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Try this easy recipe for Feta Watermelon Salad with Granola for a tasty twist on a summer classic.

A plate of fresh watermelon, cucumber, and crumbled feta topped with pomegranate seeds, chopped herbs, and caramelized pumpkin seeds.
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This refreshing summer salad combines sweet watermelon, salty feta cheese, juicy pomegranate, and crisp cucumber with a caramelized pumpkin seed granola.

The addition of toasted granola offers a tasty crunch that pairs well with the salad’s sweet and salty elements.

A plate of cubed watermelon, cucumber, crumbled feta cheese, pomegranate seeds, and caramelized pumpkin seeds with a blue and white striped cloth in the background.

Serving Suggestion

Stuff the salad into a warm pita bread with chicken or fish. It’s so good.

Top everything with a honey-lemon-olive oil dressing and chopped fresh basil (or mint), and enjoy this delicious watermelon feta salad all summer.

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Feta Watermelon Salad with Granola

Refreshing watermelon salad with feta, pomegranate arils, cucumber, and a crunchy caramelized pumpkin seed granola. Top everything off with a zesty honey vinaigrette.
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
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Equipment

Ingredients 

Pumpkin seed granola

  • 1/3 cup water, 80 ml
  • 1 tablespoon cane sugar
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1 deciliter

Salad

  • 4 slices watermelon
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 100 grams feta
  • 1/2 pomegranate, seeds

Dressing

  • 8 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • fresh basil, or mint leaves

Instructions 

  • To make the pumpkin seed granola, heat a small pan on medium-high.
  • Add the sugar, water, and seeds to the pan and mix with a wooden spoon.
  • After a few minutes, the water will boil and then evaporate.
  • Stir to caramelize the seeds.
  • Once the seeds are golden, pour them out onto parchment paper.
  • Use the wooden spoon to separate the seeds.
  • Sprinkle with sea salt and pepper.
  • Allow to cool.
  • Cube the watermelon.
  • Chop the cucumber.
  • Crumble the feta.
  • Start assembling the salad: Add watermelon cubes, cucumber, crumbled feta cheese, pomegranate seeds, and finally the pumpkin seed granola.
  • Mix together the dressing ingredients: olive oil, honey, finely chopped fresh basil (or mint) leaves, lemon juice, sea salt, and pepper.
  • Pour the dressing over the salad.
  • Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 351kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 26g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 15g, Trans Fat: 0.003g, Cholesterol: 15mg, Sodium: 583mg, Potassium: 375mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 23g, Vitamin A: 1177IU, Vitamin C: 24mg, Calcium: 108mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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