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Ginger Melon Salad Recipe [Paleo, AIP]

Louise | August 17

This ginger melon salad recipe is great as a starter or just as a salad to accompany your meal. It’s refreshing and delicious.

This recipe is easy to make and is perfect for a variety of diets including Paleo, AIP (autoimmune protocol), and it’s also vegetarian-friendly.

Ginger Melon Salad Recipe [Paleo, AIP]

I came up with this recipe when I had half a melon left over from making these kiwi melon ice pops. It’s super easy to make, and below are some step-by-step photos. For ideas on what to serve with this salad, check out the suggestions near the bottom of this post.

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Ingredients for Melon Salad Recipe

This is a really simple salad made with fresh ingredients. I used galia melon (which is a cross between a honeydew and a cantaloupe melon) for this Paleo salad recipe, but you can use honeydew or cantaloupe melon instead.

The key ingredient in this dish is really the fresh ginger – it adds a zing to the flavor. Use extra virgin olive oil and sea salt to enhance the taste as well.
Ingredients for ginger melon salad recipe

Step 1:

Place the salad leaves in a bowl and add in the extra virgin olive oil.
Salad leaves with olive oil

Step 2:

Sprinkle in the sea salt.
Add in sea salt to salad

Step 3:

Grate or dice some fresh ginger and add it into the salad.
Add in fresh ginger to salad

Step 4:

Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice to the melon salad.
Add in lemon juice

Step 5:

Dice the melon into small chunks and add to the bowl. I like to slice the melon and then cut it into small pieces.
Add in melon

Step 6:

Dice some cucumber into small pieces and add into the bowl. The cucumber chunks should be cut to a similar size as the melon chunks. The cucumber adds extra crunch and makes the salad less sweet and more refreshing.
Add in cucumber

Step 7:

Toss the salad really well – I like to just use my hands to get the ginger, sea salt, fresh lemon juice, and extra virgin olive oil really mixed in.
Toss salad