This Watermelon Salad with Basil-Ginger Dressing is a superb summer salad. Made with watermelon, almonds, feta cheese, and red onion drizzled with a fragrant basil, honey and ginger dressing. This salad is bound to set your tastebuds alight! Add bacon for an extra salty touch.
To make this delicious watermelon salad, start by drizzling watermelon with olive oil in a large bowl. Toast almonds and cook bacon if using. Assemble the salad by placing sliced onion, bacon, feta, almonds, and mint leaves in the bowl with the watermelon. Whizz basil, water, honey, and ginger in a blender and drizzle over the salad. Yum!
To make the Watermelon Salad with Basil-Ginger Dressing, you will need the following ingredients:
Place 1 cubed watermelon in a large salad bowl. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt.
Place a small skillet over medium-low heat. Add ⅓ cup of almonds and toast until golden but not burnt. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
If using bacon, cook using your favorite method and leave to cool.
Add ¼ sliced onion, cooked bacon, ⅓ cup of feta, toasted almonds and 1-2 tablespoons of mint leaves to the bowl with the watermelon.
Place ¼ cup of fresh basil in a blender with 2 tablespoons of water, 1 tablespoon of honey, ½ teaspoon of grated ginger. Blend until smooth.
Drizzle the basil dressing over the salad. Taste and adjust dressing as required.
Serve immediately or refrigerate for a few hours before serving.
This Watermelon Salad with Basil-Ginger Dressing is satisfying and refreshing on a hot day. Try this fruity salad soon and don’t forget to come back and leave a review with your thoughts.
I made this Watermelon Salad for a picnic, and it was a hit! The combination of flavors is simply great. Everyone loved the freshness from the basil-ginger dressing. It’s a perfect summer dish that I'll definitely make again.
Wow!
Oh my gosh! This salad is like a summer party in a bowl! Made it for my friends last weekend and they went crazy for it. The basil-ginger dressing is just magical. Totally making it again next week!
Absolutely loved this watermelon salad! Made it for a family BBQ last week and it went down a storm! The dressing is delish — such a perf blend of flavours. My kids couldn’t get enough. Using bacon was a game changer too! Definitely will whip this up again!
Delicious! Perfect for summer picnics with friends.
This watermelon salad is simply great! Perfect for summer picnics.
OMG, this salad was a hit! Made it for a BBQ, everyone loved it! So refreshing!
I've made this Watermelon Salad twice now and it's always a hit at BBQs! The basiland-ginger dressing gave it such a refreshing twist. Perfect for hot summer days when I want something light!
This watermelon salad is simply great! I made it for my picnic, and everyone loved it. The dressing was so easy to make, and it made the salad sing!
Yummy
Lovely salad, great for summer picnics. Kids enjoyed it.
Superb salad for summer BBQ, kids loved it too
This salad rocks! Refreshing and simple, perfect for my BBQ!
Delicious! Made this for a picnic and the kids loved it.
Delicious fresh summer!
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