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One of the best ways to eat healthy is to keep your eyes peeled for recipes that stretch your comfort zone.
Watermelon and Feta Salad
Typically, you won’t see me eating fruit unless it’s berries, apricots or cantaloupe. But these days, I’m trying to change my ways and stretch my comfort zone with fruit packed recipes.
Watermelon and Feta Salad
I’ve seen more than one watermelon salad recipe that intrigued me, and after thinking about it awhile, I decided to whip up my own.
Watermelon and Feta Salad
Watermelon and Feta Salad
This watermelon salad couldn’t be any easier to prepare. Watermelon, garbanzo beans, spicy red onion, walnuts and feta cheese. Simple ingredients with big impact.
Toss your creation with an easy Dijon mustard vinaigrette to balance out that sweet watermelon, and you have a new twist on the same old fruit salad - a salad this non-fruit lover will eat.
Happy, healthy cooking!
Ingredients
- 4 cups watermelon
- ¾ cup garbanzo beans
- ¾ cup red onion, thinly sliced
- ½ cup walnut pieces, toasted
- 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 1 tablespoon walnut oil
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ cup low fat feta cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Combine champagne vinegar, walnut oil and Dijon mustard in a small bowl.
- In a larger bowl gently toss remaining ingredients and then gently mix in dressing.
- Chill for 15 minutes.
Notes
Calories: 290 Weight Watchers PointsPlus 8 Total Fat: 16.95g Cholesterol: 16mg Sodium: 353mg Total Carbs: 27.35g Dietary Fiber: 4.10g Sugars: 11.93g Protein: 8.45g
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This is a perfect summer salad. I like the extra crunchiness from the walnuts.
Angie@Angie’s Recipes recently posted…Pearled Spelt Zucchini Salad with Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette
I kept seeing watermelon and feta salads so thought I would try my own. It really was a tasty combination.
Woo hoo! I picked up a gorgeous watermelon this week and have just been staring at it. Maybe its meant to be saladized
Love me some feta!
Parsley Sage recently posted…Rum Point Club
You’ll have to let me know if you make this salad, or if you make up your own. I’d love to try another version with watermelon again. It was really a refreshing salad.
Looks like a very healthy and delicious salad – the mix of fruit, beans and feta cheese with a tangy vinaigrette sounds very tempting!
Andrea recently posted…French Fridays with Dorie – Café-Style Grated Carrot Salad
I turned it into a meal thanks to the beans. It was still good the next day for an easy lunch.
Nice combo! I’ve never tried watermelon with feta – it should be wonderful. Watermelon and goat cheese can be a pretty nice combo. Super recipe – thanks.
kitchenriffs recently posted…Healthy Edamame and Bean Salad
I think I’d like the watermelon and goat cheese even better – a bit creamier texture. I’ll try that next time!
I have been intrigued by watermelon salads, too…especially ones paired with feta. I will have to try this combination soon
Liz recently posted…Warm Scallop Salad with Corn, Nectarines and Basil~
It’s amazing. You would never picture feta and watermelon pairing well, but it does.
I made a watermelon feta salad this summer too with a drizzle of balsamic and surprisingly loved it as well
Bree recently posted…Seared Scallops With Pineapple Avocado Salsa
It sounds like a crazy combination, but it works, right?
I will have to try that one. I had one similar this summer, but it didn’t have the walnuts in it. I love walnuts and I’m sure it’s a wonderful addition.
Jenny (VintageSugarcube) recently posted…Bollywood Bliss [Peach Chutney]
Walnut oil really is perfect with this if you’re a walnut lover.
Way to stretch outside your comfort zone. That’s how I felt about the raw corn salad! I love it when trying something new results in new favorite foods.
Mary recently posted…Beer Battered Halibut
I know what you mean. We live in farm country and the first time I served my husband a black bean and fresh corn salsa he was at first skeptical, but then ate the whole bowl!
Love the garbanzo beans with the feta and watermelon. They make it a bit more substantial. Thanks for stretching my comfort zone, Kristi!
This recipe stretched my comfort zone for sure, but the husband ate an entire bowl. Probably because of the watermelon and not the garbanzo beans.
Yummy! Even better the next day.
This is a new favorite for us! It is easy to throw together on a weeknight, and it’s a hit.
That’s a great mix of savory ingredients to contrast the watermelon. I tend to eat my watermelon straight with a bit of salt but I’m definitely intrigued by the chickpeas and feta accent.
Food Jaunts recently posted…Jamaican Red Bean Stew (Slow Cooker)
It seemed crazy to me too, but that salty feta might be right up your alley.
That’s just how I like my salads! Simple ingredients that have a great impact on taste. This is a wonderful recipe, K!
Baker Street recently posted…#MuffinMonday: Graham Cracker and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
I totally agree – sweet watermelon and salty feta ended up being a good combination.
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