Nothing says summer like a juicy slice of watermelon. About 92% of this delicious fruit is water but its packed with nutrients. Each bite contains a significant amount of vitamin C, antioxidants, lycopene and best of all, its fat free. I have been dreaming of making this salad since our garden has gifted us with an abundance of mint this year.
In 2016, my husband and I bought our first home. We were trilled to finally have a backyard to grow our own food (well, some of our own food! I would be so happy to grow everything we eat but I'm not quite there yet, haha). It was an upgrade from our small condo balcony garden and we we were ecstatic!
Our love for homemade mojitos pushed us to plant a variety of different types of mint. You would honestly be shocked by the vast variety of mint plants you can purchase at your local gardening store. Anyways, we decided on pineapple, strawberry, apple and grapefruit mint. If you haven't tried growing your own mint, I surly recommend it! Its super easy to grow, low maintaince and it comes back every year. Be sure to keep it in its own pot or it could take over your garden! It spreads like crazy and extremely quickly.
As our summer season is quickly coming to an end I will be sure to share all my favourite ways to preserve mint to last you all through winter. Hope you enjoy this delicious salad featuring the fresh and pungent grapefruit mint that summer has gifted us.
Ingredients:
4 cups watermelon, cubed
1 cup feta cheese, cubed
1/2 cup fresh grapefruit mint leaves, chopped
handful of kalamata olives
Sea salt & Cracked pepper, to taste
Cold pressed olive oil
Instructions:
Chop and discard rind from watermelon, then chop the fruit into cubes and place on a serving dish.
Cut feta cheese into cubes or simply crumble on top of watermelon.
Place fresh mint on top of salad being sure to tear any large leaves.
Liberally place handful of olives onto salad and drizzle over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Enjoy!