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15+ Watermelon Rind Recipes – Sweet & Savory

15th July 2018(Historical) Cooking Recipescake, candied, dairy-free, dessert, fruit, gluten-free, leftovers, recipe, savory, vegan, watermelonLina

Reduce your food waste and turn watermelon rinds into easy, tasty and healthy recipes. More than 15 sweet and savory watermelon rind recipes for you to choose your favorite!

Stop! Don’t toss that watermelon rind! Yes, watermelon rind is edible – it’s also delicious and healthy (more about the benefits of watermelon rind here). You can juice watermelon rind and use the juice instead of water for lemonade, popsicles or pancakes. You can turn the boring rind into delicious watermelon rind candy, fry it like french fries or use the diced watermelon rind as vegetable in stir-fries.

And my blog name doesn’t have the word ‘historically’ in it for nothing! 😉 Most of the watermelon rind recipes are historical recipes – dating back to the Victorian and Edwardian era! Continue reading 15+ Watermelon Rind Recipes – Sweet & Savory →

Deep-Fried Watermelon Rind – Vegan & Gluten-Free

11th July 2018(Historical) Cooking Recipesdairy-free, gluten-free, leftovers, recipe, savory, vegan, watermelonLina

Who thought that kitchen scraps can taste so delicious? Make deep-fried watermelon rind with the part of the fruit that you’d usually toss! Deep-fried watermelon rind is healthier than French fries and just as delicious!

The deep-fried watermelon rind is inspired by Indian pakoras. I used my vegan batter as coating for the watermelon rind – so the fried watermelon rind is vegan and you can make it gluten-free if you want. Continue reading Deep-Fried Watermelon Rind – Vegan & Gluten-Free →

Candied Watermelon Rind

4th July 2018(Historical) Cooking Recipescandied, dairy-free, dessert, edwardian, gluten-free, leftovers, recipe, vegan, watermelonLina

Candied watermelon rind makes a refreshing, lemony treat! Yes, watermelon rind that you’d usually throw away is edible! 😉 It takes some time to make candied watermelon rind – you first have to soak the watermelon rind in salted water, boil it until tender and then candy it – but the end result is totally worth it!

I adapted an Edwardian recipe for candied watermelon rind – below is the original and the adapted recipe.

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