Greek Watermelon Salad with Feta Recipe 

Creating your Greek watermelon salad with feta cheese is perfect for hot summer days and a great way to use watermelon during the season. If you’re in watermelon season this recipe is for you!

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All you need is a large bowl and simple ingredients to make this easy healthy salad that is full of vibrant color.

This easy watermelon salad perfectly combines simple ingredients like salty feta cheese, cool cucumbers, and sweet watermelon, making it the perfect refreshing summer salad.

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Refreshing summer salads are delicious when paired with delicious homemade dressing.

Even better the quality ingredient can enhance the flavor of your Greek watermelon salad. Try buying a watermelon from a local farmer or try growing your cucumbers.

Crisp cucumbers and watermelon are the main ingredients that create the cooling taste and feta cheese brings both ingredients together. 

Greek Watermelon Salad Video

What you’ll need

Greek watermelon salad ingredients

• 2 cups Watermelon (cubed) -Seedless watermelon would be best
• 1 small/medium cucumber (chopped)
• 1/2 red onion (sliced)
• 1 cup crumbled Feta cheese
• Great addition ingredients 
• ½ Frozen peach (optional)
• ½ cup blueberries or olives (optional)

Greek watermelon salad dressing

• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 limes juice
• 1 hand full of dill
• Pinch of salt
• Tools
• Bowl
• Mixing utensils
• Measuring cup
• Grater (optional)

How to pick and cut a ripe watermelon.

You will find various ways to pick the best ripe watermelon from your local store or farmer. If you pick the right watermelon, you will get a watermelon with high water content and sweet flavor. 

There are 3 things you will need to look for when you approach any watermelon, you’re interested in.

1. Look for a hollow sound when tapping on a watermelon. This means the watermelon is full of water.
2. Then look at the top of the watermelon find the belly button and make sure it is a brown color
3. Last check the side of a watermelon and find the brightest yellow spot which shows the side where the watermelon has lying when growing

If you follow all these instructions on picking a ripe watermelon so you can get the best type of sweetness of the watermelon you choose.

Four steps to cutting a ripe watermelon

1. Make sure the knife you are using is bigger than the width of your watermelon
2. Cut each side off your watermelon
3. Place the watermelon upright and shave off along the outside off removing only the watermelon rind.
4. Cut the watermelon in half and cut it in whatever shapes you want, like cubes, strips, etc.

Step-by-step instructions

How to Make Greek Watermelon Salad

Cut up all the ingredients

Add the ingredients to a bowl and add the optional ingredients if you like. 

Grate about 2 tbs of a frozen peach if you want to add more of a cooling flavor

Mix all watermelon dressing ingredients in a cup or container and pour over the salad.

Mix all and enjoy the delicious watermelon salad recipe

Different variations of watermelon Greek salad

Make this watermelon salad your own by playing with the ingredients and seeing what type of flavor you like the best.

Below are the different types of ways you can mix ingredients to make a watermelon feta salad recipe.

1^st variation:

• watermelon
• cucumbers
• feta cheese
• fresh mint

2^nd variation

watermelon 

• blueberries
• feta cheese
• red onion
• mint leaves

3^rd variation

• watermelon 
• olives
• feta cheese
• basil leaves

4^th variation

• watermelon 
• red onion
• feta cheese
• any fresh herbs

FAQ

What to eat with watermelon feta salad?

You can have watermelon feta salad with any main dish that consists of lean protein, or fish. This dish is great for any summer BBQ with hot dogs and burgers as well.

This recipe with be one of your favorite summer salads when paired with any main dishes below. 

Some examples are:

• Lambchop dish
• marinated chicken skewers
• chicken burger
• any chicken and rice dish 
• Grilled chicken grilled 
• steak 
• shrimp dishes 
• All types of tacos

Why does watermelon and feta taste good together?

The combination of red onion, creamy feta cheese, salty flavors, lime juice, and juicy watermelon greatness is a surprisingly delicious recipe that will make you reach the bottom of the bowl. 

All these ingredients taste good together because they bring all types of flavors that are a perfect balance of salty greek flavors, and sweet.

why is Greek salad so healthy?

Greek salad overall is a nutrient-dense salad that consists of a lot of antioxidants, and amazing fats, and is it a great whole food type of dish.

Greek salad can be labeled part of the Mediterranean diet which is associated with great whole-food recipes that can reduce many diseases we see in the Western world today.

As for Greek watermelon feta salad, this dish is very Hydrating and also has great nutritional value.

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