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.
Servings: 6 people
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