Description
This refreshing Melon and Feta Tetris Salad is a colorful and flavorful dish perfect for summer gatherings or as a light meal. The combination of sweet melons, salty feta, and tangy vinaigrette creates a symphony of flavors that will delight your taste buds.
Ingredients
Salad:
- 2 cups 1 inch cubed watermelon
- 1/4 medium cantaloupe 1 inch cubed
- 1/4 medium honeydew melon 1 inch cubed
- 2 mini or Persian cucumbers cut into 1 inch lengths and trimmed on the sides if needed
- 1 cup 1 inch cubed Feta approximate
- 6–10 radishes cut into 1 inch cubes or thereabout
- 1/3 cup black or kalamata olives
- 1/4 red onion cut into thin rings
- fresh mint chopped for garnish
- flakey sea salt and coarse black pepper for finishing
- 1/2 tsp sumac for finishing
Honey Lemon Vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2–3 tbsp runny honey
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Honey Lemon Vinaigrette, made in advance
Whisk all the vinaigrette ingredients together. Taste and re-season as desired.
This can be stored in the fridge until needed. Bring to room temperature before using.
- Salad
Arrange the melons, cucumbers, feta, and radishes onto a platter.
Scatter the olives and red onions over everything.
Drizzle with the dressing. Finish with the mint and a sprinkling of flakey salt and coarse pepper. This can sit for a while before serving.
If you are preparing this in advance, you may hold off on the mint and salt and pepper. Also, at the very end, sprinkle sumac over everything.
Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge; it keeps quite well.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 24g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 23g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
