Refreshing Tomato Cantaloupe Salad

This is a ridiculously simple four-ingredient recipe (not including the salt and pepper) for a tomato cantaloupe salad.

It's a great light lunch or a simple side for dinner. Tomato and cantaloupe is a glorious combination that I know you'll enjoy!

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This recipe is summer in a bowl! It's delightfully juicy and so simple to pull together. It pairs well with many dishes like Grilled BBQ Chicken Thighs Recipe or Chicken Kabobs or can be served on its own as a light lunch.

Ingredients

Here's what you'll need to make this simple summer salad recipe!

• 1 cantaloupe, scooped with a melon baller
• 15 cherry tomatoes (or 1 pint), halved
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 5 leaves basil leaves, chiffonaded or roughly chopped
• pinch of salt & pepper

Instructions

• Halve the cherry tomatoes.
• Chop or ball the melon.
• Chop or chiffonade the basil leaves.
• Combine the cantaloupe and cherry tomatoes in a bowl.
• Drizzle with olive oil and top with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with basil, toss to combine, and serve immediately.

More Easy Summer Salads

• Summer Stone Fruit Salad - all the summer stone fruit with cheese!
• Grilled Peach and Tomato Salad - grilling the peaches brings out great flavor.
• Mango Avocado and Blueberry Salad - an unexpectedly magical flavor combo.
• Cantaloupe Cucumber Salad - super refreshing and light.

We hope you enjoy this flavor combination as much as we do! For this recipe to be outstanding, it's really important to use a very ripe cantaloupe.

Let us know if you make this cherry tomato salad recipe with cantaloupe and what you think!