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Melon and Watercress Salad with Pickled Onions

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 20, 2016
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Take your tastebuds on an adventure with this sophisticated salad. From Prevention® Healthy Cooking.

Melon and Watercress Salad with Pickled Onions

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 20 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 12
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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup chopped red onion
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon grated lime peel
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups cut-up ripe cantaloupe
  • 2 ripe plums, thinly sliced
  • 1 bunch watercress, tough stems trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons crumbled goat cheese or feta cheese
  • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds or pumpkin seeds

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In salad bowl, stir together onion, honey, oil, lime peel, lime juice, pepper and salt with fork until combined.
  • Step 
    2
    Gently stir in cantaloupe, plums, watercress, cheese and almonds until coated with honey mixture. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

120 Calories
4 1/2g Total Fat
3g Protein
17g Total Carbohydrate
15g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
120
Calories from Fat
40
Total Fat
4 1/2g
7%
Saturated Fat
1g
6%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
90mg
4%
Potassium
400mg
11%
Total Carbohydrate
17g
6%
Dietary Fiber
1g
7%
Sugars
15g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
90%
90%
Vitamin C
80%
80%
Calcium
8%
8%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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