Wintermelon Soup

Ingredients:

2 cups of parboiled wintermelon cubes
5 cups veggie stock or chicken stock
1 Tbs. soy sauce
1 Tbs. mirin or sherry
1 Tbs.  balsamic vinegar
1 tsp. fresh ginger juice (grate some fresh ginger and squeeze out the juice)
200 g / about 7 oz. fresh shrimp, shelled and deveined
Salt
Green garnish

Melon Salad

Ingredients:

4 cups packaged melon medley, cut into bite-size pieces
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1/2 teaspoon chili seasoning
2 teaspoons freshly chopped basil leaves, about 4 leaves

Directions:

In a large bowl, toss together all ingredients except basil. Place in serving bowl and garnish with basil.

Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Grape Salsa

ingredients:

2 cups of red, grapes seeds removed
1 small tomato
2 green onions, chopped
1/3 cup chopped red onion
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 pinch fine grain salt
Chopped cilantro, optional

directions:

Chop grapes and tomato into small chunks. Mix together with green onions, red onions, red wine vinegar, and a pinch of fine grain salt. Chill before serving.

Grape Jello

Ingredients:

2 cups white grape juice

1 cup cold water

4 envelopes unflavored gelatin

1/3 cup sugar

1 cup cold purple grape juice, or additional white grape juice

1 medium red apple, diced

1 cup diced green and red grapes seeds removed (I usually use seeded grapes)