Melbourne is having a hot, humid and slightly damp spell. The sort of weather where you get out your coolest dress, worry about the garden wilting and welcome thunderstorms to clear the air. It is the sort of weather for salads. I would recommend this watermelon, mint and feta salad.
When I was young I hated watermelon. I still dislike a fruit salad that
is filled with melon. These days I have come around to watermelon. It
has its moments! I can now appreciate the sticky juice dripping down
your chin on a hot day. Yet Sylvia wants me to buy it too often. And
too often it sits forgotten at the back of the fridge. In an attempt to
avoid such neglect, I finally tried the ubiquitous watermelon salad.
As a little bonus, it used up lots of mint from the garden too.
The day I made this it was to serve with a leftover salad which had not lasted the distance. So we ate it with spinach and spiced nuts. It was a nice easy meal on the first day of the school holidays but would have been better with a wider range of salads. We had a similar salad at my mum's over Christmas and it was much better as part of a selection of salads.
It looks like New Year's Eve tomorrow wont be so hot as the last few days. However if you are like me and just discovered NYE is Saturday and not Sunday, you would probably welcome a simple salad to add to the festive table. And now that I have discovered that the year ends tomorrow, I can safely say this will be my last post of 2016. Wishing you and yours a happy and safe New Year's Eve and I will be back next year.
More watermelon recipes from Green Gourmet Giraffe:
Watermelon, banana, strawberry, peach juice (gf, v)
Watermelon curry (gf, v)
Watermelon monster (gf, v)
Watermelon, mint and feta salad
Adapted from
Serious Eats
Serves 4 or more
900g watermelon, trimmed and cut into chunks
1/4 cup of mint leaves (loosely packed)
1/2 lime, juiced
1 tbsp olive oil
50g feta cheese
salt and pepper to season
Trim rind off watermelon and cut flesh into chunks. If your mint leaves are large (mine weren't) roughly chop. Mix watermelon with mint, lime juice and olive oil. Arrange on a large shallow bowl. Scatter with crumbled feta. Season.
On the Stereo:
Matilda the Musical: Soundtrack
Have a great year in 2017!
ReplyDeletebest... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Thanks Mae - best to you too
DeleteI've had a similar Watermelon and feta salad bookmarked forever, since i started blogging - can't remember if its because of Nigella Lawson, whoever its one i will have to make come summer.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, if you I don't get round later to wish it.
Thanks Shaheen - it is the most common way I see watermelon in a salad - perhaps because of nigella - it is wonderfully summery!
DeleteIt has been too long since I had this refreshing salad! So perfect for this muggy weather. Happy New Year to you, E and Sylvia!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lorraine - yep it is watermelon salad weather
DeleteLooks like a great salad. It is hot and humid where I am too. I adore Matilda - I took my mum to see it in Brisbane this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cakelaw - glad you enjoyed Matilda - we are listening to the soundtrack a lot - Sylvia got it for Christmas - and falling in love with the show all over again
DeleteIt took me many years to come around to watermelon in a salad too but it was certainly lovely to have one on Christmas Day. Cheers to a great blogging year for you and I look forward to your 2017 blog posts!
ReplyDeleteThanks Faye - it took me years to come around to watermelon in anything but I am beginning to understand it. I was interested to see your watermelon salad for Christmas Day - would love to see the recipe
DeleteThis sounds so well suited to Australian summer. It's also sparked a watermelon craving in me despite it being very much not summer here!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kari - I can eat watermelon in summer but have no desire for it in winter so your craving makes me think you were just craving summer :-)
DeleteI adore watermelon! But I have never had it with cheese. It sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI am of course very jealous of your hot weather.... but soon (hopefully) things will start to warm here too. Watermelon is the perfect refresher, but these days I always go for the seedless ones! xx
Thanks Kate - I sort of miss those big black stones but I don't really enjoy spitting them out - before you know it you will be facing warm weather and watermelon and a chance to make this salad :-)
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