Recipe: Cured Ham Spinach Salad with Feta and Melon

Here is a quick lunch or dinner idea for those warm summer months.  Preparation and clean up are fast and easy, too!  The combination of the sweet melon and salty ham are a nice contrast to wake up your taste buds while providing you with a refreshing, nutritious summer meal.

Utensils:

Cutting board

Knife

Serving dish or tupperware container

Ingredients:

2-3 cups of spinach

4-5 slices of cured Spanish ham (I prefer to use Serrano Spanish ham for this salad; an alternative would be Italian prosciutto if you cannot find Serrano Spanish ham)

5-6 bite size chunks of honeydew melon (cantaloupe works, too)

1/4 cup of feta cheese (or as desired)

1/8 cup pine nuts or walnuts (as desired)

Steps: 

1. Cut the melon into chunks, and preserve the rest in a tupperware container.
2. Peel the ham apart so that each slice is a bit stringy and so that the ham does not clump together in one place in the salad. 
3. Combine the spinach, melon, and ham in a serving dish (or tupperware for those on the go!).  Think of combining the ingredients as placing one layer of ingredients on top of another:  spinach, melon, and ham (preferably in that order) so that they do not stick together.
4. Garnish with the feta and pine nuts or walnuts as desired (optional).  Enjoy!

Serves:  One person

Season of consumption:  Summer

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