Watermelon Salad with Feta and Cucumbers

 

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Cucumbers and Mint Vinaigrette

Cook's Notes: A healthy salad recipe to make at the height of summer when watermelon and cucumbers are at their juiciest and most flavorful. Feta adds the perfect creamy, salty, tangy edge, and mint makes this salad taste even brighter. This is one easy side salad you'll want to serve at all your summer BBQs. The recipe serves four. 

Ingredients:

• 5 cups cubed seedless watermelon, patted dry on a paper towel
• 1 English cucumber, chopped
• 6 ounces feta cheese, cut into 3/4-inch cubes, or use feta crumbles
• Fresh mint
• 1/2 cup red onion slices
• Optional: 4 cups of arugula
• Flaky sea salt

Directions

• Combine 5 cups watermelon, 1 cucumber, 6 ounces feta, and 1/2 cup onion slices in a large bowl.
• Gently stir in 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes or up to 2 hours. Drain before arranging on a plate of arugula or just serve the salad in a bowl. Add feta and a few spoonfuls of the remaining vinaigrette if needed.
• Sprinkle with sea salt right before serving.

Mint Vinaigrette Recipe from CookieandKate.com

Cook's Notes:
It would pair well with any of the following ingredients:
Greens: kale, arugula, romaine, spring greens
Berries: blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
Melon: watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe
Peaches, Radishes, tomatoes, peppers, fresh herbs, cucumbers
Beans: chickpeas, lentils
Ingredients: 

• ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil 
• ½ cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
• ¼ cup packed fresh mint (spearmint) leaves 
• 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 10 twists of freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

• In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients and blend until smooth. Taste test to adjust ingredients. This dressing will keep well, covered in a screw type jar, refrigerated for up to 1 week.
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