Watermelon Salad with Feta

This delicious, refreshing watermelon salad recipe is meant for hot summer days. With feta, avocado, mint & lime, it's the perfect mix of savory & sweet.

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint

Once summer rolls around, I can’t get enough of salads made with a mix of peak-season fruits and veggies. I love a good sweet & savory combination, and this watermelon salad with feta, mint, avocado, and a tangy lime dressing is exactly that.

Every year, as soon as I spot a good watermelon, I rush home to make this recipe. It takes minutes to throw together, and it’s incredibly refreshing. Try it once, and you’ll have it on repeat for the rest of watermelon season.

Watermelon Salad Recipe ingredients

Watermelon Salad Recipe Ingredients

If you’ve never tried watermelon in a savory setting, you have to make this recipe ASAP. Juicy & fresh, the melon goes SO well with the other creamy, crisp, tangy, and spicy components in this salad. Here’s what makes it so delicious:

  • Red onion, for a sharp bite of flavor and crispy texture
  • Cucumber, for a cool, crisp addition
  • Feta cheese, for a creamy, tangy element
  • Avocado, for extra creaminess. Plus watermelon + lime + avocado = a match made in heaven.
  • Mint & basil, for fresh herbal notes (Mint & watermelon is one of my favorite combos too!)
  • Serrano pepper, for a little heat (if you like, these are optional)
  • And a bright lime dressing, to tie it all together.

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint

Watermelon Feta Salad Recipe Variations

This watermelon feta salad is a great one to play with. Here are some of my favorite ways to change it up:

  • Don’t like spice? Skip the chile, and this watermelon salad will still be delicious.
  • Add a little crunch with a handful of toasted walnuts or cashews.
  • Make this salad a full meal by serving it on a bed of arugula with some quinoa mixed in.
  • Or change up the fruit and substitute strawberries for the watermelon.

Let me know what variations you try!

Watermelon Salad with Feta and Mint

What to Serve with Watermelon Salad

I love to make this salad for cookouts. It pairs well with whatever you’re grilling, whether that be portobello mushroom burgers or dogs, black bean burgers, veggie burgers, or corn on the cob.

It’s also good with picnic sandwiches like these chickpea shawarma wraps, these BBQ jackfruit sandwiches, this caprese sandwich, or this mushroom po’ boy.

If you have extra watermelon, make watermelon margaritas! If you don’t have extra watermelon, you can never go wrong with classic margaritas.

If you love this watermelon salad recipe…

Try more of my favorite fruity salads like this strawberry caprese salad, this watermelon tomato salad, this summer slaw, or this corn salad!

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Watermelon Salad with Feta & Mint

rate this recipe:
4.99 from 126 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
This refreshing watermelon salad is one of our favorite summer sides. Feta, mint & avocado are the perfect tangy, creamy, and fresh counterpoints to the juicy watermelon.

Ingredients

Dressing

For the salad

  • 5 cups cubed watermelon
  • 1 heaping cup diced English cucumber
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced red onions
  • cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 avocado, cubed
  • cup torn mint or basil leaves
  • ½ jalapeño or serrano pepper, thinly sliced, optional
  • Sea salt

Instructions

  • Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, garlic and salt.
  • Arrange the watermelon, cucumber, and red onions on a large plate or platter. Drizzle with half the dressing. Top with the feta, avocado, mint, and serrano pepper, if using, and drizzle with remaining dressing. Season to taste and serve.

 

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  1. Crystal
    08.09.2023

    Do you have an idea of how many calories per serving?

    • Phoebe Moore (L&L Recipe Developer)
      08.11.2023

      Hi Crystal, we don’t calculate nutrition facts for our recipes, but you could plug this into an online nutrition calculator like MyFitnessPal to get an estimate.

  2. Diane Crwford
    08.05.2023

    5 stars
    ridiculously good shared with neighbour who loved it too,have made twice now once with lime juice and honey dressing equally good

    • Jeanine Donofrio
      08.07.2023

      I’m so glad you both loved it!

  3. Julia
    07.18.2023

    5 stars
    Delicious! The watermelon I used was perfect and everyone loved the spice of the pepper and taste of mint.

    Didn’t use red onion.

  4. Linda
    07.16.2023

    5 stars
    Delicious, refreshing, great flavour balance. Omitted jalapeno when I made again, found salad delivered a great flavour punch without. Definite keeper.

    • Jeanine Donofrio
      07.17.2023

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

  5. Jan
    07.15.2023

    5 stars
    Delicious! Served it to a group of neoghbors and they raved about it. It is refreshing and light. Great accompiment for summer meals.

    • Jeanine Donofrio
      07.17.2023

      I’m so glad it was a hit!

  6. J Thompson
    07.15.2023

    5 stars
    Interesting combination. Thanks. Delicious. I tossed the chopped avocado in fresh lime juice to slow down oxidation.

    • Jeanine Donofrio
      07.17.2023

      I’m glad you enjoyed it!

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