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Home » Recipe » Salad/Side » Cucumber Watermelon Feta Salad

Cucumber Watermelon Feta Salad

Updated: August 5, 2020 / Published: August 5, 2020 By Ilona This website contains affiliate links. Read Privacy Policy.

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Refreshing and light watermelon feta salad with sliced cucumber and fresh basil leaves. This watermelon salad is perfect for lunch or parties.

Refreshing cucumber watermelon salad.

Imagine making a quick and simple light salad for your next party with only few ingredients. With minimal effort you can have a delicious side dish for your summer barbecues.

Watermelon Feta Salad Recipe

Texture: juicy, crisp, soft.
Taste: sweet with a hint of lemon and salt.
Simplicity: very quick to make, just cut watermelon and cucumber, make dressing and combine.
Meal Type: party food, luncheon and brunch.

How to make Watermelon Salad

  1. (Full recipe and video below). Gather all ingredients: cubed watermelon, sliced cucumber, feta, chopped fresh basil leaves, olive oil, lemon juice and honey.
  2. In a large bowl combine watermelon, cucumber, feta and basil.
  3. Make a dressing with olive oil, lemon juice and honey.
  4. Mix dressing with the salad.

Step by step how to make salad with cubed watermelons and sliced cucumbers.

Cucumber Watermelon Salad Tips

  • You can remove the skin from cucumber, but this is optional. Mini cucumbers usually have soft skin.
  • Fresh basil leaves taste the best in this recipe, but you can use freeze dried basil as well.
  • Add more salt if you prefer more flavor, feta is already salty, that’s why there is no additional salt in this recipe.

Watermelon salad with cucumber and fresh basil leaves.

Salad Faq’s

What does watermelon salad go with? You can serve the salad by itself as a light lunch or it will go well with chicken for instance Sheet Pan Lemon Pepper Chicken or any type of fish like this  Oven Baked Basa Fish Fillets.

How long can you store watermelon feta salad? You can store the salad in closed container for 2-3 days in the refrigerator. However, the salad taste best on the first day. On the next day the fruit might get a little mushy.

Can we eat watermelon and cucumber together? Yes! cucumbers and watermelons go well together.

Other Salad Recipes

  • Dill Creamy Cucumber Salad
  • Corn and Kale Salad
  • Pomegranate Sunflower Seeds Salad

Salads with fruit, feta, sliced cucumber and basil.
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Perfect for lunch fruit salad with few fresh ingredients cubed watermelons, cucumbers.
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Cucumber Watermelon Feta Salad

Watermelon salad with feta, fresh basil leaves and sliced cucumber.
Prep Time15 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Salad
Cuisine: American
Keyword: watermelon feta salad, watermelon salad
Servings: 5
Calories: 142kcal
Author: Ilona

Ingredients

  • 5 cups watermelon cubed
  • 3/4 cup feta cubed
  • 1 cucumber mini, sliced
  • 10 basil leaves chopped
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. honey

Instructions

  • In a large bowl combine watermelon, feta, cucumber and basil leaves.
  • In a small bowl mix olive oil with lemon juice and honey.
  • Mix in dressing into the salad.

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Notes

  • You can remove the skin from cucumber, but this is optional. Mini cucumbers usually have soft skin.
  • Fresh basil leaves taste the best in this recipe, but you can use freeze dried basil as well.
  • Add more salt if you prefer more flavor, feta is already salty, that's why there is no additional salt in this recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 5gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 254mgPotassium: 266mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 1045IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 130mgIron: 1mg
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