Melon, cucumber and tomato salad

1 Batch

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Salad oil
¼ cup Lemon or lime juice
2 teaspoons Sugar
½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
1 tablespoon Finely chopped parsley
1 tablespoon Finely chopped fresh mint
1 small Casaba or honeydew melon
1 small English cucumber peeled if desired thinly sliced
4 larges Firm-ripe tomatoes; peeled cubed (abt. 2 lb)

Directions

Combine oil, lemon juice, sugar, salt, pepper, parsley and mint. Mix until well blended. If made ahead, cover and refrigerate until next day.

About 1 hour before serving, cut melon in half; scoop out seeds. Cut melon into thin wedges and remove rind.

In a salad bowl, combine melon, cucumber and tomatoes. Stir dressing again; pour over salad and mix gently until well coated. Cover and let stand at room temperature for about 45 minutes, stirring once or twice.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

Nutritional analysis (per serving): 190 calories; 2 g protein; 18 g carbohydrates; 14 g total fat; 0 mg cholesterol; and 159 mg sodium.

From _Sunset Fresh Ways with Salads_ by the editors of Sunset Books and Sunset Magazine. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Company, 1987. Pg. 75.

ISBN 0-376-02608-1. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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