Cantaloupe & Cucumber Salad
From Gabriel Avila-Mooney, Full Circle Farm, Seattle, as appears in Bounty from the Box: The CSA Farm Cookbook, by Mi Ae Lipe
SERVES 3-4
1 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
½ cup plain yogurt
1 cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, and roughly chopped
1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded (if desired), and chopped
2 tsp. chopped fresh mint leaves
1/3 cup chopped roasted pistachios
Salt to taste
In a serving bowl, whisk together honey and lime juice until blended; whisk in yogurt. Add cantaloupe, cucumber, and mint; toss to combine. Top with pistachios; add salt to taste.
Recently Joy acted on a persistent daydream by converting part of her backyard into a garden for berries and a second garden to build up the soil for vegetables. When she isn’t tending these new gardens, she dabbles in food styling and design for Edible Ohio Valley and volunteers on a local farm.
