This Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio Salad is juicy, refreshing, sweet, and so tasty. With the addition of peppery arugula, fresh mint, and salty feta, this is a great combination of sweet and salty flavours. Make sure to try this while watermelon season is not over yet!
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Hello folks! How are you doing? I hope this week has been treating you well, and you are now ready for the weekend.
Also, can you believe it is already the middle of August? That is shocking, am I right?
And while the season lasts, we should enjoy all the seasonal fruit and berries. For us, this is watermelon season these days.
Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio Salad
This Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio Salad is ridiculously easy to make, but the flavour profile is nothing short of outstanding! It is a perfect combination of sweet and salty things.
In this salad, sweet watermelon and strawberries are nicely balanced by feta and pistachios (I used salted here). Also, mint and arugula adds nice herbal and peppery notes.
While this dish is already juicy and does not require any dressing, a little drizzle of olive oil is always a good idea. Other additions that you can play around with would be balsamic vinegar or / and honey. It really depends on your preferences and natural sweetness of your fruit.
More Melon Salad Ideas
Are you interested in more salad ideas with melons and watermelons? Be sure to check the recipes below.
Watermelon Salad with Pistachio Mint Pesto
I hope you like this Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio, and you will give it a try while the watermelon season lasts. If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share you photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.
Cheers!
Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio Salad
Course: Salads4-6
servings15
minutesThis Watermelon Strawberry Pistachio Salad is juicy, refreshing, sweet, and so tasty. With the addition of peppery arugula, fresh mint, and salty feta, this is a great combination of sweet and salty flavours.
Ingredients
4 cups (about 600 gr.) chilled watermelon, cubed
1 cup (170 gr.) strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/2 cup (about 75 gr.) crumbled feta, or more
1/3 cup (about 40 gr.) pistachios, roughly chopped (I used salted)
a generous handful of arugula
fresh mint leaves, as desired, torn or chiffonade
1-2 tbsp. (15-30 ml.) olive oil
a little drizzle of honey (optional)
Directions
- In a bowl, combine the watermelon with strawberries, arugula, and mint. Drizzle with the olive oil and a little of honey, if desired. Divide between plates and sprinkle with the feta and pistachios. Enjoy right sway. This salad is not suitable for making in advance or keeping the leftovers; I would not recommend keeping the leftovers refrigerated for longer than 30-60 minutes.
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Sound so refreshing, Ben. I love watermelon but have never actually had a watermelon salad. Time to jump on the bandwagon, methinks.
Yes, you should give it a try. Thanks Frank!
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We just bought a quarter of a huge water melon to have at hand to make it easier through the hot days. Now, this is something I would very much enjoy and will make tomorrow since I have a day off. Thank you Ben!
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I love ridiculously easy to make recipes! I can see how the salty and sweet work well together in this recipe, Ben. It’s still watermelon season here in the North Carolina mountains…I was tempted to buy one earlier this week. Guess I need to go get that watermelon so I can make this salad!
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This looks very refreshing. I think I would add a squeeze of lime.
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Hey hey hey..Daisy…i am always so excited to see you :-) That salad looks way too pretty for you though LOL
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Hello Angie, we also are always exited to see you here :)
Ben | Havocinthekitchen recently posted…Blueberry Almond Couscous Salad
What a spectacular looking salad and sounds really delicious too. I love the idea of the peppery arugula with the sweet watermelon and berries.
Thank you Judee!
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