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Watermelon and tomato salad with feta and pumpkin seeds

4
Points® value
Total Time
20 min
Prep
20 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This refreshing salad is a wonderful mixture of sweet, salty, tart, and peppery. Yellow tomatoes offer a beautiful colour contrast to the pink watermelon, but if not in season, red tomatoes will be just as delicious.

Ingredients

Watermelon

3 cup(s), seedless, cut into chunks

Fresh tomatoes

10 oz, cut into chunks

Fresh basil

½ cup(s), torn

Red onion

¼ medium, sliced, or less to taste

Fresh lime juice

3 tbsp(s)

Olive oil

2 tsp(s)

Table salt

½ tsp(s)

Fresh watercress

4 cup(s)

Crumbled feta cheese

8 tbsp(s)

Green pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

4 tbsp(s), (pepitas), toasted

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, toss together watermelon, tomatoes, basil, onion, lime juice, oil, salt and pepper.
  2. Arrange 1 c watercress on each of 4 serving plates; top each with 1 c watermelon mixture, 2 Tbsp cheese and 1 Tbsp pumpkin seeds. Evenly drizzle salads with any remaining liquid in bottom of bowl; serve immediately to prevent mixture from getting too soggy.
  3. Serving size: 1 salad

Notes

Ricotta salata or queso fresco can be substituted for the feta (could affect Points value).