Nothing says summertime like watermelon salad recipes. Put a twist on traditional fruit salads with Betty's Savory Watermelon Salad. Serve this side dish at cookouts, picnics or even backyard BBQs, for a refreshing and standout dish. Thinly sliced jalapeños are a great way to pack some extra heat into this dish. Our watermelon salad can be made 2 hours ahead of your event.
Savory Watermelon Salad
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon grated lime zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 cups 3/4-inch cubes seedless watermelon
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 1/2 cup diced English (seedless) cucumber
- 3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
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Step1In large serving bowl, mix lime zest, lime juice and salt with whisk until well blended. Add remaining ingredients except feta cheese. Gently toss to coat. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chilled.
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Step2Gently stir in feta cheese just before serving.
Nutrition
40
Calories
1g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
6g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/2 Cup
- Calories
- 40
- Calories from Fat
- 10
- Total Fat
- 1g
- 2%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 3%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 100mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 95mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 6g
- 2%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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