Friday, August 9, 2013

Easy. Breezy. Beautiful*. Melon Salad.

*Not to be confused with CoverGirl Cosmetics.

Melon Salad
When I went to the Farmer’s Market there was a cooking demonstration by Bay Area chef Stephanie Rosenbaum. She made this beautiful summer salad and I just had to make it. To see her original recipe go to www.sjrosenbaum.com 

I guess I forgot to take a picture of the ingredients…
Ingredients:
  • 2~3 cups Watermelon, cubed
  • 2 cups Cantaloupe, cubed
  • ¾ cups Radishes, cut in half and sliced
  • 3 stalks celery, sliced
  • Large handful basil, roughly chopped
  • Large handful cilantro, roughly chopped

Dressing:
  • A couple tablespoons sugar
  • A couple tablespoons fish sauce
  • Juice of 1 Lime
  • Small nub of ginger grated
  • Salt, to taste

1) Toss all the fruits, vegetables, and herbs together.



2) In a separate dish mix the dressing together. Adjust the amount of each ingredient to taste.

3) Toss everything together.


Eat alone or serve alongside a piece of pan seared fish. Or any other appropriate protein.


Cost breakdown:
Watermelon: $1.33/3= $0.44
Cantaloupe: $0.58/2= $0.29
Radishes: $0.49/2= $0.25
Celery: $0.89/10= $0.09
Basil: $1.09/3= $0.36
Cilantro: $1/3= $0.33
Lime: $0.10
Ginger: $0.10
Fish sauce& Sugar: Not that I expect most people to have fish sauce on hand (like sugar), a couple tablespoons out of a big bottle is very hard to calculate so…

Total: $0.44+$0.29+$0.25+$0.09+$0.36+$0.33+$0.10+$0.10=$1.96 for three or so servings

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