August 2012
I'm a big fan of watermelon, so when I saw Ariane Duarte combine it with tomatoes and balsamic on Top Chef Season 5, I decided to start throwing it in the avocado-balsamic salad I made pretty much every day. It's kind of my go-to meal as soon as warm weather hits. Of course, whenever I told people about it they'd be all "EW! Watermelon in SALAD?!" which is a little dramatic, but whatevs, I dig it.
After reactions like that, imagine my excitement when my girl Felicia posted a picture of a salad she made on the ol' FB with none other than my good friend, the Watermelon, in it (yes, I am easily excited).
So then, she and I were having one of our awesome coffee dates that sometimes involve coffee, but other times tea, and sometimes wine, and a lot of times sushi, and then sometimes, around the holidays, a nice toasty glass of the homemade raspberry vodka her family makes every year... I digress. Coffee dates: she and I have them and we talk about the usual things, and then sometimes we nerd out over wedding stuff (yaknow, 'cause she's getting married) and recipes (because we both really like food). So on this day, the watermelon salad topic came up and she told me that she soaks the watermelon in lemon, which completely changes the flavor of the watermelon (whattt!). So naturally, I went home inspired by our little chat and within the week I had lemon-soaked watermelon salad and I somehow managed to photograph it before I consumed the entire thing and licked the bowl (may or may not be kidding) and finally, I'm going to tell you what's in it as long as you're not all "GROSS! There's no place for watermelon in a SALAD!" And if you are, well, I'm going to tell you anyway...
Felicia-inspired lemon-soaked watermelon salad:
1 1/2 cups cubed watermelon.
(it would probably be really pretty if you used a melon baller, but turns out I don't have one of those)
(it would probably be really pretty if you used a melon baller, but turns out I don't have one of those)
1 lemon.
1 avocado, cubed.
fresh mint, chopped.
a handful of pepitas.
salt to taste.
Chop the watermelon, squeeze the lemon generously over it.
Toss in the avocado and mint.
Salt it until it tastes good.
Top with pepitas.
It's as easy as that, folks.
Bon appétit!
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