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Jun162020

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

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Say HELLO TO SUMMER YUM with this Watermelon Berry Feta Salad! Watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries mixed into a refreshing & delicious salad topped with fresh mint, feta cheese, and a honey-lime glaze. Kick it up a notch with a balsamic drizzle too!

This has been one of my all-time favorite summer salads! It’s light, refreshing, and definitely, one that’s perfect for a hot and humid day!

It’s the salad that quenches your thirst!

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Keep an open mind!

This is one of those fruit salads that is anything but ‘typical‘. Honestly, the only that makes it not typical is the feta cheese.

I know, I know it’s weird but trust me. it’s AMAZING!

Don’t act like Mr. Fantabulous and refuse to try it as it’s not normal.

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Let’s Talk Ingredients

  • Fruit – Fresh watermelon, blueberries, and strawberries
  • Cheese – Feta either in the block that you crumble or pre-crumbled
  • Mint – Mint adds a fresh and bright flavor to the dish. It can be strong so you can always use less to start with
  • Honey – Taste your fruit first. If it’s super sweet, add less. You can always add more if you need to later on
  • Lime Juice – use a fresh lime as I find it has a better flavor
  • Salt – you need a little bit of salt to help balance out the sweetness and help elevate the flavors
  • Balsamic Vinegar – I, personally, love this addition to the salad. It adds such depth of flavor. But it has to be a HIGH QUALITY thick balsamic vinegar like this one!
  • Tequila – it’s totally optional but just a splash or two of tequila helps liven up the drizzle

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

This is one of those try it, you might like it recipes.

Okay, if you don’t like feta cheese then you may not like it but you can totally use a different cheese.

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Honey Lime Drizzle with (tequila)

The booze is totally optional but I really liked the tequila undertone in it. It added some great warm notes.

This drizzle you can tailor to your liking for sweetness.

If your fruit is super sweet, you can cut back on the honey. Mine was sweet but because the lime was super sour, I added 3 tablespoon of honey.

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

The drizzle you can make ahead of time, same with the fruit salad itself.

However, I wouldn’t add the drizzle to the salad until right before serving.
  Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

How to Serve

  • Immediately – If you’re serving this immediately, pour the drizzle over and serve right away.
  • Later – do not add the drizzle to the fruit and put away in the fridge or set out. Store the salad without the drizzle in a covered bowl in the fridge. When you’re ready to serve, strain the salad for any fruit juices given off and discard or serve in a punch. Add the drizzle then serve.

When you cut fresh fruit, it starts to automatically start to create juices. If you were to add the drizzle to the cut fruit and not serve it right away, the fruit would start to give off more liquid making the salad watery.

It would also dilute the drizzle.

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Adding Balsamic Vinegar

To add or not to add… honestly, it’s totally your call. Sometimes I add it, sometimes I don’t. It’s equally delicious either way.

Two things are important when adding the balsamic vinegar:

  1. Use a HIGH quality thick balsamic vinegar. It has to be thick, almost syrupy. This is my absolute FAVORITE brand!
  2. Add it right before serving or put it on the side for folks to add themselves.

Balsamic vinegar with fruit helps bring out the natural sweetness of the fruit. The contrast of the zing adds refined flavor.

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Every time I see this salad or make it, I can’t help but smile.

It just reminds me of summer. It’s so cool and refreshing.

Plus it’s AMAZING!

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

As I said, my husband refused to try it!

I love this salad but apparently, in the million years we’ve been together he’s never seen me eat it. This to me is the best summer salad as it has watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, feta, mint, a tequila lime honey glaze, and balsamic vinegar (sometimes I add, sometimes I don’t).

His face, when I put the feta and balsamic on, was PRICELESS!

It was as if I could hear his thoughts of “OMG what the hell are you doing??? You’re ruining it!!! That’s just not right! Wait! Did she do it to all the fruit????” as he proceeded to get up, open the fridge to check then sigh a relief. He then just walked away, shaking his head.

  Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Recipe Substitutions  

  • Fruit – watermelon is a must. Other than that, you could add blackberries, raspberries, even peaches
  • Herbs – if you don’t like mint, you can omit it or add fresh basil
  • Cheese – not a feta fan? Go with goat cheese, queso fresco or tofu
  • Honey – date paste, agave nectar, maple syrup or any keto-friendly syrup

Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Salad Enhancements

Want to turn this into a meal?

