Chard Cantaloupe Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing

Cantaloupe will continue to soften once picked, but it won’t get any sweeter. Leaving it on the vine as long as possible gives you the sweetest flavor.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Luckily if you use the tips in the video, it’s easy to tell when cantaloupe is ripe. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here are some signs it’s not ripe yet: ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ • Rind is green or gray⁣⁣ •“Netting” on cantaloupe is smooth⁣⁣ •Stem has to be forcibly removed from melon⁣⁣ •End opposite of stem is hard⁣⁣ •No aroma⁣⁣ •Green vines⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Here are a couple of signs you waite