Watermelon Salad with Feta Cheese Recipe
This salad is the perfect refreshing salad for hot summer days! Juicy watermelon, crunchy cucumber, salty feta and peppery arugula / rocket all tossed in a tangy 4-ingredient lemon dressing with cooling fresh mint. It’s sweet salty and takes just minutes to make.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 217kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 cups watermelon cut into 1inch / 2.5 cm cubes
- 2 cups Lebanese cucumbers or 1 English or hot house cucumber sliced
- 1/3 cup mint leaves finely chopped
- 2.5 cups baby arugula / rocket
- ¼ small red onion finely chopped
- ½ cup feta 60 gm.
Dressing
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Make dressing: In a small bowl or jam jar, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest and salt. Set aside.
- Cut the melon flesh into 1-inch / 2.5cm chunks and place on your serving plate / bowl. Slice the cucumbers into thin round slices and add to the watermelon with the chopped mint leaves, baby arugula and chopped onion.
- Crumble over the feta cheese.
- Drizzle over the dressing, season to taste, and serve straight away.
Notes
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 367mg | Potassium: 397mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1665IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 146mg | Iron: 1mg