  • Add greens – arugula or spring mix greens
  • Add a protein – grilled skirt steak, chicken or shrimp
  • Add veggies – cucumbers, red onions, peppers
  • Add acid – olives or capers work really well

  Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

Looking for more Summer Recipes?

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  • Rainbow Tomato & Grilled Corn Salad

  • My Famous Stuffed Cabbages

  • Grilled Watermelon Caprese Skewers

  • Tropical Chicken

  • Salsa Fresca

  • Cheesy Pickle Pinwheels

  • Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

  • Party Cherry Pie Bars for a Crowd

  • Orange Cream Ice Box Pie

  • The Best Stuffed Banana Peppers

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Watermelon Berry Feta Salad

  • Author: TKWAdmin
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 5
  • Total Time: 20
  • Category: salads, fresh fruit, summer
  • Method: no cook
  • Cuisine: summer, salads

Say HELLO TO SUMMER YUM with this Watermelon Berry Feta Salad! Watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries mixed into a refreshing & delicious salad topped with fresh mint, feta cheese, and a honey-lime glaze. Kick it up a notch with a balsamic drizzle too!

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Ingredients

Salad

  • 8 cups cubed seedless watermelon
  • 1 cup fresh blueberries
  • 1 1/2 cups halved strawberries
  • 6–7 large mint leaves, chopped small
  • 4 ounces of feta, crumbled

Drizzle

  • 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice (about 1 whole lime)
  • 3–4 tablespoon honey (if your fruit is super sweet, use less)
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon tequila *optional

Additional

  • HIGH QUALITY thick Balsamic Vinegar *optional but it’s AMAZING in this salad

Instructions

  1. For the Honey Lime Drizzle: In a small bowl whisk together the honey, lime, sea salt, and optional tequila until well combined. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl add the watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, feta, and mint. Gently toss to combine.
  3. If serving immediately, pour over the honey-lime glaze and gently toss. Drizzle on some balsamic vinegar and serve. If serving later, put the salad in the fridge WITHOUT the honey-lime drizzle and cover. Right before serving, add the drizzle and balsamic vinegar.
18835 g160.5 mg3.2 g41.1 g3.6 g11.1 mg

Keywords: Watermelon Berry Feta Salad, watermelon blueberry fetal salad, best summer salad, beat the heat fruit salad, balsamic watermelon, watermelon and mint salad, healthy summer salad

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Recipe Reviews & Comments

  1. Shweta says

    July 21, 2021 at 1:53 am

    I love how colorful this is! It’s the perfect salad for the summer.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  2. Betsy says

    July 2, 2020 at 8:28 pm

    Thank you! Looking forward to trying it for the 4th of July.

    Reply
    • TKWAdmin says

      July 8, 2020 at 1:17 pm

      You’re most welcome!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
  3. Betsy says

    July 1, 2020 at 8:40 pm

    3 questions… 1) do you toss the salad again after adding the balsamic, or do you just drizzle the balsamic after tossing with honey lime mixture? 2) do you use both tequila and balsamic, or one or the other? 3) do you suggest this to pair w/entree or serve with dessert? Thank you!

    Reply
    • TKWAdmin says

      July 1, 2020 at 8:45 pm

      Hi Betsy!

      Great questions!

      1. You can just drizzle it on- after that it’s completely optional to stir again.
      2. I’ve done it with both (tequila and balsamic) and separately. I liked it with both but some folks didn’t like it together as they found balsamic too pungent with the booze. It’s honestly a preference. I would err on the side of perhaps putting the balsamic on the side and letting folks add it if they desire.
      3. Honesty either. In the post I have a section called Salad enhancements. It’s one of those dishes that could go either way as it’s a great balance of sweet with the saltiness of the feta

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
  4. Jagruti's Cooking Odyssey says

    June 29, 2020 at 3:41 am

    Oh wow! This watermelon salad looks so refreshing and I love the combination of flavours you have used. I agree, balsamic is the BEST!

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    • TKWAdmin says

      June 29, 2020 at 1:11 pm

      Thank you so much Jagruti!!! I really appreciate the kind words!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
  5. Jo says

    June 28, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    This is without doubt the best summer salad to make. It’s refreshing and absolutely delicious!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • TKWAdmin says

      June 29, 2020 at 1:12 pm

      Thank you so much Jo! I couldn’t agree more with you!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

      Reply
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