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For a refreshing recipe ideal for hot summer days, try these delicious Watermelon Feta Appetizers.

Slices of cucumber topped with feta, two small round watermelon bites resembling cherries topped with a fresh basil leaf are arranged neatly on a gray plate.

These bites are a crowd pleaser and the perfect balance between sweet and savory. To make them, all you need is salty feta cheese, crisp cucumber, and juicy watermelon.

A round plate with nine bites made of two watermelon balls, a slice of feta, and a basil leaf on a cucumber slice, arranged on a gray surface.

Serve them at your next garden party, enjoy them as a snack, or bring them on a picnic for the perfect summer appetizer.

A watermelon, a cucumber, feta cheese, hot honey, sea salt, pepper, and fresh basil.

Recipe Tip

If you don’t have a melon baller, cut similar-sized cubes of watermelon, cucumber, and feta, then skewer them with fresh basil or mint to make watermelon skewers.

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A plate of healthy appetizers with cucumber slices topped with white cheese, round watermelon balls, and a basil leaf on each—perfect for refreshing bites arranged neatly in rows.

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Servings: bites

Watermelon Feta Appetizer

By Sine Siemkowicz

Fun and tasty cucumber bites with feta and watermelon.

Prep: 25

Cook: 0

Total: 25

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Equipment

melon baller

Ingredients

Instructions

Slice the cucumber at an angle to get as wide pieces as possible.
Use the melon baller to scoop out the watermelon.
Cut the feta into pieces similar to the cucumber slices.
Place the feta slices on top of the cucumber.
Top with basil stems (or thin pieces of cucumber skin for the cherry stems).
Add the two watermelon 'cherries' and a fresh basil leaf (or mint leaf).
Drizzle with balsamic glaze or hot honey.
Sprinkle with sea salt.
Serve.

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Nutrition

Calories: 71kcal, Carbohydrates: 8g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 15mg, Sodium: 191mg, Potassium: 93mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 458IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 88mg, Iron: 0.3mg

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

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