Melon Salad

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The mixture of melon is up to you. It will be fine with only one type of melon too. The key piece is to taste the salad before serving. If you have gobs of melon, you’ll need to up the dressing to suit.

  • 1 cantaloupe
  • 1 watermelon
  • 1 musk melon
  • 3 medium cucumbers
  • ½ tsp chili flakes
  • ¼ C oil
  • 1 C yogurt
  • 1 orange, zest and juice
  • 1 bunch mint, cilantro, and/or lemon balm
  1. Dice the melon into chunks
  2. Slice the cucumber into half moons
  3. Heat the oil until hot and add the chili flakes to bloom the flavor
  4. Whisk the chili oil into the yogurt adding the orange zest and juice
  5. Roughly chop the herbs
  6. Combine the melon and cucumber with a pinch of salt
  7. Drizzle with the yogurt mixture and garnish with the herbs