This juicy nectarine melon salsa salad recipe is refreshing, delicious and full of sweetness and spice. It’s a super simple and super tasty salad. It’s made simply using juicy nectarines and honeydew melon. To add spiciness and a hint of bite the fruity sweetness is accompanied by fresh spicy bell peppers, sweet and sour chilli sauce and lots of fresh herbs. It’s a delicious and nutritious powerhouse of fresh foods that tastes sinfully good. No one will ever guess it’s actually a healthy meal.

This salsa is amazing for game nights. It’s a bright and colourful dish that has an eye-catching come hither and eat me effect on everyone that comes near it. And it’s fresh juicy sweetness doesn’t disappoint.

You can serve this juicy rainbow nectarine melon salsa salad as is with a side of tortilla chips…or you can serve it at barbecues as a colourful yummy side dish. There’s no limits, because this salad tastes amazing no matter how you eat it.

Dessert hack

This juicy rainbow nectarine honeydew melon salsa is amazing topped over waffles or wrapped in pancakes with a spoonful of ice cream. It has an intriguing mouthwatering sweetness that makes it delicious in desserts, while also giving off just a hint of bite thanks to the chilli. It’s a must try (you can thank me later)

What’s great about this Juicy Rainbow Nectarine Melon Salsa Salad recipe:

It’s fresh and loaded with delicious sweet flavours
Healthy and nutritious – packed full of vitamins and minerals
Easy and quick to make
Made from only 3 main ingredients
A hit with children and adults alike
Great for BBQ’S, cookouts and everything in between
Works well as main course, breakfast and dessert
Vegan
Gluten free
Soy free
Delicious

How to serve this juicy rainbow nectarine melon salsa salad

You can serve this delicious refreshing salad as is with a place full of nachos to scoop up the salsa. Or you can serve this salad as a refreshing side dish to almost any main course, because the flavours works so well with everything.

…but, you also can’t miss out on serving this salsa topped over waffles or fluffy pancakes. It’s so mouthwateringly good.

A few great ways to serve this salsa salad (I can’t name them all, because this salad goes well with everything, but these are my top picks):

Serve with my kidney bean skewers
As a side dish to my fan favourite vegan nuggets
Topped over my fluffy pancakes
Served as a side to any of my BBQ recipes (yum)
And the list could go on and on

What kind of melon should I use for this recipe?

I like to use fresh honeydew melon because of the delicious fresh sweetness. But you can also swap the honeydew melon for your favourite type of melon if you prefer, or you just don’t have honeydew melon in the house.

Other melons that works well in this recipe is:

Cantaloupe melon
Galia melon
Casaba melon
Canary melons
Santa Claus melon (great for winter)

What type of herbs should I use in this salad?

You can use your favourite herbs. All fresh herbs can work in this recipe, but especially fresh mint leaves or fresh basil takes this salad to the next level. The mint adds extra freshness and a irresistible hint of summer holidays. Basil is always my go-to herb for everything. It just makes everything you cook taste better and of course it also makes this salad that much better.

If you want a more exotic flavour in your salad you can opt for fresh cilantro. There’s no right or wrong, so just pick your favourite herbs and go for it.

How is this juicy rainbow nectarine melon salsa salad made? It’s very easy. Just:

Instructions

Cut the nectarines into 1/2-inch slices and add to a salad bowl. Cut the melon into similar sized slices and add them to the bowl.
Next, remove the seeds from the bell pepper, and cut the pepper into smaller dices. Add the peppers to the salad bowl and drizzle lemon juice and sweet and sour chilli sauce over the salad.
Season with salt and toss the salad together until everything is combined. Top with freshly chopped herbs and toss lightly together. Serve and enjoy.