5 melon salad sesame Recipes

unbleached white sugar, champagne vinegar or 3 tbsp white wine vinegar, kosher salt or 1/2 tsp salt, ground ginger (or freshly grated if you prefer ), vegetable oil, extra-virgin olive oil, sesame seeds, toasted (sub half of the portion with black sesame seeds for color), toasted sesame oil, cayenne pepper, cut up seedless watermelon (read *note), cut up cantaloupe, cut up honeydews, sliced english cucumber (if available try 1/2 cup each of english cucumber and lemon cucumber), lettuce leaf, snipped fresh cilantro (optional), crisp cooked bacon, drained and crumbled (optional)

seedless watermelon (2 1/2 lb), ripe cantaloupe melon (1 1/2 lb), ripe honeydew melon (1 lb), young ginger,* peeled and minced (1/3 cup); or 2 (3-inch) pieces regular fresh ginger, peeled and minced (1/3 cup), sesame seeds, toasted, lime juice (from 3 to 4 limes), low-sodium soy sauce, extra virgin olive oil, sugar, kosher salt, dried green lentils, wide-flake unsweetened coconut, blanched raw peanuts, fresh kaffir lime leaves, chopped

honey, sherry wine vinegar (may sub red-wine vinegar), chopped fresh mint, fresh ground pepper, salt, baby spinach, avocado, peeled, pitted and cut into 16 slices (4-5 oz), cantaloupe, rind removed (about 1/2 small cantaloupe), hulled strawberries, sliced, sesame seeds, toasted (see tip )

cantaloupe or 1/4 honeydew melon, grapefruit, sliced sweet pickled ginger, carrot, shredded, jicama, shredded (3 inch wedge) (optional), cooking oil, sesame oil, plum sauce, sesame seeds, salmon fillets, firm white fish fillets, such as sea bass, fresh squeezed lime juice, cooking oil, white pepper, chopped roasted peanuts, green onion , slivered