Tips for making watermelon feta salad w/ avocado

• Unless you make this salad for kids, use well-toasted bread, so they do not get soggy fast.
• Chill the watermelon in the fridge before making the salad.
• If you have fresh mint and cucumber, toss them in.
• Use herbs as possible. This is an easy way to boost the dish's flavor without adding more calories.
• Add a dash of your favorite spices: cumin, ginger, ground black pepper, zaatar, cayenne pepper …
• Prepare the salad right before serving and serve it chilled.
• Use fresh halves walnuts and chop them yourself!
• Add in your favorite chopped vegetables or fruits such as onion, tomato, arugula, greens, spinach, kale, or lettuce.
• Toss in toasted nuts or seeds.
• Add mint, basil, onion, or balsamic vinegar to the watermelon salad.
• Toss in some chickpeas, black beans, or lentils to boost protein.
• Toast the bread cubes as crispy as you like. I toasted them semi-crispy so that kids could enjoy them easily.
• Feel free to adjust the amount of each ingredient.

Substitutes

• Substitute watermelon with cantaloupe, honey melon, pineapple, peach, mango, or strawberry. Any other fruits you like, or other summer fruits will work. Blueberries, grapes, apples, and pears are great too.
• Use toasted almonds, pecans, cashews, pistachio, or other nuts. Suppose you are allergic to nuts, substitute nuts with sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, or pumpkin seeds.
• Replace avocado with bananas or sweet potatoes.
• Substitute feta cheese with any other cheese such as mozzarella you have on hand. Or skip it and make the Vegan version of this salad.
• You could skip the toasted bread. Or substitute it with legumes or vegetables.

Variations

• Toss the watermelon cubes into your favorite leafy green salad as a sweet treat.
• Use them in vegetable salads such as cauliflower broccoli salad.
• Add them to chickpea or egg salads for delightful sweetness.
• Mix them into potato salad and pasta salad. Why not!!
• Make a watermelon cucumber salad.
• Add mint, basil, onion, lime or lemon, zest, balsamic vinegar, mayo, or yogurt to the watermelon salad. You may use any other dressing you like in the salad.
• Add diced red onion and fresh mint leaves to make the salad into the Mediterranean version.
• Feel free to drizzle in salad some extra virgin olive oil.

How to store it

What to serve with watermelon salad

• Serve watermelon avocado feta salad with oven-roasted or grilled salmon fillet(my favorite), steak, or chicken such as my salmon with walnut crust, oven-grilled chicken recipe, or Juicy burger recipe,
• They go well with skillet dishes such as chicken, shrimp, and beef.
• Serve them with hard-boiled eggs or scramble eggs for breakfast.
• Add them as a side dish with pasta, quinoa, or potato dishes.
• Serve them with your favorite patties, such as my popular salmon patties.
• Serve them as a delicious, nutritious snack.