Refreshing Watermelon Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 small red onion, halved and sliced into thin half-moons
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice, or more to taste
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 seedless watermelon, cut into cubes

  • 3 baby cucumbers, seeded and cut into cubes
  • 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 1/2 cup mint leaves, sliced thinly

Directions


  1. Mix red onion with lime juice in a bowl; set side to marinate at least 10 minutes. Stir olive oil into mixture.
  2. Toss watermelon, baby cucumbers, and feta cheese together in a large bowl. Pour the red onion mixture over the watermelon mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle mint over the salad; toss.

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