Think of all of the beautiful red foods: the dark red of an apple, the pinkish red of a raspberry, the purplish red of a cherry, and the bright red of a bell pepper. Red foods are delicious! For those of us who are looking at a long hot summer ahead, there is great joy to be found in these delicious red foods: they are at their freshest, and available through many local sources. Shop at your farmer’s market for the best and “greenest” options! Think of the juicy watermelons, the sweet strawberries, and the tangy red cabbage!
Now that you are thinking about all of the possibilities, here is a great recipe that I had for dinner tonight:
Watermelon Raspberry Mint Salad
4 cups (about 2 lbs) of seeded and cubed watermelon
1/3 c minced fresh mint
3 c fresh raspberries
1 Tbsp honey
2 tsp lime juiceDivide the watermelon cubes and sprinkle with minced mint. Top with equal amounts of raspberries and sprinkle with remaining mint. In a small bowl, mix honey and lime juice with a fork and drizzle over the melon and berries.
**We refrigerated ours for about 30 minutes and it was the perfect amount of time to marinate in the lime juice.
It was a perfect match with the risotto (alas, it was not red…)
The watermelon salad (and the risotto too) recipe was from the amazing cookbook series that is actually categorized by color (a great Project Spectrum inspiration!):
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Ok, wow, am I gonna be the first commenter? Thanks for the great looking dish and the recommendation on the cookbooks!
OOoh, thanks for the great sounding recipe. All I need is some watermelon and I can make this for tomorrow’s lunch! Yum-O!
That looks so yummy, Lolly–perfect for the freakishly hot weather lately!
Oh, wow, that sounds and looks just incredible . . . yum!!!
Oooh, yum! And very pretty, too.
thanks for sharing–that looks and sounds delicious.
That sounds so delicious. Makes me even sadder that my attempt at growing mint failed, but I might try again.
Oh my that is yummy!
That salad looks so freaking delicious!
delicious salad. Very delectable!
What a beautiful picture of the watermelon with the mint and raspberries. I bought a watermelon last evening and have my mint just waiting to be snipped. I hope raspberries are on sale because mine aren’t ready to eat yet. Thanks, swee-swee! XXOO
Your salad looks lucious! I love watermelon and raspberries. Alas, raspberries here are almost always WAY, WAY expensive. But, sometimes I indulge.
Thank you for sharing this Lolly, I think I am going to make it for a shower I am throwing in 2 weeks. I had a salad with melon, feta and mint recently. It was freakishly fantastic. But that is more pink and green (and white). It was good though.
Mmmm, delicious!! (Gorgeous photo, too, by the way). Now I want to go out and buy raspberries….
That looks delicious, but when it comes to “eating red” my all-time favorite has to be nice ripe tomatoes! I have four tomato plants in my little backyard garden, so hopefully I’ll be able to post some nice P.S. pictures before the end of the RED months!
I think that is quite possibly the most beautiful salad I’ve ever seen!
I’m hosting my folks for dinner tomorrow night — I’m going to use this recipe! Thanks!
That looks yummy!
my family has become addicted to the raw kale salad from whole foods – a perfect project spectrum meal, i think. the whole foods version is very expensive, so we’ve concocted our own version. i’ll leave it for you in case you want to try it
need:
raw kale (as much or as little as you’ll eat – be warned though, it goes fast. i usually get 3 heads for 3 people and it goes in 2 days)
vine ripened tomatoes – 3-4 per head of kale
dried cranberries – again, tons of these. i get 1/2-3/4 lb for each head of kale
lemon juice
olive oil
pine nuts or almonds (optional)
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the real key to this salad are the “accessories” – the tomatoes and cranberries and (if you choose) nuts – and the marinating. leaving it overnight will really bring out the flavors.
so, chop the kale and tomatoes finely and throw in a big bowl. add cranberries. make lemon juice/olive oil dressing to your personal tastes. beware that lots of lemon juice will rob your mouth of some skin – it tastes great, but scours your mouth if you add too much.
toss everything together very well and refrigerate for as long as you can stand. overnight is good, all day is better.
take out, toss again, and serve.
it makes a great things for picnics and bar-b-q’s, not to mention the color is perfect for project spectrum!!
Yum! What a wonderful summery dish!
That sounds delicious! My Mother’s raspberry canes are loaded with flower buds, she has loads of wild mint in her front garden and watermelon is perfect up here about then so I believe that will become a favourite in July and August.
I’ve been looking for raspberry recipes, thanks for a beautiful one.
That sounds amazing, I’ll have to try that!
Ooh, we have more raspberries than we can keep up with — this will be a great way to use em up this summer. Thanks, Lolly!
That looks absolutely delicious – thanks for sharing – yum!!
That picture just made me really hungry! Red foods are certainly some of my favorites during the summer, including cherry tomatoes fresh from the garden and, of course, strawberry margaritas
Ooh… mint, watermelon, and raspberries, my three favorite things! Thanks for posting this, I’ll definitely have to try it out!
You are the freshilicious one, my friend. That salad looks yummy, i’d be interested to try it with some of the other ripe (but not red) NW berries. Thanks for sharing!
I make a version of that salad that involves whatever fruit you can find. I’ve never put mint in mine – usually just some poppy seeds – but I’ll definitely try it. I just had some salad this afternoon, actually, that was strawberries and blueberries. I’ve done it in the winter with bananas, apples, oranges, and pears. Seriously, whatever you have goes, and it always tastes great. I’ve also done it with lemon juice instead of lime.
Long live the world’s best fruit salad!
Very pretty and it sounds delicious! That’s pretty much my Grandma Frances’ fruit salad dressing. It’s also excellent with mixed blueberries and green grapes. Red fruits are also very nutritious. Lycopene is one of the red pigments (tomatoes and watermelon) that are very beneficial to our health.
These look like some cookbooks I would love to have! Must keep this fresh fruit salad in mind. It looks so refreshing!
mmmmmm I love a good Cabernet! Yes, the gazebo that faces BL parkway
See you Saturday!!
The salad looks delicious – and those cookbooks look really great. Though I don’t know if my bookshelf can handle any more cookbooks
YUM! Gosh that is making me hungry!! Lovely photo & thanks for the recipe! I’ll have to give it a try!
This is what I am making tonight. If not tonight, tomorrow night. It looks delicious.
Thanks for the recipe!
That salad sounds great! I’m going to give it a go
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