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.
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
Ingredients
Instructions
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.
Scoop out the watermelon flesh and put it into a bowl.
Add the blueberries, feta, and chopped mint to the bowl. Stir.
Whisk together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Pour onto the salad and stir.
Serve in the empty watermelon bowl half!
Honeydew Cucumber Mint Salad
Ingredients
Instructions
Cut honeydew in half and scoop the honeydew flesh out of one half using a melon baller or an ice cream scooper.
Combine honeydew, sliced cucumber, and chopped mint.
Whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, and honey. Pour over the salad, and stir.
Serve in the hollowed out honeydew half.
Cantaloupe Blackberry Basil Salad
Ingredients
Instructions
Cut cantaloupe in half. Scoop out the flesh with a melon baller or an ice cream scooper.
Combine cantaloupe, blackberries, basil, and mozzarella in a bowl.
Whisk together olive oil and white wine vinegar. Pour over the salad and stir.
Serve in the hollowed out cantaloupe half!