Watermelon Feta Salad
To make Watermelon Feta Salad, arrange chilled watermelon cubes with feta and red onion, drizzle with a lime dressing, and finish with fresh mint just before serving.
Watermelon and feta work because each one fixes what the other lacks. Watermelon is cold, juicy, and sweet but needs salt and structure. Feta is salty, creamy, and tangy but is not exactly known for hydration. Put them together with red onion, mint, olive oil, and lime and suddenly a bowl of fruit has become a legitimate summer side dish. Use cold watermelon and add the dressing lightly; the fruit is already carrying plenty of liquid. Lime sharpens the sweetness, mint keeps the salad fresh, and thinly sliced onion gives it enough bite to stand next to grilled meat. Add the feta gently at the end so it stays in visible crumbles instead of dissolving into a pink puddle. Serve immediately. Watermelon salad has many virtues, but long-term structural stability is not one of them.
