Fresh & sweet watermelon, crispy cucumber, spicy jalapenos tossed together with feta cheese and simple olive oil dressing for a refreshing salad!
This salad is my new favorite way to eat fruits. I can literally live on this salad. The sweetness from fresh watermelon, crunchy cucumbers, spicy jalapenos and little kick from red onion goes along perfectly well together. Add creamy feta cheese and a zingy simple olive oil dressing and you have a gorgeous color packed salad ready in minutes.
It’s not really a dressing if I say so. Basically you just mix olive oil, salt and pepper and little sweetener and there is the so-called dressing. I know you might think what a joke but I am telling you here only simple things are more than enough because the fruits & veggies are the star of this salad and not the dressing.But if you feel like, you can go ahead and give a good squeeze of lime/lemon juice to brighten up things little more.
On personal front as I told you yesterday, I am visiting my family, so today I have not done any real cooking but if you count making endless cups of coffee, driving early morning to get burger king breakfast (So good!) and roaming around to get that perfect fresh fish and eating my weight in bean tostadas a lot of work then I won’t fight! We are almost half way through the week so let’s give ourselves a little break with this delicious salad!
Help in spreading the word!
Follow along for lot more delicious treats and life happenings on INSTAGRAM || FACEBOOK || PINTEREST
- 4 cups freshly chopped watermelon ( chopped or scooped out, I scooped them out in small balls using a small scoop)
- 1 cup cucumber (peeled & chopped or scooped out)
- 1 jalapeno chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 red onion, chopped in thin slices
- 1/4 cup feta cheese
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- Salt, black pepper to taste
- Pinch of sugar or honey or maple syrup
- lemon/lime juice (optional)
- In a bowl, mix olive oil, salt, pepper and sweetener. Stir until all mixed and taste and adjust seasoning. You can even add few drops of lime/lemon juice if desired.
- In a large bowl, add watermelon, cucumber, red onion, cilantro and jalapeno. Stir it around and just before serving add the dressing.
More Simple Recipes:
Amy , it look so refreshing and alkaline salad, nice combination.
Thanks!!
Hi Ami, beautiful salad, I could eat this all day long. Sounds like you are really close to your family (after following your blog for awhile). So nice!
Awwww thanks Cheri 🙂
I love watermelon/feta salad, and this version looks even better with the cucumbers and jalapenos!
Hehe thanks girl!
oh its like summer in a bowl. Lovely colours but i loved the addition of jalapeno the most, it must have given a new dimension to this salad:)
Thanks Shweta!!
What a refreshing spring salad! I love that you added some jalapeños to this dish for a little heat. It’s perfectly balanced. 😀
Thanks Erin!
This is my favorite summer salad! I love watermelon and tomatoes together, they’re so refreshing. I just so happen to have a watermelon in the fridge. Guess what I’m making for breakfast? 🙂 Pinned!
Yohoo and thanks for pinning!!
This salad is so pretty!! Plus it just sounds like summer in a salad, how light and refreshing!
Thanks Shelby!
Wow, this salad seriously looks SO refreshing! This would be so amazing straight from the fridge on a hot summer day. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
Jess now I wish I had this in my fridge!