Watermelon Feta Summer Salad

# Required Ingredients:

01 - 4 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes

02 - 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced

03 - 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped

04 - 3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

05 - 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)

06 - 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

07 - 1/2 teaspoon honey

08 - Pinch of salt

09 - Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

01 - In a large mixing bowl, combine watermelon cubes, red onion slices, and mint leaves.

02 - Whisk together lime juice, olive oil, honey, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl until emulsified.

03 - Drizzle the dressing over the produce mixture and gently toss to coat evenly.

04 - Sprinkle crumbled feta over the salad and toss gently to distribute without breaking the cheese.

05 - Serve immediately, optionally garnished with additional mint leaves.

01 -

It comes together in 15 minutes on the nights when you're too hot to think about cooking.
The contrast of sweet, salty, tangy, and cool textures hits every taste bud at once.
People always ask for the recipe, then act surprised it has so few ingredients.

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Don't dress the salad more than 30 minutes in advance or the watermelon releases too much water and turns the whole thing mushy and oversalted.
The quality of the feta makes an enormous difference—cheap feta tastes soapy and overly salty, but good feta is creamy and balanced.
Always taste your lime dressing before it goes on the salad; it should make you pucker a little bit and taste bright enough that you know it's working.

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Chill your serving bowl before you assemble the salad—cold bowls keep everything fresher longer.
If your watermelon tastes watery instead of sweet, you can brush the lime dressing over the finished salad right at the moment you serve it instead of tossing everything together, so the fruit stays crisp.