Recipe adapted from Diabetes SA. General healthy eating advice only.

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Watermelon, orange and feta salad

Cooking time: 0 minutes
Preparation time: 10-15 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients 

• 3 cups watermelon
• 2 oranges
• 100g feta cheese
• 1 red onion
• 1 cup mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Pepper to season

Method

1. Peel oranges, separate segments and cut each segment in half.
2. Cut watermelon into 2 cm cubes.
3. Peel onion and thinly slice.
4. Remove mint leaves from stalks.
5. Drain liquid from feta cheese and crumble the feta cheese.
6. On a large platter, combine all ingredients and season with pepper and drizzle olive oil over platter.

Tips

• Enjoy this salad with a protein food such as fish, chicken, prawns, chickpeas or brown lentils.
• Add cucumber or capsicum for extra flavor and texture.
• Spring onion can be used as an alternative to red onion.
• Add baby rocket or spinach leaves for an extra serve of green vegetables.
• Summer seasonal vegetables and fruit used in this recipe: onions and watermelon.