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Watermelon, Feta and Arugula Salad

June 12, 2014 by Geraldine 8 Comments

After making agua fresca, I had plenty of watermelon left over so I decided to make a watermelon, feta and arugula salad.  I don’t usually add fresh fruit to my salads – maybe some grapes or an apple – but watermelon?  Who knew that combining sweet juicy watermelon with salty feta would create such a flavorful match?  Add in some spicy arugula and you’ve got a wonderful, simple, tasty salad.

Watermelon-Feta-Arugual-Salad

This is a cool, refreshing salad that’s perfect for a hot summer day.  The combination of pink, white and green makes this an attractive salad and it’s really quick to make.

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A couple of notes:

I used watermelon from a small, seedless watermelon.  If you are using a big watermelon you’ll need to either remove the seeds or only use pieces of the watermelon that don’t have any seeds.

Before adding raw onion to a salad, soak the onion in a little bowl of water while you’re prepping the other ingredients.  A friend just told me this and I can’t believe what a difference it makes to the salad – it eliminates the raw harsh onion taste.  You can also add a little vinegar to the water but it worked fine with just water for me.

Recipe adapted from The Barefoot Contessa’s Arugula, Watermelon and Feta Salad recipe.

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Watermelon, Feta and Arugula Salad

Watermelon-Feta-Arugula-Salad
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A refreshing summer salad with juicy watermelon, salty feta and spicy arugula.

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups cubed seedless watermelon
  • 4 cups of arugula
  • 1/3 cup diced feta cheese
  • 2 tbs minced red onion
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tbs white wine vinegar
  • 6 twists of black pepper from a pepper mill

Instructions

  1. Cut one 1/2″ slice of red onion and add to a small bowl of water to soak while preparing the other ingredients.
  2. Wash and dry arugula and add to a large bowl.
  3. Cut and cube the watermelon and add to the large bowl.
  4. Dice feta and add to the large bowl.
  5. Drain red onion and mince – should equal about 2 tbs – add to the large bowl.
  6. Whisk together 2 tbs olive oil, 1 tbs white wine vinegar and black pepper.
  7. Pour dressing over salad and toss gently.

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Filed Under: 30 minutes or less, Salad Tagged With: Arugula, Feta, Salad, Watermelon

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Comments

  1. Traci | Vanilla And Bean

    June 13, 2014 at 9:02 am

    Lovely site, Geraldine! And this salad sounds wonderful. I am not much of an arugula fan, but I think pairing it with watermelon and feta would balance it nicely. I’ll have to try it! Thank you for the recipe and inspiration! Pinned!

    Reply
    • Geraldine

      June 13, 2014 at 9:24 am

      Thanks so much, Traci! A friend of mine makes a feta and watermelon salad and adds tomato instead of arugula so that might make a good substitution for the arugula if you’re not a big fan.

      Reply
      • Traci | Vanilla And Bean

        June 18, 2014 at 5:52 pm

        Oh, now tomato sounds lovely. Love the idea. I was also thinking about spinach….

        Reply
        • paula r.

          March 5, 2015 at 9:45 am

          love this site. Salads are beautiful, easy & tasty., Also substituting spinich for any green is Perfect

          Thank you, thank you!!

          Reply
          • Geraldine

            March 5, 2015 at 1:51 pm

            Hi Paula – thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. Spinach would definitely work as a substitution in this salad. Hope you enjoy it.

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