Watermelon Feta Salad

I am recently married and for our honeymoon we went on a cruise of the Mediterranean. Cruising is a great way to see a lot of different places in an efficient manner. Unfortunately almost all of the food served on the cruise was incredibly bland, poor cooking technique and so-so presentations....i.e. I was served a supreme of orange that still had seeds in it. Major NO NO. Anyway, probably the best thing I had was a salad of diced watermelon and feta garnished with some chives. At first it can sound a little odd, but trust me it’s worth it!


Fast forward to today...another 95 degree day in sunny San Diego with no air conditioning. We need something that will be refreshing and cool us off so I decided to make this salad. I do not like onions of any form just as themselves. In this raw salad I thought the chives overpowered the melon so as a substitution I used some mint and some lime juice. I did add a little bit of honey as well. I would recommend maybe freezing the watermelon a little bit because the colder it is the better. Adding cucumber would be another refreshing idea. Sooooo good. My picky-ish husband who wouldn’t try it on the honeymoon really enjoyed it tonight!

I also did a quick little shrimp and snow pea sauté. Anyone who knows me knows that my meal just isn’t complete without a little meat (or fish or seafood, whatever). It was a great meal, and didn’t heat the kitchen up too much so that made it even better!

Oh and I remembered to take pictures!