelon remain.
Add remaining 1 1/2 cup water to blender and 

Chill and serve over ice. Garnish with watermelon or lemon slices.