Yes, yes. I know that tortilla de patata is supposed to be the most wonderful thing on earth. And I know that Spain is full of wonderful, rich foods and all that good stuff. But I can’t help it. My favorite Spanish lunch is the most simple and unimpressive: a big bowl of gazpacho with crisp, sweet chunks of melon floating around in it.

And actually, I think Spain’s famous tortilla de patatas is the pits. Just don’t tell anybody!

If you’ve never had gazpacho con melón, you’re missing out on a treat. There’s something so wonderfully cool and delicious about the tangy, slightly sharp gazpacho with the super sweet melon. So make a batch of gazpacho (or do like me and buy it from the store– I cheat!), and try this out.

A Kinda-Sorta Recipe for Gazpacho con Melon

Ingredients:
A bowl of tasty gazpacho
A slice of ripe green melon

Instructions: 1. Cut up your slice of melon into bite sized chunks. Rather than get a cutting board dirty, I just slice a bunch of slits throughout my melon slice, then cut off chunks the way I would kernels from an ear of corn. And for those of you who can’t get a big green melon… PLEASE don’t use cantaloupe. It tastes like butt. (Okay, okay… use cantaloupe if you want to, but I would suggest honeydew instead.)

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2. Pour a bowl of gazpacho. (Try to get good quality or make it yourself. The stuff I buy is all natural and almost as good as homemade.)

3. Dump your melon chunks in it.

4. Eat up! Mmmm… Since this is low fat and low calorie, I ruin it all by eating it with a chunk of cheese!

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