Watermelon Peach Salad
on Jul 29, 2019, Updated Jun 16, 2021
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With feta and jalapenos, this watermelon peach salad has a little bit of everything: salty, sweet and spicy. It’s fresh and perfect for the peak of summer.
Nothing is worse than getting a fruit bowl that’s more melon than berries.
Cantaloupe, honeydew and the rest of their cousins always feel like filler. They are such mellow, go with the flow fruit. And I want more.
Melon is less delicate than any berry. It lasts longer, so there isn’t as much risk to it during transit or prep.
I may not be a big melon fan, but my son is. But I should probably phrase that in past tense.
Last week when we went to the grocery, he picked out a watermelon. He’s always loved melon. I thank daycare for introducing him to it.
When I tried to give him watermelon to eat, he refused it and requested berries. I have no idea how long this will last.
He’s now on a kick that he doesn’t like pasta. What!? How can my five-year-old, who’s never met a carb he didn’t like, turn his nose up at pasta? Stay tuned on this situation.
With a big container of watermelon cubes in the fridge, I knew I needed to figure out how to eat it. And I refused to put it in a fruit bowl.
What bothers me about melon in general is that it the flavor seems weak. It lacks personality. Melon can be blah.
So that’s when I decided it needed something bold to make it come out of its shell (or rind). And it couldn’t be just one thing.
I ended making a watermelon peach salad.
How To Make A Watermelon Peach Salad
That watermelon was begging for salt, heat and a little something sweet.
For salt, I used crumbled feta. I splurged on a higher quality cheese that was more expensive than what I usually buy. Wow, there was a big different! It managed to be crumbly and creamy.
For heat, I whisked together jalapeno lime vinaigrette. It just took some minced fresh jalapeno to add a kick.
And last but not least was the sweet. I used sliced peaches to accompany the watermelon.
I mixed all of these different ingredients together in a bowl with arugula and finished the salad with salt and pepper.
My watermelon peach salad was refreshing and perfect for the peak of summer.
Watermelon Peach Salad
Ingredients
- For salad
- 2 cups cubed seedless watermelon
- 3 peaches halved, pitted and sliced into 1/2-inch segments
- 5 ounces baby arugula
- 2 scallions thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta
- For vinaigrette
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon minced jalapenos
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt plus more for serving
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper plus more for serving
- 1/4 cup olive oil
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the watermelon, peaches, arugula, scallions, chives and feta.
- For the vinaigrette, whisk together the lime juice, jalapenos, salt, pepper and olive oil in a small bowl.
- Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad and season with salt and pepper before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Super food for super hot days ! Thank you !