I love adding fruit to my salads but nothing dominates the dish quite like the watermelon. This salad is delicious but very moist (i.e. watermelon) so don’t toss everything together until you’re ready to sit down to eat. This makes a great summer side dish alongside grilled meat, tacos, or burgers. It’s also a refreshing meal all by itself.

Watermelon Arugula Salad

This recipe is adapted from Sara Forte

Serves 4 as a side (to serve 4 as a main, use the whole watermelon and scale the rest of your ingredients up accordingly)

½ small watermelon, cubed

Approx. ½ cup feta

1/3 cup white balsamic vinegar

3 Tb olive oil

Several handfuls arugula

Handful fresh basil, roughly chopped

¼ cup red onion, diced small

In a small bowl combine the feta, vinegar, oil, and some salt and pepper (the feta gives this salad a salty tang so it won’t need much salt!). Let this marinate together while you prep your other ingredients.

Combine the arugula, basil, and red onion together in a large bowl. Just before you’re ready to eat, add the watermelon and toss everything together with the dressing.