Michigan Cottage Cook: MEXICAN WATERMELON AND HONEYDEW MELON SALAD.

This pretty melon salad is the same colors as the Mexican flag, red, white, and green. It is slightly spicy, sweet, cool, refreshing, and flavorful with a hint of citrus. What more could you want?

Mexican watermelon and honeydew salad.

I bought my Honeydew and Watermelon already cut-up. I do get lazy at times. Tom and I learned from a wonderful lady at Costco on how to know if a Honeydew melon is ripe. Honeydew, unlike Cantaloupe, has a very smooth skin. When the melon is ripe, the skin feels tacky not smooth. Every time Tom saw a Honeydew melon display, he had to test and see if he could find a tacky one. I use to tell me that he looked a like strange feeling the melons. I know you are suppose to "thump" a watermelon and you can tell by the sound if it is ripe. I have never mastered that test, but I can tell if a Honeydew feels tacky.

Queso Fresco is a Mexican cheese which is crumbly like Feta cheese without the assertive taste of Feta. It is use to be difficult to find, but now most larger grocery stores carry it. It is also good on refried beans or crumbled over enchiladas or Michigan's Wet Burritos.

MEXICAN WATERMELON AND HONEYDEW MELON SALAD
Amounts of each ingredient depend on how much salad that you want to make. This salad is great for a potluck.

Seedless watermelon, removed from rind and cut in chunks
Honeydew melon, removed from rind and cut in chunks
Chili powder
Fresh lime juice
Fresh mint, finely chopped
Queso Fresco cheese, crumbled

Ingredients: Honeydew melon, watermelon, chili powder, lime juice, fresh mint, and Queso Fresco cheese.

Remove rind from the melon. Cut melon into bite-size chunks. Put melon chunks in a bowl and sprinkle with chili powder. Stir gently. Add lime juice to melon. (I used the juice from a half of lime for approximately 2 pounds of melon.) Finely chop mint and add to the melon. Stir gently. Top with crumbled Queso Fresco and toss gently. Refrigerate to meld flavors.