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The Easiest Salad You’ll Make This Summer

watermelon salad

With summer in full force, we are loving fresh, light food that doesn’t take long to make! This watermelon salad is so good, can be ready in five minutes and the best part is your kids will love it, too! It started as a salad we have pinned on our Pinterest board “Easy Side Dishes“. But we’ve made it so many times that now we have our own version!

We think this would be a great option to bring to a 4th of July party!

Outfit Details

Dress is old, but linking a few similar and salad bowl here:

Summer Watermelon Salad

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups seedless watermelon, cut in bite size chunks
  • 1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint, cut into thin ribbons
  • 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • Coarsely ground sea salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions:

  • Mix the olive oil and balsamic together to make a light vinaigrette.
  • Combine watermelon, feta and mint and toss with the vinaigrette. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Cheers,

Stia, Jean and Katherine

watermelon feta salad

watermelon and feta salad

Happy Summer!  With summer officially in full swing, we spent the weekend outside by the pool relaxing.  Grilling out by the pool is our favorite way to cook during the summer and this weekend was no different.  In our opinion, dining al fresco is the best, and while the weather is still cool enough, we are taking full advantage of it!  We love to set the table with a tablecloth and fresh flowers, cloth napkins and silverware.   The guys grilled steak (for them) and salmon (for us) and we made one of our favorite go-to summer dishes: watermelon and feta salad.

One of the reasons we love this salad is because it is so easy to make, but we also love it because we get to use produce that is in season.  It is a composed salad, plated and prepared individually for each person.  One of our favorite sites to find recipes by searching for key ingredients is Epicurious.  We find that their ratings and comments are really accurate, and we have found some great new recipes this way, like this salad.  We served this as a side dish for Father’s Day yesterday, but it is so easy to add some grilled chicken or steak and serve this as the main course!

Watermelon and Feta Salad:

Ingredients:

  • 1 5-ounce package salad greens (we used organic baby kale)
  • 8 cups 3/4-inch cubes seedless watermelon
  • 1 7-ounce package feta cheese, crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar glaze

Preparation:

Arrange salad greens on each plate. Scatter watermelon, then feta over. Drizzle with balsamic glaze and sprinkle with pepper.

Ingredient tip: Balsamic vinegar glaze can be found in the vinegar section at many supermarkets. If unavailable, boil 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan until reduced to 3 tablespoons, 6 to 7 minutes.  So easy!

Cheers,