Melon, eat it alone or leave it alone. Period

I think I'll stick with my plain cold organic watermelon just how it is.  Yummy!!  And yes, melons should only be eaten alone!  At least a 1/2 hour before a meal and don't eat anything untill 2 hours after eating melon.  

I remember reading it somewhere that Protein type and Mixed type shouldn’t consume carbohydrates on its own, I guess that includes fruits, doing so will increase your insulin level and probably imbalance your body’s biochemistry?

there seem to be a lot of improperly combined recipies around here, though they are otherwise healthy... fruit should be eaten alone, it is not digested properly in combination with other foods, and melon shouldn't even be mixed with other fruits

From my understanding of food combining, melons are best eaten on their own. Combining melons with any other grouping (proteins, starches, vegetables, fats, acid fruit, sub-acid fruit and sweet fruit) is considered a poor combination with an attendant loss of energy and an extra burden on the digestive system. Could someone with expertise in this area confirm this? Thanks

Being of Greek background, we would eat watermelon and feta all the time in the summertime! It's surprisingly tasty. But we never mixed them in a salad.

I so agree from experience and from much reading that melons should be eaten alone.     This sounds like a digestive nightmare!

Can't wait to try this -- love all the different components!

Lucie be careful?  Seedless watermelon is well known to be a genetically modified food.  Any time man messes with the design, the results tend to never be good.  

Add some black olives and thinly sliced red onion soaked in lime juice and it is even better.  I have served this for several summers and it is a surprisingly favorite.  I found this receipe in a Nigella Lawson cookbook.

I just wanted to know if there is a web page where I can find all of Lucy's previously posted cooking videos.  I am looking for the 'bean salad' in particular.

I have been making this salad for years and I and guests adore it...However, I add to the salad red or sweet onion and a balsamic olive oil vinegrette.  But you must  put both the feta and the vinegrette on JUST before serving because the affect is to release the watermelon's juices and you do not want it too soupy/juiciy from the get go...You can have the mint leaves savour with the watermelon for any length of time for flavorization...also using a melon scoop is prettier...I have also made this with a medley of other fruits, some watermelon, some cantelope, some not too ripe peaches and pears.  That too was adored!  

Looks odd, but I would try it.