This post is probably a few months too late…sort of. I actually had planned on blogging about this earlier, but I have been on a very busy schedule that I totally forgot about this recipe. This is a very quick and tasty salad made with watermelon that is at its sweetest. I actually saw a recipe for this in a summer edition of Australian Gourmet Traveller and knew I had to have a go at it.
My parents have been eating a combination of watermelon and/or grapes with Greek cheeses for as long as I can remember. My mother would sometimes even have bread with that combination. Then a few years ago, I noticed the trend for combining watermelon with cheese in a lot of foodie magazines and later in many “trendy” eateries. It had taken off in a really big way! This is my “Greek inspired” version of watermelon salad using feta cheese, plump cherry tomatoes and parsley. It’s very refreshing in hot weather and very delicious. Enjoy!
RECIPE FOR GREEK WATERMELON SALAD
(serves 2)
- 1/4 of a watermelon cut up into reasonable sized cubes, seeds removed
- a small container of cherry tomatoes, halved
- a handful of parsley, roughly torn
- 100-150 gr of crumbled feta cheese
Arrange all the ingredients on a plate and enjoy!
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Looks great, just right for the spring here:-) I have never had the combination of cheese & watermelon..
Hola guapo and thanks for your fast and positive comment
. I’m really excited about it!!!
if it comes from you 
Your beautiful salad combo has 2 of my favourite colours: red and green… but this time I would even add white… siii, un poco de queso para mí
I will surely give it a try this summer chico!
This looks wonderful! It’s strangely timely for me. Since I was a kid my uncle has bought a watermelon to our Easter celebration claiming it as the giant Easter egg for the year. I have to snag some of the leftovers to try this.
What a beautiful and unusual salad! It bet it taste wonderful and it is gorgeously refreshing…
Stunning summery shot!
Cheers,
Rosa
I have tried a version of this before peter. Great way to hold onto those summer flavours:D
i LOVE watermelon and feta (and grapes with graviera)
we often eat paximadi rusks with this kind of meal in the summer
absolutely love it – summer is just round the corner for us!
It looks simple & delicious, perfect for summer! I can relate to not getting things out there when you intended to…but hey, this way it gives some of us here to look forward to summer dishes
That looks so refreshing. I adore salads like that in the summer. Beautiful colors in that shot Peter.
This is such a lovely salad. I make a slight version of it without the tomatoes, with mint instead of parsley. I think it’s a pretty classic recipe that a girlfriend turned me on to one picnic summer ago.
You’re almost ready for squashes, mushrooms and casseroles, aren’t you?
It looks so “summery” It doesn’t matter that the post is “old”. It is just perfect for our part of the world since we can’t wait for the summer to start. My mom also loves cheese in her fruit salads. Isn’t it funny that what other people have eaten in other parts of the world for generations is now trendy in richer countries? I always find that amusing :-p
Oh, how I love the watermelon/feta combo!
Super sweet, briney and salty. I can taste this right now — and it SO reminds me of summer! Thanks for the brief escape from early spring in WI!!
This looks really unique and delicious.
It’s marvelous to sample authentic regional fare made by local merchants.
You’d get a kick out of this video featuring the Foxhill Cheese House, where milk, cheese, and gelato is produced.
It looks so beautiful and juicy!
Peter this looks delicious, colorful and sooo good! Love watermelon and feta the combination of sweet and salty is great!
I’ve always combined watermelon with halloumi but this year I shall definitely try it with feta. Lovely shot of the salad.
*Squeal* – I adore this Peter! Perfect with a drizzle of your very best (Greek!) olive oil and lots of freshly cracked black pepper. Yummy.
oh how I long for the summer! watermelon salads are one of my favourite summer dishes – I like olives in mine too.
Even though fall has started here, we’ve still been having very hot days – this salad would be perfect for lunch today, Pete!
Great colors – your photos are a dream!
Wow, reminds me of summer in Greece. I remember eating this after beach time. Works well with peponi also of course, cantaloupe melon that is
Important though to use real feta made of goat cheese that is rich and creamy, the cow feta just isnt good compared to the real stuff. Difference is even bigger than between buffala mozzarella and the cowmilk stuff.. thanks for this great post! Summer can come in Europe!
This makes me so excited for summer! Great recipe!
Ahhh, this post is up…I couldn’t get on. The classic greek salad of watermelon and Feta. Make no mistake folks….watermelon and Feta is a Greek salad!
This is absolutely beautiful, but I just can’t wrap my head around the idea of watermelon and cheese. It just doesn’t go together for me.
That’s a very interesting combination to have watermelon with tomatoes… The feta just sounds lovely in it as well and I’d be curious to find out if I like the tomatoe/watermelon combo. Not something I would have thought of trying. Love the fresh and bright photo here too Peter!
So refreshing! I can hardly wait for watermelons to be in season again
This just sings Spring! Beautiful photo too! I love everything in this salad.
we eat white cheeses (esp feta) all the time w/watermelon (and grapes too)! with pita and some black olives on the side too
but I’ve never had tomatoes throwed in, so this makes it a really interesting combination. Also: Peter, your photos are just getting more and more incredible!
Watermelon with feta cheese. What a wonderful idea. I just started purchasing a feta that comes in brine. So fabulous. Now, can’t wait for watermelons.
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