Melon recipes

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    Chicken and Melon Salad with Orange Basil Dressing

    • Crunchy cashews meets sweet melon in this meal-sized chicken salad.
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    Easy Fruit Salad

    • A wonderful medley of your favorite fruits
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    Fresh Blueberry Melon Compote

    • Make this colourful fruit salad up to a day ahead for a refreshing dessert. It's also very quick to toss together just before serving.
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    Fresh Fruit Platter

    • Sweets and treats abound at holiday parties, so fresh fruit is always welcome by guests who want to refresh their palates or are watching their...
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    Fruit Cup with Plum Wine Sabayon

    • Japanese plum wine or sherry adds richness to this classic foamy egg sauce. You can prepare it ahead to serve chilled or warm it slightly over...
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    Grilled Chicken and Melon Salad

    • This lunch or light supper salad is a cornucopia of sweet melon, mellow avocado, savoury grilled chicken and bright citrus flavourings. You can...
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    Honey-Glazed Fruit Kabobs

    • Grilling brings out the natural sweetness of fruit. Serve these with a tart lemon sorbet and shortbread cookies.
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    Honeydew Mint Iced Tea

    • Subtle flavours of mint and melon mingle on the tongue. Serve with fresh mint or mint ice cubes (see “Nice Ice,” below).
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    Mango Melon Salad

    • A sweet reprieve, this salad is a cinch made with mango, cantaloupe, watermelon and sprinkled with toasted pine nuts.
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    Melon Berry Cup

    • For a nonalcoholic version, substitute white cranberry juice for the wine and reduce sugar to 2 tbsp (25 mL).
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    Melon Three Ways

    • This is a spectacular and refreshing way to celebrate late-summer bounty. While the presentation of the watermelon juice, jellied fruit and melon...
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    Melon with Citrus Blueberry Sauce

    • Fresh melon and blueberries pair beautifully in this simple breakfast starter or light dessert.
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    Minty Melon and Blackberries

    • This elegant fruit salad gets a palate-pleasing lift from mint. As well as being a low-sugar and calorie-wise dessert, it's also brimming with...
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    Minty Melon Salsa

    • Minty Melon Salsa is a natural partner for leg of lamb or lamb chops.
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    Pork Tenderloin with Grilled Cantaloupe

    • Juicy sweet fruit straight from the grill partners well with pork and makes the meal summery.
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    Prosciutto and Melon

    • Farmer's markets teem with ripe, juicy melons, such as cantaloupe, honeydew and muskmelon. Their sweet flavours pair well with thin curls of...
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    Slushy Vodka Watermelon Lemonade

    • Freezing the watermelon first gives this drink its smooth, slushy texture that is truly refreshing.
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    Strawberry Melon Soup with Mint

    • In food processor or blender, pur?cantaloupe with strawberries until smooth; pour into bowl. Add sugar; stir until dissolved. Stir in orange...
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    Summer Melon Salad with Fresh Ginger and Mint

    • In large bowl, whisk together ginger, honey, lime rind and juice and salt. Add honeydew, cantaloupe, strawberries and half of the mint; toss...
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    Tropical Fruit with Lime

    • A toss of fruit in a lime syrup cools off a flavourful Thai meal. If mangoes are unavailable, substitute two peeled and cubed peaches or nectarines.
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    Two-Melon Soup

    • This two-toned soup of contrasting colours is beautiful to look at and ideal as a cool palate cleanser between courses or as a refreshingly light...
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    Very Berry Cottage Cheese Salad

    • Drain Canadian Cottage cheese to remove any excess liquid. Combine it with yogurt , honey and lemon rind. Remove seeds from melons; cut each...
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    Watermelon Cucumber Gazpacho

    • This refreshing chilled summer soup is best made a day ahead to allow flavours to develop.
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    Watermelon Lemonade with SPLENDA®

    • Process watermelon cubes in a food processor, in batches if necessary, until smooth. Press mixture through a sieve into a pitcher; discard solids....
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    Watermelon Raspberry Juice

    • Quench your thirst with eight make-at-home fruit and vegetable juices featured in our "Juice Boost" collection of recipes in the June 2007 issue of...
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    Watermelon Strawberry Smoothie

    • Watermelon is one of the top water-containing fruits. Its subtle sweetness gets a boost from the strawberries in this rosy drink.
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    Winter Fruit Bowl

    • Any blend of fruit is welcome at brunch, but the lichees and apricots make this one special. Serve with yogurt or creme fraiche, and extra candied...


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