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Try this colorful Watermelon and Halloumi Salad for a delicious recipe bursting with summer flavors. It’s perfect for BBQs and outdoor lunches.
With crispy, grilled halloumi, juicy watermelon, tangy cherry tomatoes, and peppery arugula, this flavorful salad is wonderfully salty and sweet.
Top the dish with an easy grapefruit dressing, featuring white balsamic glaze (you can use honey, too), olive oil, and finely chopped fresh mint. It’s the perfect zesty dressing for any summer salad.
Recipe Tip
If you leave out the arugula and micro-chop everything, you can serve it as a salsa to top onto your favorite wraps and tacos.
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Watermelon and Halloumi Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 slices watermelon, cubed
- 225 grams halloumi cheese, cubed
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 150 grams cherry tomatoes, yellow and red
- 100 grams arugula, 3 cups
Grapefruit dressing
- 1/2 grapefruit, juiced
- 4 tablespoons balsamic glaze, white
- 8 tablespoons olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Garnish
- fresh mint leaves
- fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Slice and chop the watermelon into cubes.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Cube the halloumi and dry it on a paper towel.
- Heat the butter in a small pan on medium-high.
- Place the halloumi cubes in the pan.
- Once golden, flip until all sides are light brown.
- Remove the cheese from the pan and allow to cool.
- Arrange the arugula on a platter.
- Top with cherry tomatoes, cubed watermelon, and halloumi.
- To make the dressing, squeeze the juice from half a grapefruit (you can also use lime or lemon juice).
- Add white balsamic glaze (or honey), olive oil, finely chopped mint, sea salt, and pepper.
- Mix well, and pour over the salad when you are ready to serve.
- Top with fresh mint and basil leaves.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
