Melon & Strawberry Salad With Mint & Cucumber Dressing

[Carl]

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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: None
Serves: 4

If served as four portions, provides 128 cals, 2g fat (of which 1g saturates), 19g sugar and 0.2g salt per portion.

Ingredients

- ½ iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 1 small honeydew melon
- 225g (9oz) fresh strawberries
- 1 cucumber
- 200ml (7fl oz) natural yogurt
- 10 mint leaves, finely chopped
- 1 lemon zest
- ½ tsp caster sugar
- 3 tbsp water

Method

1. Arrange the lettuce between 4 shallow bowls.

2. Cut the melon lengthways into quarters, scoop out the seeds and cut through the flesh down to the skin 2.5 cm (1 in) intervals. Cut the melon close to the skin and detach the squares of flesh.

3. Arrange the chunks of melon, strawberries and 6 cm (2 in) of peeled and thinly sliced cucumber over the bed of lettuce.

4. Into a lidded jar add the yogurt, 5cm (2 in) of peeled and finely chopped cucumber, the mint leaves, lemon zest, sugar and water. Give it a good shake before drizzling over the salad.