Sweet & Salty Strawberry Watermelon Salad
Serve this Sweet & Salty Strawberry Watermelon Salad to your family and friends and you will become one of the fond memories of this summer!
Watermelon is quintessential to summer and it isn’t a matter of if but when we will enjoy the sweet fruit. Make a Watermelon Salad, restaurant quality filled with flavors that compliment the fruit.
Making memories in the summer includes time in the kitchen. Cookware and serving dishes often have stories to tell, don’t they! My serving dish for this watermelon salad is one of five in a set called Country Kids Collectors Recipe Plates sold by Watkins products back in the 1980’s. There is a recipe on the back of each plate. I enjoy serving this watermelon salad in the wide shallow bowl rather than in a deep bowl but it will work either way.
Watermelon Salad Ingredients
- 2-3 Cups cubed, seedless fresh cut watermelon
- 1/4 Cup Feta cheese
- Candied pecans, here’s the recipe
- 1/2 Cup thin sliced Red onion
- 1-2 Cups iceberg lettuce
- 5-6 fresh strawberries, sliced thin
- Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, optional
How to make Strawberry Watermelon Salad
Rinse the lettuce and allow it to dry on paper toweling while you prepare the other ingredients.
Make the candied pecans and set aside. I use this recipe. You will want to hang onto this recipe for salads and snacking. These make a nice treat at Christmas parties too.
Cut the watermelon in half and then half again so you have four quarters. Then using a long knife, slice through the fruit to make your cubes. Now you can easily slide off all the cut pieces into a large bowl. This is the quick and easy way, if you are planning a party and want an even prettier dish, use a melon baller for this summer fruit salad.
Place the lettuce in the bottom of your serving dish. Top the lettuce with watermelon, then sliced strawberries and red onion.
Now add the candied pecans and finally top with the feta cheese and it’s ready to serve. Drizzle with Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette if desired. This salad is quite delicious without a dressing but it’s also good with it.
This easy recipe for watermelon salad with strawberries, feta and candied pecans is the perfect side dish for your summer BBQ and especially for the fourth of July.
For best results serve this delightful dish fresh and cold to your guests. It’s a great idea to serve on a summer movie night at home or a hot summer day.
Strawberry Watermelon Salad Easy Recipe
A sweet and salty watermelon salad ready to serve in about 20 minutes. The perfect side dish for a summer bbq.
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups cubed seedless watermelon
- ½ cup thinly sliced red onion
- ¼ cup crumbles feta cheese
- 1-2 cups iceberg lettuce
- 5-6 fresh strawberries sliced thin
- ½ to 1 cup candied pecans
Instructions
Rinse the lettuce and allow it to dry on paper toweling while you prepare the other ingredients.
Make the candied pecans and set aside. I use this recipe.
Place the lettuce in the bottom of your serving dish. Top the lettuce with cubed watermelon, then add sliced strawberries and red onions.
Now add the candied pecans and finally top with the feta cheese and it’s ready to serve.
Drizzle with Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette if desired. This one is my favorite, on Amazon.
Notes
This watermelon salad is best served fresh.
Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 116Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 6mgSodium 84mgCarbohydrates 18gFiber 2gSugar 14gProtein 3g
Nutrition information is estimated and may not be exact based on uncontrolled variables in home kitchens used by each individual cook.
More Summer Recipes
Fresh Green Bean Salad with Feta
Corn, Tomato and Avocado Salad
Homemade Mushroom Onion Burgers
Easy Homemade Lemonade for lazy cooks
This recipe sounds so good and refreshing. How can you resist the sweet and salty combo?
Shirley you always make me hungry with the food you link up, your watermelon & strawberry salad looks so good. I also love watermelon & onion salad.
Thanks for sharing on #wednesdayswisdom
We put onions in our Strawberry Watermelon Salad. It’s part of the Sweet & Salty. Now I want some! Thank you Jennifer.
Oh that looks yummy. I might have to try this, I already have everything needed.
We love this Watermelon salad. Those pecans are so yummy with it too! I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Still trying to hold on to summer a bit longer!
This watermelon salad looks delicious and refreshing.
Thank you Carmody. It is really, really good. I believe it will be on our 4th of July menu this year!
I’ve never thought about a salad like this. Gotta try it!
I use the strawberry pie plate we received as a wedding gift every year about this time – makes my strawberry-rhubarb pie so much more delicious!
I don’t think I’ve ever put strawberry and watermelon together in the same salad – will have to try this recipe. And I love love love pecans. Thank you for sharing!
(Featuring your recipe on the Hearts for Home Blog Hop this week)
Don’t you just love the story behind the dishes, I do! This was my first time trying the flavor combination of strawberry and watermelon but it was such a big hit, we will make this every summer now.
Thanks for the Link Back!
Wow this sounds really good love the watermelon and strawberries together! Stopping by from pretty Pintastic Party!
Thanks for the Pin! It really is scrumptious, hope you get to try the recipe 🙂
Looks delish! I have never heard of sweet and salty salad like this one! BTW: when do you add the salt to the pecans?
Zan, the salt is sprinkled over the pecans when they come out of the oven. I will go fix that on the recipe, thanks for asking, I would not have realized that I left that out! Please give this salad a try and let me know how you like it 🙂
Strawberry AND Watermelon in one salad! That sounds to good. Pinning for the summer!
Thanks for the Pin Anna. I hope you get to try it out this summer.
This salad looks great, no wonder your husband liked it so much. I’m thinking I might have to make one this weekend for myself.
I’d love for you to share it at the Weekend Social #22 opening tonight at 9pm EST
Thanks for the invitation, Ricki. I did go share 🙂
Your strawberry watermelon salad is calling my name! And I’m in love with your dishes and the recipe on the back. I know you cherish them!
And I’m really enjoying your summer salad series. Pinning to save and to share!
This salad is amazing! My husband even took the leftovers for lunch the next day, he never does that! Thanks for the Pin 🙂