When cooking in smaller quantities, it’s unavoidable that you’ll end up with some leftover ingredients. Watermelon is one of those summer favorites I really enjoy – but when there are two, sharing the melon it hogs up refrigerator space. Our solution? Make this quick, simple and honestly the best watermelon salad with strawberries and mint – you will put this on repeat all summer long!
Sliced Strawberry, chunks of watermelon, crumbled feta, and thinly sliced mint tossed together in freshly squeezed lime juice. That’s it ! And it is so good and refreshing. I make this almost every week once the watermelons start showing up at the food stand.
Looking for another way to use watermelon try this watermelon and grilled halloumi salad or add it as one of ingredients in this grilled pesto chicken cobb salad.
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What you'll need
Let’s quickly chat about some of the key ingredients and tools you will need.
- Watermelon – Sooo, I really like the black diamond watermelon it is like eating candy. But they are so large and meant to feed a crowd. I discovered mini watermelons, while they may not be as sweet as the black diamond they can’t be beat for their size.
- Strawberries
- Red Onion
- Feta
- Fresh Mint
- Lime juice freshly squeezed
See recipe card below for ingredient quantities.
How to make watermelon salad with strawberries
Alright, got your ingredients and tools ready? Here’s how to make this fast and light watermelon salad with strawberries and mint for two!
- First, cut your watermelon into 2-bite sized cubes and slice your strawberries and red onion.
- In a large bowl combine, watermelon, strawberries, and mint leaves. Gently toss to coat the salad.
- Drizzle freshly squeezed lime juice over the salad.
- Top with crumbled feta and garnish with additional mint leaves, if desired.
That’s it! Super easy and fast to make.
How to cut watermelon into cubes
No matter how you slice it, cutting a watermelon can be intimidating. Here is my way to cut a watermelon into cubes for this salad. You’ll want a chef’s knife for this task.
Using a chef’s knife, cut a small slice off the end of the watermelon
Stand the watermelon on one end. Holding the top of the watermelon with one of your hands, carefully slice off the rind in sections from top to bottom, rotating the melon as you go. Go back and trim away any remaining white.
Cut peeled melon in half and slice each half into slabs of desired thickness. If you do not have a seedless watermelon, you can remove seeds using a spoon to scoop out before cutting into slabs
Lay each slab on its side and cut into chunks.
How to pick a watermelon
Do you find it difficult to choose a watermelon from the bunch at your grocery store? Here are a few tips for how you can pick the perfect watermelon every time!
- Find a watermelon that is a uniform size (oval or round) either is ok. You just want to watch out for irregular bumps.
- Pick up the melon, if it feels heavy for its size this usually means it will be sweeter and have more water content.
- You want your watermelon to have an orange creamy field spot. The darker yellow field spot usually means it was on the vine longer. Yep it will be full of flavor. But, if the field spot is white that’s a sign that the melon is not quite ripe.
- Look for imperfections or what are “webbing” or “sugar spots” this means that the melon is seeping out sugar -- a good sign the melon will be sweet.
- Dark & dull melons is a ripe melon. Inversely, when the melon is shiny it is underripe.
Equipment
- Chef’s knife – I use my favorite 8-inch chef’sknife, the Victorinox Swiss Army Fibrox Pro 8” Chef’s Knife, in the test kitchen all day, every day – and it’s size is capable of removing the rind from a watermelon and cutting into chunks.
- Cutting board – This teakhaus edge grain cutting board is perfect for many kitchen tasks.
- Citrus press – I like the Chef'n Fresh Force citrus press for its ability efficiently juice lemons and limes.
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Pairing
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Ingredients
- 3 cups cubed ripe seedless watermelon or 1 mini seedless watermelon
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- ¼ of a small red onion thinly sliced (about 4 thin slices)
- 1 Tablespoons fresh mint roughly chopped
- 2 Tablespoons lime juice freshly squeezed
- 2 Tablespoons feta crumbled
- Mint leaves for garnish if desired.
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine, watermelon, strawberries, red onion and mint leaves.
- Drizzle freshly squeezed lime juice over the salad. Gently toss to coat the salad.
- Top with crumbled feta and garnish with additional mint leaves, if desired.
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Kim P. says
I have not made this exact recipe so I cannot rate it, but know it's GREAT because mine is so very similar! I add some cantelope, and instead of the lime juice, I quick pickle the thin red onion slices in Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar for 30-40 minutes. When the onions are added to the fruit, they have that sweet vinegar background which goes so well with the fruit. Can even splash a little of the liquid in the salad. Everything else is the same...chopped mint, and feta. A very refreshing salad!
Pam Werley says
Wow I am absolutely going to try this variation! Thanks for sharing!!!!
David P says
Had this just the other night for a picnic - Delish!