Description
To assist you with a bit of summer seduction we are going to prepare a chopped greens salad with sweet watermelon. Adding a bit of fresh snappy cilantro and a sweet but slightly peppery dressing
Ingredients
Scale
- For the salad:
- 1 baby seedless watermelon, slice and reserve juice
- 4 oz (113 g) sunflower greens
- 4 oz (113 g) pea shoots or greens
- 1/2 small bunch cilantro leaves
- 1 small bunch edible sunflower petals
- For the dressing:
- 1 fresh lemon, juiced
- 1/2 cup (118.5 ml) sunflower oil, or other light oil
- 2 Tbs ( 30 ml) reserved watermelon juice, or to taste
- 1/4 tsp (1.25 ml)fresh ground pepper
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 Tbs (15 ml) honey, or to taste
Instructions
- Begin by slicing your melon (down the center if using the shell as a bowl) then chop of slice melon fruit to desired shapes.
- Take both sunflower greens and pea shuts, cutting of stems about 1/8th of an inch from leaves, then chop leaves.
- Then takes sunflower pedtals and tear into smaller pieces.
- Add all ingredients into a blender or small food processor, slowly add oil while blending until completely incorporated. Add additional honey and pepper to taste if desired.
- Once your dressing is complete toss greens with dressing, then add watermelon and lightly toss or layer as I did.
Notes
When using flowers as an ingredient please make sure they are grown for consumption as the types of pesticides used for flowers will very between edible and non-edible.
- Prep Time: 20 mins