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Watermelon Feta Salad

Teresa Ambra

Gluten Free Living – 2024

Watermelon Feta Salad was one of the best new recipes I tried in 2023. This lovely refreshing salad includes watermelon, grape or champagne tomatoes, red onion and Feta Cheese in a simple vinaigrette made with olive oil, white balsamic vinegar and sea salt. It’s actually a quick and easy salad to make up. Extra time is needed only if you decide to use a melon baller to shape the watermelon rather than to cut it in chunks for serving.

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Last August, our community group got together after being gone most of the summer. The hostess asked everyone to bring salads since it was so hot. If you’ve suffered through a Texas summer, you know exactly what I mean. Last summer was one of the hottest on record with more 105+ degree days than ever before. I brought a Southwestern Chicken and Cornbread Salad and this delicious Watermelon Feta Salad.

I always like bringing salads that not everyone else brings. Something a little different is my motto! 🙂 Everyone raved over these salads and we had quite a few to choose from that night. Not only does Watermelon Feta Salad present beautifully, but it really tastes scrumptious. Another plus, is that it uses NO sugar and NO gluten. It’s better to serve it the day you prepare it, but I even ate some of it the next day and wasn’t disappointed.

Watermelon Feta Salad is a sensational salad for potlucks and company dinners. Almost everyone will try it and it’s healthy enough that most people will prefer it over other salads laden with calories. Enjoy.

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Watermelon Feta Salad is a light refreshing salad that’s perfect for the hot days of summer.

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Watermelon balls make it pretty, but the balsamic vinaigrette makes it delicious!

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This healthy salad recipe is sugar free, gluten free and low calorie.

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Watermelon Feta Salad is a terrific salad for lunches or salad bar luncheons.

Here’s what I did.

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I used these ingredients. The red bowl contains watermelon balls that were cut in advance.

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Measure out olive oil into a glass measuring cup.

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Add white balsamic vinegar.

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Add sea salt.

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Stir ingredients to combine and pour into a mixing bowl.

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Add grape tomato halves and red onion rings.

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Add arugula lettuce.

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Stir ingredients allowing salad dressing to coat the arugula.

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Add watermelon balls and crumbled Feta cheese.

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Stir again to combine ingredients.

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Transfer ingredients to a trifle dish or serving bowl; serve.

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Watermelon Feta Salad is great to take along to a potluck gathering.

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I had my husband cut up all the watermelon with a melon baller. Then we weighed out exactly two pounds for this recipe.

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Watermelons can be obtained from about April to November in Texas, so we’re able to eat this salad several times during the season.

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This is really a healthy salad recipe. Some may not be able to eat dairy. In that case, consider a “vegan” style Feta cheese.

Here’s the recipe.

WATERMELON FETA SALAD

(Recipe adapted from All Recipes)

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Watermelon Feta Salad

Teresa Ambra
Watermelon Feta Salad is a light and refreshing salad that's perfect for summer days, potlucks or company dinners. This one includes watermelon, grape tomatoes and Feta Cheese along with an easy homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette. It's not only festive and beautiful to look at, it's incredibly delicious and so irresistible you're going to want more than one serving!
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course fruit, Salads and Salad Dressings
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 106 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 trifle dish or serving bowl
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 melon baller
  • 1 sharp knife to halve tomatoes and slice red onion
  • 1 whisk

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 tsp. white balsamic vinegar or champagne vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt
  • 10 oz. container grape tomatoes halved (or champagne tomatoes, halved)
  • 3 cups arugula
  • 1/3 cup red onion sliced and separated into rings (original recipe used one cup)
  • 2 lbs. watermelon balls or chunks (seeded)
  • 4 oz. Feta cheese crumbled (or more, if desired)

Instructions
 

  • Whisk olive oil, balsamic vinegar and salt in a mixing bowl (or serving bowl).
  • Add grape tomatoes, arugula and red onion and stir to combine.
  • Gently stir in watermelon and Feta Cheese.
  • Serve.

Notes

NOTE: I used a melon baller rather than cutting the watermelon in chunks.
 
NOTE: The original recipe called for one cup of sliced red onion. I thought that would overpower the salad so I lowered the amount to 1/3 cup. We found this amount completely satisfactory without being overpowering.
 
Recipe adapted from All Recipes.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 106kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 229mgPotassium: 207mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 943IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 76mgIron: 1mg
Keyword company salad, feta cheese, grape tomatoes, red onion, salad, watermelon
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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The flavors of the salad dressing add just the right touch to the other ingredients in the recipe.

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Watermelon Feta Salad is a marvelous side dish for almost any meal.

Watermelon Feta Salad | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this fantastic #salad is #healthy, #SugarFree, #GlutenFree & #LowCalorie. It's fabulous to whip up for potlucks or company but easy enough for everyday menus. The combination of flavors with the #SaladDressing is mouthwatering & irresistible. #watermelon #GrapeTomatoes #FetaCheese #BalsamicVinaigrette #WatermelonFetaSalad

If you’re having company for dinner, this is beautiful served out of a trifle dish.

Watermelon Feta Salad | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this fantastic #salad is #healthy, #SugarFree, #GlutenFree & #LowCalorie. It's fabulous to whip up for potlucks or company but easy enough for everyday menus. The combination of flavors with the #SaladDressing is mouthwatering & irresistible. #watermelon #GrapeTomatoes #FetaCheese #BalsamicVinaigrette #WatermelonFetaSalad

Because of the watermelon, even kids enjoy this tasty salad.

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4 Comments

  • emoji

    April 2, 2024 at 6:10 am

    5 stars
    It sounds like a great meeting! It’s excellent that the hostess invited everyone to bring salads, especially given the hot Texas weather. Your Southwestern Chicken and Cornbread Salad and Watermelon Feta Salad sound delectable and refreshing. I hope everyone loved the variety of salads served during the occasion!

    1. Teresa Ambra

      April 2, 2024 at 12:54 pm

      Thank you. They did enjoy the salads. Thanks for stopping by.

  • fnaf 2

    March 10, 2024 at 11:58 pm

    5 stars
    Love this salad because it’s delicious and healthy. This is the best choice for summer.

    1. Teresa Ambra

      March 13, 2024 at 7:55 pm

      It is a good choice. We really enjoyed it.

5 from 2 votes

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