Name: Light and Fresh:Honeydew Salsa
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 cups honey dew melon (diced and peeled); 3/4 cup cilantro (chopped); 1/8 cup mint leaves (chopped); 1/2 cup red onion (finely diced); 2 tablespoons lime juice (fresh if possible); 2 tablespoons lime zest; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 serrano pepper ((hot) or jalapeno (medium) chopped)

A light, fresh honeydew salsa that goes well with almost anything from chicken to chips. Be careful, it's addictive.

Total time 40 minutes

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I am totally addicted to this honeydew salsa. Totally. Totes. Besotted. Bewitched.

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Honeydew is one of my favorite flavors of summer. Salsa is, well it is practically a food group here in Texas. Over the past few years salsa has come into its own, and is being made from nearly everything you can imagine. I was intrigued with the idea of honeydew salsa.

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The ripe honeydew salsa is so very unique. It is sweet, spicy, warm with cilantro, and cool with the honeydew. Perfect for the Dog Days of August! Just don't try to make it in the middle of winter, no matter how much you are craving it. Without the fresh, perfectly ripe, in season ingredients it falls flat. This is to be enjoyed in summer only, OK?

honey dew salsa works great with chips or chicken

The colors were refreshing, too. Green, light green, purple... This is a cinch to put together, guaranteed to impress everyone and is perfect for dipping homemade tortilla chips into OR Serving over fish, chicken, or shellfish. I think if you were going to do pork you would probably want to replace the honeydew with canteloupe, which is my next experiment.

honey dew salsa is best when you use honeydew in season and very ripe|restlesschipotle.com

This is seriously good. Try it. Erin (my oldest daughter) and I had to make it twice. We test tasted the first batch until it was almost gone. This should keep for up to a week in your refrigerator... if it lasts that long.

5 from 2 votes

Light and Fresh:Honeydew Salsa

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A light, fresh honeydew salsa that goes well with almost anything from chicken to chips. Be careful, it's addictive.

Course Sauce

Cuisine American - Southwest

Prep Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: servings

Calories:24

Author:Marye Audet-White

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Ingredients

▢ 2 cups honey dew melon, diced and peeled
▢ ¾ cup cilantro, chopped
▢ ⅛ cup mint leaves, chopped
▢ ½ cup red onion, finely diced
▢ 2 tablespoons lime juice, fresh if possible
▢ 2 tablespoons lime zest
▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
▢ 1 serrano pepper, (hot) or jalapeno (medium) chopped

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
Allow the flavors to blend for at least 30 minutes.
Serve cold.

Notes

Store tightly covered in the refrigerator.
Will keep up to a week.

Nutrition Facts

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Comments

Jennifer

June 03, 2015 at 12:53 pm

I seriously can not wait to try this! Honeydew is my favorite melon, and mint and cilantro only make it sound better 🙂

Christine from Cook the Story

June 03, 2015 at 9:12 am

Using sweet melon like Honeydew in a salsa is such a great idea!

allie @ Through Her Looking Glass

June 03, 2015 at 8:02 am

Looks incredible Marye. I love a sweet, ripe honeydew. This will be perfect for our next barbecue, thanks for the inspiration!