SUMMER MELON BOLT: A Summer Salad Recipe with Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Cheese
by Team DaisyLife
The weather is getting hotter and all we are craving for is something cool and refreshing to satisfy our palate during the summer season. We like to keep it cool naturally and gorge on some soothing food and have cool materials by the side to beat the heat, keep the bills in control and be easy on the planet.
Summer and salads are inseparable. A refreshing salad that is combined with the flavors of summer all over it is the way to stay chill, unwind and enjoy the bright sunny days followed by the wonderful sunsets and breezy trees.
A tasty summer salad is cool, has a good crunch and is well seasoned. Summer salads are enjoyed in a huge variety, each a combination of different ingredients and flavors that are mouth-watering and refreshingly delightful. The burst of flavors fills one with a brand new summer experience. Summer is the best time to enjoy a nice and cool salad.
We paired the two best summer fruits - Watermelons and Cucumber- super cool and juicy, we bet you haven't seen them often paired together before!
The ingredients of the season in our DaisyLife recipe comes with a twist that'll enhance the flavors you didn't probably expect to put together for a salad. The different colors of the salad are so pleasing it is like also eating with your eyes! So remember to SAVE THIS UP for those summer days when it is too hot to step in the kitchen to cook. This salad will help you get through summer, easy and simple.
Plating a salad is also very important. What tastes good should always look appealing, and we have just what you need to make your salads look even more attractive... BAMBOO KITCHEN & SERVEWARE!
Bamboo is great for kitchen use, it keeps the natural cool of the ingredients, looks pretty and easy to get through the hot weather.
Talking about Bamboo Spoons, they are super duper handy when mixing your ingredients, feel soothing to the skin and super lightweight while you mixing up a salad. All easy as a pie!
If you have not yet used bamboo baskets as serveware, give it a try! The baskets don't even need any washing #savewater
Escape the heat with cool materials to keep cool naturally even in the kitchen and these are easy to use, serve and maintain!
Without much ado, lets get going with the recipe!
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WATERMELON, CUCUMBER AND FETA in SUMMER MELON BOLT
The perfect salad for a cooling summertime meal!
Prep Time: 15 mins
Mixing Time: 3 mins
Total Time: 18 mins
Cuisine: Mediterranean
No. Of Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 2 Baby Cucumbers (chopped in cubes)
- 4 1/2 cups cubed deseeded watermelon (half-inch per cube)
- 1/4 cup mint leaves
- 100 gm cup feta cheese (crumbled)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Salt as per taste (optional)
Method
Step 1: Peel and chop the Cucumbers and Watermelon into cubes. make sure to cut the Watermelon into 1/2 an inch per cubes or bite-sized. Remove the seeds.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl add the Cucumber pieces, Watermelon chunks and chopped/ whole mint leaves and hand-crumbled feta cheese.
Step 3: In a separate bowl mix apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and salt.
Step 4: Drizzle the seasoning over the salad, sprinkle sunflower seeds and lightly fold in to mix.
Step 5: Serve in bamboo basket bowls lined with sandwich paper/ butter paper. Garnish with mint leaves and dig in! Enjoy this tasteful and crisp-juicy salad with all its summer notes blasting in every bite!
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Notes
- While chopping the Watermelon, the size need not be exact.
- Crumbling the feta can be done by hand to avoid big unpleasant chunks.
- Sunflower seeds are optional however we recommend adding them in for a good crunch and loads of vitamins and minerals!
- Serve and plate the salad in Bamboo Serveware with butter paper to avoid cleaning hassles, keep the salad cool and to enhance its overall natural appeal.
- You can also take a quick snap to post it on your Insta feed and tag us :D #DaisyLifeSeasonals
And that's all folks, super easy and simple. The salad is absolutely delicious, we know because we gorged on it and there were so many compliments! You, your family and friends are gonna love it because we all sure did! Share with us your summer recipes and let us know if you loved ours.
STAY TUNED For our next Summer Recipe in an exciting Cafe Collab we did for you wonderful folks!
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