Spicy Watermelon Feta Salad

"The saltyness of the Feta brings out the flavor and sweetness of watermelon beautifully."
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the watermelon, feta, and black pepper to taste.
  • Add red pepper flakes if you like.
  • Serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. I wasn't that impressed with this. I had a very sweet, juicy, soft watermelon, and melon was the primary flavor without being able to taste much else (so I might have well just eaten some watermelon straight). Also, after sitting out for only a few minutes the feta was swimming in a pool of watery juice. I might have liked it better if it had some other fruits or vegetables in the salad (like cucumbers or onions) to balance it out and make it so there was more to this salad than just watermelon.
     
  2. Like Neohippie, we weren't very impressed by this. It was ok but if I made it again I would cut the watermelon ahead of time and then drain it before adding the feta. It was too watery by the time dinner was over.
     
  3. Made this for a pot luck and it went over very well. I did not use the red pepper flakes. We did have fresh cut mint for those who wanted to add it. We used the feta in a brine.
     
  4. DH always likes salt on his watermelon, so I thought he'd like this. He sure did, but so did I, and I never want salt on my melon! I halved the recipe so it would only serve 3-4. Well, I must admit it only served two. Our watermelon was cut up closer to 1-inch cubes and was very easy to eat. This is such an easy, amazing salad, I think we'll be making it quite often. Thank you so much, JoJoStar!
     
  5. I made this last night for Valentines Day. I cut up the watermelon into small hearts and just topped it with pepper and feta. It looked very cute, and was delicious. Good idea for an anniversary as well. Thank you.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Add some freshly squeezed lime juice!
     
  2. I thought the combination of watermelon and feta was great. I left out the ground pepper and red pepper flakes and added mint instead. Delish. Thanks for giving me a great jumping off point!
     
  3. Everyone really liked this, though they were a bit leery to begin with, I used fresh mint instead of red pepper flakes, also added some red onion, cut the watermelon into cubes the night before and drained it before finishing the salad the next day, very nice !!! will certainly make it again. Thanks
     

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