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Basic Watermelon Salad

Basic Watermelon Salad is delicious, refreshing and so EASY to make with only three salad ingredients and a light Lime dressing

Basic Watermelon Salad ~ Delicious and refreshing and so EASY to make #Salad #SummerSalad

Up until a couple of years ago, I never had watermelon as a salad. In a fruit salad for dessert, yes, but never as a proper side salad to meats.

I thought I’ll share a recipe for a very basic watermelon Salad today, with a few optional extras which you can add.

Extras to add to Watermelon Salad :

  • Kalamata Olives
  • Nuts
  • Seeds
  • Baby leaf herbs
  • Mixed lettuce
  • Pickled onions

Most, if not all, food bloggers already know all the ways around watermelon, but sometimes we (read — ME) often forget that non-bloggers read our recipe posts as well.

Not only non-bloggers, but young cooks do as well and as cultures differs so does the way people are used to only certain types of foods seen as normal.

Basic Watermelon Salad

I can almost guarantee you that if I stumbled onto a complexed, herb filled, watermelon recipe a few years ago, I most certainly would have passed.

This basic Watermelon Salad recipe is a great way to sort of introduce oneself to something new, and if all goes well, next time you might add not only one extra ingredient, but a couple.

Basic Watermelon Salad Recipe

Basic Watermelon Salad

Basic Watermelon Salad

Linda Nortje
Basic Watermelon Salad is delicious, refreshing and so EASY to make with only three salad ingredients and a light Lime dressing
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Course Salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups Watermelon cubed
  • 1 Red Onion sliced
  • 1 cup Low-Fat Feta Cheese cubed
  • 3 TB Olive Oil extra virgin
  • 3 TB Lime Juice freshly squeezed
  • Black Pepper to taste
  • ½ cup Fresh Mint Leaves optional

Instructions
 

  • Place the Watermelon, Onion and Feta in a serving dish – toss to mix
  • Mix together the Olive Oil, Lime Juice and Black Lemon Pepper – drizzle over the Watermelon
  • Top with the Mint Leaves (if using) and serve well chilled 

Notes

Optional extras to add include : 
Kalamata Olives, nuts, seeds, baby leaf herbs, mixed lettuce, pickled onions etc.
Nutrition value, where given, is not always accurate. Please also check your ingredient labels.

LINDA

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Mel@Mellywood's Mansion

Friday 4th of July 2014

That looks so yummy and summery

Lara Neves

Thursday 3rd of July 2014

I had never seen anything like this until a couple years ago when my husband and I ate out at a very fancy restaurant and I got a watermelon arugula salad. It was DIVINE! Yours looks really divine, too!

mail4rosey

Thursday 3rd of July 2014

I've never had anything like this, but it does sound tasty!

Seana Turner

Wednesday 2nd of July 2014

So refreshing. I had this when I was a dinner guest once (or something like it...) I had never had it before, and I loved it. I would definitely take it to a summer picnic!

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