Watermelon Fries – A tasty summer treat from Pinterest!

Hello and howdy from my kitchen today! I made a snack, so naturally I had to make it pretty and take pictures of it! LOL. I love it when I finally make the recipes I have saved on Pinterest! I have so many good recipes and ideas saved and I need to be better at actually making all of the things! Do you do that too? In the Summer I loooooooove to eat all the fresh fruit and vegetables. I practically turn into a vegetarian in the Summer months (I was raised vegetarian) and I can make an entire meal from corn, salad and fruit! It’s my favorite thing about Summer. Everything is so pretty and delicious. We have many great farmers markets where we live and there’s no shortage of food coming right from the farms in the central valley of California. Truly one of the blessings about living here. It’s been hot hot hot and I needed a cool cool cool snack so I made watermelon fries. Thought I’d share!

FULL CREDIT for the idea and recipe are from Abbey’s Kitchen website!

Basically….you cut up a watermelon into fries or sticks for dipping, and make the delicious dipping sauce! Splash on a bit of Tajin Seasoning and that’s it! Good, healthy, super foods ready to go.

 

I mean, who doesn’t love limes and watermelon?? Do you think this is why pink and green is such a perfect color combination possibly??

 

 

MMMMMMMM. Once the watermelon is plated (or bowled LOL) put the Tajin on at the last minute so it doesn’t soak all the way in before you eat it.

 

Here in California, Tajin is A THING. It’s everywhere. It’s a combination of chilis, limes and salt. It’s spicy but not too spicy. It’s great on fruit or in cocktails for a little kick. It’s amazing on Mango.

 

The dipping sauce is coconut yogurt (I used Skyr brand), lime juice and lime zest. The recipe calls for coconut sugar, but I left that out.

 

If you don’t have Tajin, or don’t like it, you can just leave it off! Easy.

 

It lasted about 3.5 minutes. Y U M M M M M. I’ll be making this again fo sho! I bought a small watermelon, but once I cut it up, it was SO MUCH watermelon! It’s just two of us at our house. I’m going to blend the rest in the Vitamix and make some kind of slushee later. Good way to get in your water for the day, amiright?

Okee dokee, that’s it for today. I’ll be back Friday with fun cards and a big sale over at Jaded Blossom. Can’t wait to share with you! XOXO