Melon salad with yoghurt & lime sauce
40 minutes
These delicious fruits provide plenty of vitamin C. Orange-fleshed melons supply beta-carotene; watermelon has lycopene, another carotenoid.
Janet Mitchell
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Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1/4 small watermelon (1.5kg), cut into cubes
- 1/2 rockmelon, cut into cubes (2 cups)
- 1/4 honeydew melon, cut into cubes (1½cups)
- 1 cup seedless red or green grapes
- 1 cup fresh or canned pineapple cubes
- 1 cup plain low-fat yoghurt
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Ground ginger
Directions
Preparation:40min ›
Ready in:40min
- Combine the watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew melon, grapes and pineapple in a large bowl. Chill the fruit until serving time.
- Combine the yoghurt, sour cream, honey, lime juice and a pinch of ginger in a small bowl. Chill until serving time.
- Serve the fruit in individual bowls, with the yoghurt sauce on the side.
Did you know?
Cut watermelons are a tempting purchase because you can more easily judge their ripeness, but keep in mind that melons lose vitamin C when they are cut. If you do buy a half or quarter melon, choose one that's been tightly wrapped in plastic and kept chilled.
