Watermelon and Feta Salad

    20m prep time
    25m total time
    Easy level
    12 ingredients

A tastebud-tingling salad. Juicy, salty and absolutely packed full of texture. Served with a few warmed flatbreads and a spoonful of tzatziki it makes for a quick, healthy and interesting twist on a summer salad.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Prepare the watermelon by cutting it in half, then into thick slices. Remove the rind and dice the flesh into 4-5cm pieces. Remove the seeds as you seed them. Place the flesh into a large bowl.

Step 2

Prepare the cucumber by first peeling it, cutting in in half lengthways and deseeding it using a teaspoon. Cut into half moons. Add this to the melon along with the black olives, the sliced red onion, sumac, red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.

Step 3

Heat a large frying pan and dry fry the flatbreads until warmed through and golden on both sides.

Step 4

Add the picked mint leaves to the watermelon salad and gently fold through the feta cheese. Serve the salad with the warmed flatbreads and the tzatziki.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1 tsp Sumac, or Zaatar 1 x Sainsbury's Sumac 45g
  • 200g Tatziki 1 x Sainsbury's Tzatziki 200g
  • 2 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar 1 x Sainsbury's Wine Vinegar, Red Wine 500ml
  • 0.5 Watermelon, cut into 5cm cubes, rind removed 1 x Sainsbury's Baby Watermelon
  • 15g Mint, picked 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Mint 30g
  • 1 Cucumber, peeled and deseeded 1 x Sainsbury's Whole Cucumber
  • 4 Flat Breads 1 x Sainsbury's Greek Style Flatbreads x4
  • Maldon Salt, to taste 1 x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
  • 5 tbsp Black Olives 1 x Sainsbury's Pitted Black Olives 340g (150g*)
  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 1L
  • 1 Red Onion, very thinly sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose
  • 200g Feta Cheese, cut into cubes 1 x Sainsbury's Greek Feta Cheese 200g
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