Looking forward to summer…
I’m rewatching Top Chef, Season 1. It gets my foodie juices bubbling and always helps me think about new recipes to try out as well as great plating ideas (how to make the food look pretty…).
One fruit that I absolutely adore during the summer is watermelon. I usually just eat it with the juice running down my chin like a waterfall. So, since I’m not always the biggest salad freak, I’ve decided to incorporate watermelon into a salad that has sweet and salty flavors.
**Note**: This salad is also great with strawberries instead of watermelon. Slice the berries in half (or in thirds for large berries).
Watermelon and Feta Salad
Ingredients:
2 cups of watermelon, 1-inch dice
1/3 cup of feta cheese, finely crumbled
2 bags of baby spinach, chiffonade (see below)
1/2 cup of toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup of balsamic salad dressing (see recommendations below)
Directions:
Chiffonade the baby spinach by stacking a few spinach leaves at a time and then rolling them to form a rolled-cigar shape. Cut the spinach leaves crosswise to form thin strips. Repeat this process with all of the spinach. This take a long time, but it looks terrific if you use your best knife and it makes the salad easy and delicious to eat.
Prepare the watermelon and place in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients (except the toasted pine nuts) and toss them all together. Top the salad with the toasted pine nuts. Serve immediately.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Watermelon, feta cheese and green olives with a lemon vinagrette. No joke. Oh yum!!!!
April 13th, 2007 at 7:15 am
Ok, love watermelon, love salad, love feta cheese. Not sure about the combination - never thought of it before. But I love apples and pears in salads with cheese so I’m going to give it a shot… Thanks for the idea!
And I love “Top Chef”, too. It makes me think out of the box!