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strawberry watermelon summer salad

Strawberry watermelon summer salad

This strawberry watermelon summer salad is so colorful, bursting with flavor and super quick and easy to make. A great side for a summer bbq!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 304
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

The dressing
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1-2 tsp honey (to taste)
  • salt and pepper (to taste)
The salad
  • 2 cups (small) strawberries (cleaned and cut in 2 (if too large)
  • 2 cups watermelon (cubed)
  • 1 handful fresh mint leaves (chopped)
  • 1 handful fresh basil leaves (chopped)
  • ½ medium cucumber (small cubes or slices)q
  • 2 cups (lamb's) lettuce

Equipment

  • salad thongs (or other serving utensils)

Method
 

The dressing
  1. Add all the dressing ingredients to a dressing shaker (a tall container with lid works as well) and shake to combine.
The salad
  1. I use a big salad bowl to combine all the salad ingredients - strawberries, cubes of watermelon, mint and/or basil - in with salad thongs. To make this a dinner salad, I often add cucumber slices, lamb's lettuce (or other mild, soft lettuce) and even cooked and cooled quinoa to it.
  2. Add some of the dressing to the salad and combine the dressing and the salad with salad thongs. Serve the rest of the dressing on the side.

Notes

Nutritional information:
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