This delicious salad goes well with a barbecue. We enjoy it best when paired with applewood smoked ribs and a refreshing white lady gin cocktail. It is a traditional summer dish from Toronto that takes its name from Danforth Avenue, where a sizable Greek population resides. Not sure when it was created, but as children growing up in north Toronto in the 1980s, we consumed it frequently. Yummy.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 mini cucumbers, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- ½ mini watermelon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- ½ cup crumbled feta cheese, preferably Bulgarian
- ½ cup chopped fresh mint, plus more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
- 1 Persian lime, juiced
- ¼ cup chopped toasted walnuts (Optional)
Instructions
- Combine cucumber, watermelon, strawberries, feta cheese, mint, and basil in a bowl; carefully mix to combine. Squeeze lime juice on top. Sprinkle salad with walnuts and garnish with additional mint leaves before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 167 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 212 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |