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Delicious watermelon salad for summer
I'm Heidi – This site celebrates cooking and aims to help you incorporate the power of lots of vegetables and whole foods into your daily meals. The recipes you'll find here are vegetarian often vegan and written with the home cook in mind. Learn more about me and the site
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I made this quick melon salad using the frog prince of melons – the piel de sapo. It has creamy sweet light green flesh and a mottled grained green-yellow exterior. Piel de sapo means toad skin. I bought mine heavily with yellow stripes edging the green on one side – both indicators of ripeness. If you come across one of these hearty summer gems spring for it. I have no regrets. Combined with some toasted almonds for crunch serrano peppers and scallions to counteract the sweet little dollops of crème fraîche cilantro and a dash of sake it's a summer pick-me-up. Especially if you take the time to cool the melon completely just before serving. I should also mention that you can make this salad even if you can't find this particular melon – sweet honeydew melon or cantaloupe would both be A+ substitutions.
