This Mojito Melon Salad is the perfect summer salad, filled with three kinds of melon and a refreshing mint and lime glaze. Enjoy at your next BBQ, party, or dinner at home.
For a salad that’s so colorful, flavorful, and delicious, it really couldn’t be easier to make. Just prep the melons, whisk together a simple citrus glaze, and toss it all together. If you’re looking for more fruit salad recipes, you can also try this classic Fruit Salad, Fruit Salsa, or this Winter Fruit Salad.
Melon Salad
This is one of those recipes where you can make it once and then rarely need to look back at the recipe. That’s because it’s made from just a few basic ingredients: melons, mint, and a sweet citrus glaze.
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I like to serve this salad chilled, so you may want to toss yours in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before eating it. And just like with any fruit salad, you can feel free to try adding different types of fruit. Just try and keep the same proportion of fruit to glaze.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s refreshing! On a hot summer day, a refreshing fruit salad is the best—especially one with a glaze that is inspired by a summer cocktail!
- Quick to throw together. All you really need to do to make this is cut or scoop the fruit, and whisk together a basic 4 ingredient glaze.
- Easy to adjust. You can add more fruit to this, use different jam or citrus for the glaze, or even make it savory by adding some feta cheese.
Key Ingredients You Will Need
- Watermelon: watermelon is so juicy that it can be hard to scoop, so plan on dicing this.
- Cantaloupe and Honeydew: when choosing cantaloupe and honeydew, you want to find melons that are heavy with bright color on the outside. They shouldn’t have any soft spots or bruises.
- Mint: fresh mint and melon are a match made in heaven. Be sure to slice them thin so that the mint spreads out throughout the entire salad.
- Strawberry Jam: I used my easy strawberry freezer jam for this recipe, but any kind will work, including other types of jam.
- Fresh Lime: to make the glaze, you will need both the juice and the zest from about 3 fresh limes.
How to Make This Melon Salad
- Prepare the melons. Cut or scoop each melon and add to a large serving bowl along with the sliced mint.
- Make the mojito glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, strawberry jam, lime zest, and lime juice.
- Serve. Drizzle the glaze over the melons and toss to coat. Serve chilled. Enjoy!
Recipe Tips & Variations
- Add more fruit. Feel free to make this a full-on fruit salad by adding berries, bananas, pineapples, apples, cherries, peaches, or another fruit that you like.
- Make it savory. Melon is an ingredient that tastes amazing with both sweet and savory flavors. Feta cheese is a classic pairing for melon and would taste great on this salad. You could also skip the strawberry jam in the glaze and add a touch of honey, then sprinkle with toasted walnuts, almonds, or pecans.
- Other fresh herbs. This salad would also taste great with basil, or a combination of mint and basil.
Storage Instructions
- Refrigerator: store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Make-ahead: You can make this salad the night before, cover with plastic wrap, and store in the fridge until the following day.
More You’ll Love
This refreshing mojito-inspired Melon Salad is covered with a sweet lime glaze and fresh mint. It’s quick to make and perfect for serving up on a hot summer day.
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Mojito Melon Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups watermelon, cut into 1" pieces
- 2 cups cantaloupe, scooped or cut into 1" pieces
- 2 cups honeydew, scooped or cut into 1" pieces
- 1/3 cup mint leaves, sliced thin
Mojito Glaze
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons strawberry jam
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
Instructions
- Cut the watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew into 1" cubes (or use a melon baller) and add to a large serving bowl along with the sliced mint.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, strawberry jam, lime zest, and lime juice.
- Drizzle the glaze over the melons and toss to coat. Serve chilled. Enjoy!
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