Watermelon blueberry kale salad with mint leaves and honey lemon dressing is an easy, colorful, refreshing watermelon fruit salad without using feta cheese! This is perfect, easy fruit salad with green veggies if you are looking something like summer salads using watermelon, blueberries and kale for July 4th celebrations, bbq party or summer birthday party like pool party or any picnics! If you are making this for July 4th party, you can use a white serving dish or use sliced cheese cubes or shredded cheese (like cubed feta cheese or mozzarella or your favorite cheese in salads!).
We use an easy simple sweet and tangy honey lemon dressing to sweeten up the already sweet and refreshing salad with watermelon and blueberries. This is also great for any holidays or get togethers for vacations if you have fresh watermelons, blueberries and kale leaves! You can also use a lime honey dressing instead of honey lemon dressing, if you have fresh limes at home. Watermelon feta cheese salad is classic and popular, but if you do not have feta cheese at home, you still can make refreshing & delicious watermelon salads at home. This watermelon mint salad is another easy delicious watermelon fruit salad without feta cheese using honey lime dressing which is easy to put together and delicious, if you love mint flavor! In this watermelon blueberry and kale salad, we use mint a little amount only for flavor and garnishing, but you may add more mint leaves if you wish for more mint flavor.
I also have this watermelon jam, watermelon juice, watermelon and pineapple juice and watermelon strawberry banana smoothie recipes if you are looking for more refreshing, easy to make watermelon recipes!
What You'll Need To Make Watermelon, Blueberry & Kale Salad
ingredients used to make watermelon blueberry kale salad
- watermelon 1 cup sliced into cubes
- fresh blueberries 1 cup
- fresh baby kale leaves ½ cup
- fresh mint leaves a few
for salad dressing:
- honey 1 tablespoon
- lemon juice 1 tablespoon
This salad is made using fresh watermelon cubes, fresh blueberries and fresh kale leaves. I used baby kale leaves and I didn't chop the kale leaves, since I like the texture of the leaves as it is.
If you are using regular kale leaves, you may chop the leaves prior to adding to the salad! Watermelon and blueberries are refreshing juicy fruits perfect for summer & holidays and the salad made using fresh watermelon and blueberries can make you feel refreshed any time, especially during the hot summer months. They also make great salads for holiday parties which you can quickly prepare, as the preparation is nothing complicated! This is a simple salad which is so easy to prepare and it is so refreshing and colorful and juicy! Adding kale leaves to the watermelon blueberry salad gives it more texture and flavor. Kale is also a great ingredient to be used in salads and kale salads like kale salad with lemon are very popular! In this recipe also, we use a combination of kale and lemon along with watermelon and blueberries and honey which is perfect! Adding kale leaves to a fruit salad like watermelon blueberry salad is a great way to get greens to your salads even if you do not like green salads much.
Even my younger one loved this salad with kale salad, because it is so refreshing and juicy from the watermelon and blueberries and also the sweet and tangy honey lemon dressing which is perfect for this salad!
how to make watermelon blueberry kale salad with honey lemon dressing?
To make simple, easy, refreshing watermelon blueberry and kale salad, we use the following ingredients - watermelon, blueberries, kale leaves, mint leaves, honey and lemon juice.
step by step instructions to make watermelon blueberry kale salad
- Place the watermelon slices in a large bowl.
- Wash the blueberries and kale leaves very well, drain any water content and add to the bowl with watermelon.
- In a different bowl, mix together honey and lemon juice to make the salad dressing.
- Pour the prepared honey lemon salad dressing over the bowl with watermelon (pour the dressing across the bowl so it helps distribute the dressing evenly), blueberries and kale, gently mix in so the salad dressing is evenly mixed.
- Once the salad is made, transfer the salad to a serving salad bowl, discard any extra water content from the bowl which is used to make the salad. This is because, watermelon has a lot of water content and it can make the salad very watery over time. It is a good idea to discard any leftover liquid in the first place and just transfer the salad to the salad bowl (in fact, the leftover liquid is so delicious you can just drink it if you like!).
- Garnish with few fresh mint leaves, serve immediately for best results!
If you keep this for longer time, the water from the fruits (especially watermelon) may make the salad soggy.
Below you can get the recipe for watermelon blueberry kale salad in detail.
Watermelon Blueberry Kale Salad With Mint, Honey And Lemon
Ingredients
- 1 cup watermelon sliced into cubes
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup fresh baby kale leaves
- fresh mint leaves a few
for salad dressing:
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Place the watermelon slices in a large bowl.
- Wash the blueberries and kale leaves very well, drain any water content and add to the bowl with watermelon.
- In a different bowl, mix together honey and lemon juice to make the salad dressing.
- Pour the prepared honey lemon salad dressing over the bowl with watermelon (pour the dressing across the bowl so it helps distribute the dressing evenly), blueberries and kale, gently mix in so the salad dressing is evenly mixed.
- Once the salad is made, transfer the salad to a serving salad bowl, discard any extra water content from the bowl which is used to make the salad.This is because, watermelon has a lot of water content and it can make the salad very watery over time.It is a good idea to discard any leftover liquid in the first place and just transfer the salad to the salad bowl (in fact, the leftover liquid is so delicious you can just drink it if you like!).
- Garnish with few fresh mint leaves, serve immediately for best results! If you keep this for longer time, the water from the fruits (especially watermelon) may make the salad soggy.
Nutrition
substitutes and variations:
can you substitute kale leaves with spinach leaves?
Yes, you may substitute baby kale leaves with fresh baby spinach leaves if you wish, though the texture and flavor will slightly changed based on the leaf that you are using. If you use regular spinach leaves, you may need to slice the leaves before adding to the salad.
can you substitute blueberries with strawberries?
Yes, you may substitute blueberries with sliced strawberries (just slice them in halves) or even blackberries if you like. You can also reduce the amount of blueberries and use a mix of both blueberries and strawberries instead, to make a mixed berry watermelon salad!
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