Random Recipe

Whoa!  I just made the coolest, weirdest, yummiest watermelon salad.  I found the recipe when I was cruising around Allrecipes.com looking for a watermelon salsa recipe.  I had recently been in The Greenhouse, a wonderful natural-foods-ish/ specialty grocery store in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, and had noticed they carried fresh mint.  Since I had already purchased feta from there, I knew I had the ingredients to make this curious blend.  Anyhow, you must try this!  Sweet, salty, odd, wonderful.  I read all the reviews and made some changes, which I have already adjusted below.

Watermelon Summer Salad

Rated: Submitted By: Jessica Mayo Photo By: Allrecipes Prep Time: 30 Minutes Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6

"Watermelon is tossed with onion, feta cheese and olives in this intriguing summer dish. Don't be scared by the ingredients, they work together to make a very tasty and refreshing salad. Go ahead and try it - be prepared for a pleasant surprise!"

Ingredients:

3/4 cup halved, thinly sliced red onion 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1 1/2 quarts seeded, cubed watermelon 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

1/2 cup pitted kalamata olive halves 1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped fresh mint 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions:

1.	Place the onion slices in a small bowl with the lime juice. The acid of the lime will mellow the flavor of the raw onion. Let stand for 20 minutes.
2.	In a large bowl, combine the watermelon cubes, feta cheese, olives, onions with the lime juice, and mint. Drizzle olive oil over it all, and toss to blend. Dig in and be prepared for a pleasant surprise!

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Printed from Allrecipes.com 10/5/2010

Passport Stamping

Every 30 days we have to get our passports stamped and pay $25US to immigration. We heard from a friend that we could just pop over to nearby San Pedro on Ambergris Caye to take care of it with little wait. We decided to stay the night and check out the island when we went in January.

San Pedro is much bigger and much busier than Caye Caulker. The roads are paved, there is traffic (mostly golf carts but they move FAST) and the island seems to attract a different type of tourist. More all-inclusive resort type places here. The beach seems to be a bit nicer here because they clean it every day. Also nice are the fresh veggies and other grocery items that are difficult to get on Caye Caulker.

San Pedro, Ambergris Caye January 6th

  Alleyway leading to Mayan Princess, where we stayed the night.
  Kids playing with Egan. This happens all the time!
  San Pedro Front Street
  Egan in our rented golf cart.