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Minty Cantaloupe Salad

August 2, 2012 by christine

Mint is taking over one of our planter beds, seriously!

I adore the stuff, but am clearly not consuming it fast enough. I tried to change that grabbing a handful for a new salad experiment.

And found out Miko enjoys mint leaves as much as I do.

Apparently I wasn’t the only one grabbing dinner from our garden, this guy has a huge web spanning between garden beds.

For the salad, I also had a cantaloupe that needed to be used up and decided to get a little crazy on a plain old week night. I chopped up the melon and mixed it with chopped apple, corn, shredded carrots, shredded jicama, shelled hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, and shredded coconut. Then dressed it with:

  • 1/4 cup of fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced

The result was a beautiful mesh of summer colors and flavors.

The salad blended sweet and savory daringly with a fun mix of textures, but the mint and cantaloupe were the stars of the salad adding a festive sweetness with a bright and fresh flavor from the mint that was not too strong.

A crazy summer combo that was a refreshing flavor party.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: apple, cantaloupe, corn, hemp seeds, jicama, mint

Comments

  1. Averie @ Averie Cooks says

    August 2, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    Great looking salad – and mint! Fresh mint is so wonderful. Glad you are able to enjoy!

  2. kalli says

    August 3, 2012 at 6:19 am

    cute about the mint leaves and your pup! Pepsi LOVES kale which cracks me up because she hates spinach :) hope you have a great weekend girl!

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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