Watermelon Feta Salad is the perfect summer salad with spicy arugula, sweet watermelon and mint, tangy vinegar, and salty feta.
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This couldn't be much easier.
The hardest part is cutting up the watermelon and trying not to eat it all before you can make the salad.
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I bought a large seedless watermelon that was about 10 pounds and used half of it for this salad. It makes a lot so you can cut the recipe in half if desired.
To make the salad, you'll just chop up a sweet onion {Vidalia onions are great in this} and let it marinate in some red wine vinegar and olive oil. Let that sit while you cut up your watermelon.
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I measured out the watermelon and for 5 pounds, I got about 20 cups of watermelon. It sounds like a lot but this salad is really delicious and you'll want a big serving.
Feel free to play around with the amount of mint and/or feta in your recipe.
The original recipe calls for less mint but I like it a lot and added almost twice as much.
It also called for more oil but found it definitely didn't need it and cut it way back.
Since I am forever trying to increase people's veggie intake, I decided to serve my Watermelon Feta Salad over a bed of arugula. And it was perfect!
The watermelon releases a little bit of its own juice along with the red wine vinegar and olive oil to make a lot of extra dressing which is delicious when tossed with arugula {note: the longer this sits, the more juice/dressing will accumulate from the watermelon}.
And the flavors... spicy arugula with the sweet watermelon & mint, tangy vinegar, and salty feta... oh ma gah!
Needless to say, I ate almost half the batch in one day.
This is an excellent side dish for the summer or make a larger serving and top it with some grilled chicken. Yum!
Watermelon Feta Salad
Ingredients
- 1 vidalia onion diced
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 5 lb watermelon cubed
- ½ cup mint
- 4 oz feta crumbled
Instructions
- Add the onion, red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper to a bowl {plastic or glass}. Stir well and let sit while you chop the watermelon.
- Chop the watermelon (or use a melon baller) and add to the bowl with the onion. Stir together well.
- Stir in mint and crumbled feta. Taste and add extra salt or pepper if desired.
- Great served over or tossed with arugula. Enjoy!
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