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- So, growing up in Egypt,
one of my absolute favorite summer snacks
was watermelon and feta cheese.
The combination of sweet watermelon
and salty feta was just always what hit the spot for me,
and I've taken that notch forward
with my new Mediterranean watermelon salad.
I'm Suzy with themediterraneandish.com.
I'm all about easy, wholesome recipes
with big Mediterranean flavors.
And of course, today's all about watermelon,
and I can't wait to show you
my absolute favorite summer salad, watermelon salad.
So, let's get to it.
So, the thing with watermelons that always frustrated me
is that it's like a blind date.
You have no idea what this baby looks like on the inside,
but actually, my father showed me
how to pick a watermelon.
So, what he used to do is he would pick it up,
weigh between his hands and give it a nice tap.
The deal is if it weighs a good amount for its size
and it sounds hollow, then it's nice and juicy.
So, let's see if I did well this time around,
and we'll cut it up to see what it looks like on the inside.
I find it easy to just go through and cut
and roll the watermelon about, and cut in half.
Ta-da.
It looks good and juicy.
Okay, so now that hopefully this tastes good,
I'm gonna show you my genius way to cut it.
Turn the half to its belly, no, to its face.
Try to take off the skin.
Don't worry about any whites around
'cause you can go back and take care of those as well.
So just top to bottom.
So we're gonna slice this way.
I'm thinking I'd like to go a little bit more
'cause I want it more like not quite cubed,
but just smaller pieces
that people can handle with their fork.
All right, so now we have our a beautifully cut watermelon.
I know, ta-da, masterpiece.
Not very many people can do this, you know?
So we have our watermelon.
And let's now make our salad.
Put my watermelons in here.
Thank you for coming.
And we've got cucumbers,
so that's another cool summer ingredient.
And now, I'm gonna work on some herbs
to jazz up my watermelon salad.
Mint and basil is what we're using for this salad
to give it that nice fresh summer, cool, minty,
whatever you wanna call it, but it is so good.
So, a bunch of mints, about 15 leaves or so,
and then same with the basil.
I just bunch them up.
Are you with me?
All right, chop like a pro.
There we go.
And there goes the mint.
And then turn this around.
Grab some basil 'cause I really wanna add
as much flavor as possible to my watermelon salad.
So, the herbs do the trick for me.
Basil does bruise easily you guys,
so you'll see some darker pieces, but it's fine.
Who cares?
It still tastes really good.
And there we go.
Basil goes in.
It's already a summer party in a big bowl right now,
and I am going to make a tiny little dressing
for my watermelon salad with some good honey.
I bought this at the farmers market the other day
so I'm super excited to use it.
Excuse me.
Lime juice.
I have been trying to learn you guys how to use this thing.
What do you call this gadget?
Is there a name for it?
Someone gifted it to me,
and I'm like what is this?
So here we go.
But it works.
See, do you see the lime?
Okay.
Greek extra virgin olive oil.
A tiny pinch of salt.
You don't need a whole lot of salt
because we are using some great feta cheese later.
All right, dress this baby up.
You don't need a whole lot of dressing for this,
the watermelon is so juicy on its own,
we're just tryna add a tiny bit of flavor here.
So, mix it together.
Super beautiful already.
And, the final touch for me is a good, generous sprinkle
of creamy feta cheese.
How gorgeous is this salad you guys?
Yes, it's gorgeous.
I'm telling you.
And that's really it.
Mediterranean watermelon salad with feta and fresh herbs
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