Easy Summer Watermelon and Cucumber Salad

This is easy summer fruit salad is delightfully different from your ordinary fruit salad. Sweet watermelon melon, refreshing cucumber and crisp apple combine with lime and mint for a taste sensation that makes a great side dish or a snack anytime of the day. This easy summer watermelon and cucumber salad is a summer salad you need on your table today. 

 

Why this recipe works

When I was attending Weight Watchers meetings a while back, a fellow member mentioned the idea for this salad. I was intrigued. The combination of fruits with cucumber sounded a little wonky, but could work. So I got to work getting a version created in my kitchen. 

The sweet watermelon works well with the crunchy watermelon and cucumber and the green apples add a nice tartness and more crunch to the salad. It's super easy to put together too. 

It turns out these flavors all work well together and makes a great healthy side dish for just about any meal.  

How to make watermelon and cucumber salad

• Choose your watermelon. Watermelon is really so much better when it's in season for your area. I prefer the seedless varieties for this recipe. But the seeded kind will work too. 
• Green apples aren't in season during the same period as watermelons are, but luckily, most grocery stores carry green apples that have been cold stored and are available year round. Green apples store well and are still very good in the summer. They have a crisp texture and are quite tart. The tartness compliments the sweetness of the watermelon so well. No need to peel these apples for this recipe. 
• Choose English or Seedless cucumbers for this recipe. You can leave the skins on for a nice contrast of color. 
• Cut all your fruit and the cucumbers in about all the same size. This makes a nice presentation and makes it easier to eat. 
• When zesting the lime, take care to not get any of the white pith in the salad. The white pith is very bitter. You will just want the green skin. 
• Once mixed, allow the watermelon and cucumber salad to refrigerate for at least an hour to allow the flavors to blend. 

Variations and Substitutions

• Substitute chunks of fresh or canned pineapple for the apples for a twist
• Add a bit of crumbled feta cheese to compliment the flavors
• Substitute lemon juice and zest for the lime 
• Substitute mint with fresh basil

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side dish

American

Yield: 6 servings

Author: Renee Paj

Easy Summer Watermelon and Cucumber Salad

Prep time: 10 MinInactive time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Sweet melon, refreshing cucumber and crisp apple combine with lime and mint for a taste sensation that makes a great side dish or a snack anytime of the day.

Ingredients

• 3 cups fresh watermelon, small diced
• 1 long English cucumber, small diced
• 1 large Granny Smith apple, cored and small diced
• Juice of one lime
• 1 TBSP lime zest
• 2 TBSP fresh mint, chopped
• pinch of salt (optional)

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl.
2. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour to allow flavors to blend. Gently stir and enjoy

Nutrition Facts

Calories

51.55

Fat (grams)

0.24 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

0.04 g

Cholesterol (grams)

0 mg

Carbs (grams)

13.29 g

Fiber (grams)

1.53 g

Sugar (grams)

9.52 g

Net carbs

11.76 g

Protein (grams)

0.94 g

Sodium (milligrams)

8.88 mg

Nutritional information is only provided as a courtesy and is an estimate.

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After such an incredibly harsh winter and an equally miserable, cold and wet spring, we have finally had some amazing weather this past week, and I have taken every minute to take advantage of it!! I finished planting all my herbs....basil, thyme, rosemary, flat leaf parsley, ( chives and oregano were already in the ground from previous years). I also put in three tomato plants ( one grape, one big boy and one heirloom) and four pepper plants...two jalapeno and two sweet red. I put in all my annual flowers, which ended up being purple petunias this year!

I leave you with this sweet picture of my kitty. She is an indoor cat, but when the weather is just right, she escapes out the back door and enjoys the greenery around the patio. :)