I have made it my personal quest to make lunch exciting, and that starts with eliminating sad salads from my life. Don’t get me wrong, I love salad. But when I’m just eating lettuce, I do feel a certain sense of deprivation. My melon salad bowls provide an exciting substitute for sad salads. They’re bright, flavor-packed, and far more Instagram-worthy.

To be honest, though, the real reason I eat these is I feel cool eating out of a melon rind. Also, why would I dirty a bowl when mother earth has created the perfect natural bowl for me? It all just makes sense.

melon, watermelon, sweet, vegetable, salad, cantaloupe, berry
Leah Valenti

Whether you’re a cantaloupe connoisseur, a watermelon worshiper, or honeydew hobbyist, my melon salad bowls will give your lunch new life.

Watermelon Blueberry Feta Salad

  • Prep Time:15 mins
  • Cook Time:0
  • Total Time:15 mins
  • Servings:2
  • Easy

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 watermelon
  • 3/4 cup crumbled feta
  • 1 1/2 cups blueberries
  • 4 sprigs mint
  • 1 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
watermelon, sweet, vegetable
Leah Valenti

  • Step 1

    Cut your watermelon in half. Slice around the circumference of one half, and then slice in a criss-cross pattern throughout the flesh of the watermelon.

  • Step 2

    Scoop out the watermelon flesh and put it into a bowl.

  • Step 3

    Add the blueberries, feta, and chopped mint to the bowl. Stir.

  • Step 4

    Whisk together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Pour onto the salad and stir.

  • Step 5

    Serve in the empty watermelon bowl half!

Honeydew Cucumber Mint Salad

  • Prep Time:15 mins
  • Cook Time:0
  • Total Time:15 mins
  • Servings:1
  • Easy

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 honeydew
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 Persian cucumber
  • 4 sprigs mint
vegetable, pasture, cucumber
Leah Valenti

  • Step 1

    Cut honeydew in half and scoop the honeydew flesh out of one half using a melon baller or an ice cream scooper.

  • Step 2

    Combine honeydew, sliced cucumber, and chopped mint.

  • Step 3

    Whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, and honey. Pour over the salad, and stir.

  • Step 4

    Serve in the hollowed out honeydew half.

Cantaloupe Blackberry Basil Salad

  • Prep Time:15 mins
  • Cook Time:0
  • Total Time:15 mins
  • Servings:1
  • Easy

    Ingredients

  • 1/2 cantaloupe
  • 1/4 cup basil leaves
  • 1 cup blackberries
  • 1/2 cup fresh ciliegene mozzarella
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
sweet, vegetable, melon, cantaloupe
Leah Valenti

  • Step 1

    Cut cantaloupe in half. Scoop out the flesh with a melon baller or an ice cream scooper.

  • Step 2

    Combine cantaloupe, blackberries, basil, and mozzarella in a bowl.

  • Step 3

    Whisk together olive oil and white wine vinegar. Pour over the salad and stir.

  • Step 4

    Serve in the hollowed out cantaloupe half!