Healthy Chef Recipe: Delicious & Fresh Watermelon Salad

An essential kitchen ingredient – particularly during the summer – watermelon is as healthy as it is delicious. Packed with thirst-quenching electrolytes (magnesium + potassium), this refreshing, zingy fruit will work hard to keep your body hydrated during the hot summer months. It’s also an anti-inflammatory and high in vitamin C, which naturally helps the body to create collagen, a protein that helps to maintain healthy, glowing and younger looking skin.

With summer fast approaching, the warm weather calls for refreshing salads to enjoy alfresco with icy smoothies or a cool, crisp glass of fizz.

This luscious salad from Healthy Chef Recipes App is so quick and simple to make, you’ll have even more time to savour all the deliciously tangy, fruity flavours. 

Watermelon Recipe: Ingredients

Serves 4

600g cold seedless watermelon, skin removed150g Persian or gats feta100g fresh rocket1ripe pomegranateSmallbunch freshly chopped parsley leaves or a few handfuls micro herbs½small red onion, very thinly sliced60g pistachio nuts, roughly choppedColdpressed olive oil to drizzle

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Watermelon Salad: Method

1.    Slice the watermelon into thin, bite sized wedges.

2.    Wash the rocket leaves and arrange onto a serving platter.

3.    Add the watermelon and gently mix through the leaves.

4.    Top with parsley or micro herbs and sliced red onion.

5.    Remove the seeds from the pomegranate and add to the salad along with pistachio nuts.

6.    Drizzle with cold pressed olive oil just before serving.

7.    Serve immediately and enjoy.

NOTES

Baby spinach can be used in place of rocket leaves.

Teresa Cutter, founder of The Healthy Chef, is an author, nutritionist and classically-trained chef. You can find more of Cutter’s tips and recipes on her website, Healthy Recipes App, eBooks, Facebook and Instagram.