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Watermelon Feta Salad : Super easy and super gorgeous

One of my most favourite things to order in restaurants in the summers - this is a dead simple thing to make at home. Get hold of some good feta, a sweet watermelon and some fresh mint leaves. That's it!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 5 serving
Course: entree
Cuisine: global vegetarian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 cups watermelon (half) a large
  • Handful grapes seedless (optional)
  • 200 - 250 grams feta cheese
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp honey (optional)
  • handful mint leaves freshly plucked and washed (and dried)
  • 1 cucumber (halve lengthwise, remove seeds and cut into half moons)

Method
 

  1. Take a large platter, scatter the watermelon chunks and grapes.
  2. Spoon small chunks of feta and scatter them evenly across platter.
  3. Do the same with the mint leaves and cucumber.
  4. Drizzle olive oil, balsamic vinegar and honey* around the entire platter.
  5. This is one salad that SHOULD NOT be tossed or the feta will become a paste and the salad will look all messed up. Let this sit in the fridge for 10-15 minutes and then serve as it is.

Notes

If the watermelon is sweet, you don't need to use honey.
Learn how to deseed a watermelon in less than 5 minutes:
Top 4 tips for a great Watermelon-Feta salad:
Fresh crisp watermelon.
Reasonably good feta and be generous with it.
Fresh mint leaves - this makes ALL the difference.
DO NOT TOSS.