This gorgeous mint and lime watermelon salad is super refreshing with just a touch of lime zing. Imagine coming home from work on a hot summer day and finding a bowl of this chilled watermelon salad waiting for you. A summer salad with a heavenly taste made with just 3 ingredients and gets ready in less than 10 minutes.
Ingredients You Need to Make Mint and Lime Watermelon Salad
You only need 3 ingredients to make this amazing salad:
- Watermelon: It is best to use seedless watermelon for this recipe. Otherwise you should pick the seeds out of watermelon before use.
- Lime juice: Lime juice adds a touch of freshness and zing to the salad and pairs well with watermelon.
- Mint: Chopped mint leaves add a burst of fresh flavor and freshness.
How to Make Mint and Lime Watermelon Salad
- Rinse watermelon under running water and dry it.
- With a paring knife, trim off the ends. Slice down the watermelon through the middle to create two halves. Trim off the rind of each half carefully. Cut each half into 1-inch slices. Then lay each slices down and cut them into strips. Then cut across the strips to make 1-inch-sized watermelon cubes.
- Place watermelon cubes in a large bowl and all lime juice. Toss well to coat.
- Sprinkle the chopped mint leaves on top.
- Cover an refrigerate until serving time.
Watermelon Salad Variations
- For a savory version of this salad you can add crumbled feta cheese, cucumber, sunflower seeds and red onion.
- If you don’t like watermelon to be the only fruit used in the salad, you can add a handful of fresh blueberries to the bowl.
Did you like the mint and mime watermelon salad recipe? Try my watermelon mocktail with Sprite recipe as well! Leave your comment below and If you make this recipe, be sure to tag your photos #yummynotes 
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Ingredients
- 4 cups of cubed watermelon
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 5 fresh mint leaves, chopped
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse watermelon under running water and dry it.
Step 2
With a paring knife, trim off the ends. Slice down the watermelon through the middle to create two halves. Trim off the rind of each half carefully. Cut each half into 1-inch slices. Then lay each slices down and cut them into strips. Then cut across the strips to make 1-inch-sized watermelon cubes.
Step 3
Place watermelon cubes in a large bowl and all lime juice. Toss well to coat.
Step 4
Sprinkle the chopped mint leaves on top.
Step 5
Cover an refrigerate until serving time.
