Melon Ball Salad

This melon ball salad is cool and refreshing. It’s perfect for summer months, picnics and holiday gatherings.

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This melon ball salad is not only easy, but it’s fun to put it together, too! You’ll need a small watermelon (seedless if possible), a cantaloupe, and a green honey dew melon. And most importantly, a melon baller. I use this one because it has two different-sized scoops on a single utensil, which is very handy. With this salad I needed to use the two different-sized scoops because of how the melons where cut.

Cut the melons in half. Scoop out the seeds from the cantaloupe and honey dew. Then work around the perimeter of each melon as you scoop, like so:

After my first pass at scooping the melons, I turned each half on its side and carefully vertically cut away the scooped sections revealing a new perimeter that was solid and scoop-able. Hope that made sense. Basically, you want to be able to scoop out more melon, so cut away the part that you’ve already scooped.

If not serving this salad immediately, carefully arrange the melon balls in your serving dish and refrigerate.

I usually serve the salad without a dressing because I think the melons are sweet enough, but a squirt of lime and a drizzle of honey makes a simple dressing.

TIP: if you have melon balls left over, freeze them in a plastic bag and use later in sparkling water, like so:

Enjoy!

Melon Ball Salad

Prep time

20 mins

Total time

20 mins

Melon Ball Salad

Author: Zesty Olive

Serves: 4-6 servings

Ingredients

1 small seedless watermelon
1 cantaloupe
1 honey dew melon
Special utensil needed: melon baller

Instructions

Cut each melon in half. Scoop out the seeds from the cantaloupe and honey dew.
Work around the perimeter of each melon as you scoop sections with the melon ball utensil.
After your first pass at scooping, reveal more melon by cutting away the section that you've already scooped. Try turning each melon half on its side and carefully vertically cut away the scooped sections revealing a new perimeter that's solid and scoop-able.
If not serving this salad immediately, carefully arrange the melon balls in your serving dish and refrigerate.
Optional Dressing
The juice of one lime and ¼ cup honey. Drizzle over salad and very carefully toss.