Keeping it simple – Crunch, Color and Flavor!
A wonderful and refreshing summer salad.

Such an easy salad to put together – a cool salad for warm Summer days and nights. Shaved Fresh Coconut is a must! (Easily found at many grocery store & health food shops – coconut meat chunked out of it’s shell – all you do is shave it over the salad.)

The Ingredients for the salad start with red seedless watermelon – cut in mini triangles.
Build the salad with a handful of arugula leaves, thinly sliced radishes, shaved cucumber, sunflower sprouts (my favorite sprout!) and shaved coconut.
Top with my Thai Dressing enriched with coconut cream.

It’s fun to be creative with Summer salads and try new combinations of ingredients, textures, colors and flavors.

The perfect summer salad or side dish to all of your barbecue specialties!
Watermelon always proves to be juicy and refreshing.

A light & creamy dressing with a secret ingredient … Coconut Cream.
Use coconut cream – the thick top part of your can of coconut milk; it replaces some fat in the dressing and is delicious! Packs a second coconut punch. Fresh Basil and Mint in the dressing gives it a distinct herbal essence.

Ingredients are: Lime Juice, Rice Vinegar, Fresh Ginger, Garlic, Honey, Fresh Basil & Mint, Neutral Oil, Salt, Thai Chilis and Coconut Cream.
Easily made in a blender or small food processor – takes only minutes!

Enjoy,
Karen

Watermelon & Coconut Salad with Thai Dressing

Keeping it simple - Crunch, Color and Flavor!

A wonderful and refreshing summer salad. Shaved Fresh Coconut is a must! 

See recipe: Zesty Thai Coconut Dressing

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Author: Karen Sheer a zest for life

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Ingredients

• 2 cups seedless watermelon rind removed cut into small tiangles
• 2 cups fresh arugula leaves washed and dried
• 1/4 cup cup radishes thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup shaved cucumbers (very thinly sliced)
• 1/2 cup sunflower sprouts
• 1/3 cup fresh coconut meat thinly shaved
• 8 tablespoons Zesty Coconut Thai Dressing (see recipe)

Optional Garnishes:

• 2 tablespoons fresh basil and fresh mint leaves
• a few edible flowers

Instructions

• On individual plates, add a portion of arugula in a mound. Add remaining ingredients around in a decorative pattern - tucking some ingredients in.
• Chill the plates if making ahead.

  Drizzle with the Zesty Coconut Thai Dressing on top of each and add garnishes. Enjoy!

Notes

See recipe: Zesty Coconut Thai Dressing 

This recipe may not be reproduced without consent of its author, Karen Sheer.

COURSE: salad, first course

CUISINE: American, Thai

KEYWORDS: Thai watermelon & coconut Salad, watermelon salad

Nutrition Facts

Watermelon & Coconut Salad with Thai Dressing

Amount per Serving

Calories

89

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

6

g

9

%

Saturated Fat

 

2

g

13

%

Sodium

 

400

mg

17

%

Potassium

 

175

mg

5

%

Carbohydrates

 

13

g

4

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

9

g

10

%

Protein

 

2

g

4

%

Vitamin A

 

682

IU

14

%

Vitamin C

 

10

mg

12

%

Calcium

 

31

mg

3

%

Iron

 

2

mg

11

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.