I came across this recipe one hot, lazy afternoon. Don’t be put off by the ingredients; they combine to create a delicious and reviving salad. Try it now, and you might be in for a pleasant surprise!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup halved, thinly sliced red onion
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 ½ quarts seeded, cubed watermelon
- ¾ cup crumbled feta cheese
- ½ cup pitted black olive halves
- 1 cup chopped fresh mint
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Place the onion slices in a small bowl with the lime juice. The acid of the lime will mellow the flavor of the raw onion. Let stand for 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine the watermelon cubes, feta cheese, black olives, onions with the lime juice, and mint. Drizzle olive oil over it all, and toss to blend. Dig in and be prepared for a pleasant surprise!
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 157 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 17 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 315 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Just can’t tell you how much we enjoyed this for lunch after a half day of yard work in the 90’s. This is a combo of ingredients that totally work together, one complementing the other, without one dominating. Just follow the recipe, no tweaking necessary on this one. Simply refreshing, completely satisfying, and now has earned its spot in my Favorite Salads category.
This is the best!!! Even my son who refuses “healthy food” could not get enough !!!!
ok, gets very Watery..Not worth the effort of cutting everything up.
Made for a book club meeting and most everyone asked for the recipe. Will make it again but with nicoise olives.
This was amazing!
This was delicious and refreshing. I would not change a thing. Don’t scrimp on the mint — use it! This recipe is already a new summer favorite.
Love this salad!!! All 5 of my children ask for it every week in the summer. I marinate the onions in a little extra lime juice, but make everything else as written.
This was great, it’s my new favourite summer salad, wouldn’t change a thing
I omitted the olives and red onion and it was still delicious!
Loved this! Slightly reworked the recipe… Used basil because I didn’t have mint. Omitted onion because i don’t love onion. Used only 1 TBSP olive oil. LOVE!
WOW! What a mixture. Definitely one for the box.
I have made this many times and found it good. However, now I am diabetic and would like to know the nutritional value. Please help.
Amazing just as it is! Beautiful combination of flavors, new favorite to bring for parties…always a crowd pleaser!
I absolutely love this salad. I have made it twice, both times others were skeptical Those who tried it generally liked it. I ate the left-overs myself 🙂 and I did not mind one bit. Note this gets watery fast- mix right before serving.
I also used kalamata olives. Used vadalia onion because that’s what I had. Absolutely loved this!
So good…my husband loved it!! And so perfect for summer. It’s so refreshing! A keeper fo sho ??
This was super easy to make and refreshing to eat!!
This was really nice and we all ate it and enjoyed it which is rare in our house. I cut the onion into fine rings with a mandolin and that worked well
The mint ruined it for me. If I ever do make this again, I’ll try cilantro. Other than the mint, the salad was very fresh and interesting.
LOVE this salad. Make it all the time, although I don’t put any olives in.
I used beautiful, fresh ingredients and soaked the onion as suggested. It was a disastrous mess. The onions were still very strong. The juices it rendered were not very appealing. I wish I could make helpful suggestions, but I couldn’t think of a way to improve this combo. I will stick to watermelon slices, fresh and summery!