About the only good thing has come out of our wet summer in
North Carolina is the watermelons. Since we have had so much rain, the melons
are large, sweet and full of juice.
At the farmers
market, I have been picking the smallest melons and it is taking us almost two
weeks to eat it them. With the abundance
of fruit, I have been able to try different recipes that use watermelon. My
favorite has been watermelon salsa that I found over at Eating Well dot com.
The first time I made this my husband grumbled about why
would I waste good watermelon. I made chicken tacos that night and served the
watermelon salsa and tortilla chips. After about the sixth time of my husband
dipping the chips into the salsa, I said, “Honey, I didn’t think you were going
to eat any.” The reply back was “I did
not want to like this, but it is too good to stop eating.” I just love proving
him wrong!
So what does it taste like? Hmmm… spicy jalapeños biting at
sweet watermelon mix in the sharpness of red onion, while limejuice and cilantro
dance around all of them.
You know I don’t
usually add salt to my recipes, for this one you do need to add it. We ate this on hard and soft tacos, beef and
chicken. My favorite is with salty tortilla chips since the salt brings out the
sweet of the melon… yummy!
The only thing I did not like about was removing the seeds
from the watermelon. You can cheat and but the pre-cut watermelon in the containers
at the store.
If you have a little chopper, mini-food processor or even
gloves, I would use them for the jalapenos so you don’t have to touch them.
Ingredients:
3 cups finely diced seedless watermelon
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup minced red onion
1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Directions:
Place watermelon,
jalapenos, cilantro, limejuice, salt and onion in a medium bowl; stir well to
combine. Chill in refrigerator half hour before serving. We actually like it
better the second day since the flavors will have a chance to marry.
Oh and one more
thing, this is ZERO fat and only about 26 calories per 1/2 cup serving.
