Watermelon Salad with Feta or Cotija

The amounts given here are truly just guidelines. Feel free to stretch or diminish depending on your taste and the ingredients you are working with.

INGREDIENTS

Watermelon Mint Feta Salad

• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup lime juice (4-6 limes, depending on how big and juicy the limes are)
• A quarter of a medium sized watermelon, rind removed, black seeds removed (if there are any), chopped into 1-inch cube-ish pieces, about 8 cups
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped

Watermelon Jicama Cilantro Cotija Salad

• 1/2 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup lime juice (4-6 limes, depending on how big and juicy the limes are)
• A quarter of a medium sized watermelon, rind removed, black seeds removed (if not seedless), chopped into 1-inch cube-ish pieces, about 8 cups
• 1/2 cup crumbled cotija cheese
• 1-2 cups chopped peeled jicama
• 1 serrano chili pepper, stem removed, seeded, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• Pinch of cumin, to taste

METHOD

1 Soak the chopped red onion in the lime juice while you are prepping the other ingredients, about 15 minutes.

2 Gently combine all ingredients into a large serving bowl.

Serve immediately. Salad will get soggy if kept overnight.

Yield: Serves 6-8.

Source: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/watermelon_salad_with_feta_or_cotija/

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• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
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1. Bring water and sugar to a boil. Boil hard for 2 minutes.
2. remove from heat and stir rose, lime zest and juice. Set aside.
3. Place cherries on a blender and add the sugar and lime mixture. Puree until smooth for 1 minute.
4. Pour mixture through a colander, pressing with a spoon to make sure you get all the juice . Discard the solids that remain.
5. Stir in fresh mint and pour the mixture in freezer proof dish. Freeze for an hour, when ice crystals would have formed around the edges. Stir with a fork to distribute crystals evenly. Keep doing this every 30minutes until the mixture is thorough and grainy, about 4 hours.

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