The Eat-Your-Water Plate

When the weather is hot, lean into the nourishment that nature is already handing you. Cold, bright, wet produce, with lots of water and the electrolytes to keep it with you.


– A big wedge of watermelon, cut into rough cubes
– Cucumber, sliced thick
– A crumble of feta (the salt is doing a job)
– A lot of torn mint
– A squeeze of lime, a little olive oil

Toss it, or don't. Eat it cold, straight from the bowl, ideally where there's a breeze. Quietly the most hydrating thing you'll eat all week — while thinking it's dessert.

One honest note: a plate like this is generous with water and plants and a little stingy with protein and fiber — that part was never its job. It's the morning's. That's why we start the day with Menomix (21g protein, 6g fiber), so meals like this get to just be the easy part. 🌿

Nutrition Info:

Roughly 2 cups watermelon, a whole medium cucumber, ~1.5 oz feta, a good handful of mint, lime, a drizzle of olive oil). These are estimates — feta and portion sizes swing them:

  • Protein: ~9–10 g — almost all of it from the feta.

  • Fiber: ~3 g — watermelon and cucumber are mostly water, so fiber stays low.

  • Plants: 4–5 — watermelon, cucumber, mint, lime, plus olive oil

The Eat-Your-Water Plate

The Eat-Your-Water Plate. When the weather is hot, lean into the nourishment that nature is already handing you. Cold, bright, wet produce, with lots of water and the electrolytes to keep it with you.

Author
MenoPantry
Prep Time
15 minutes
Servings
2.5
Category

Lunch

Ingredients

  • A big wedge of watermelon, cut into rough cubes
  • Cucumber, sliced thick
  • A crumble of feta, 4 oz
  • A lot of torn mint
  • 1 lime, squeezed (zest the rind for extra credit)
  • drizzle of olive oil

Directions

  1. Toss it, or don't
  2. Eat it cold, straight from the bowl, ideally where there's a breeze
  3. Do something fun with the time you would have spent preparing something more complicated!