Sunday Savories // Watermelon Salad with Feta & Arugula

This salad is more of a hybrid:  sweet from the watermelon, spicy from the arugula and salty from the feta.  However, with all the flavors and textures it’s the perfect summer salad and pairs nicely with warm summer evenings, your summer cocktail of choice and your favorite BBQ items.  Making the dressing in the bowl is a great way to add more flavor to the salad, I also love having one less dish to wash at the end of evening.  Best served by a pool.

Sunday Savories //  Watermelon Salad with Feta & Arugula

5 cups chopped watermelon

1/2 feta cheese

1/4 cut roughly chopped red onion

2 cups wild arugula

2 limes

3 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons coconut white balsamic vinegar

4 tablespoons roughly chopped basil

Salt

Pepper

1.  Add olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and lime juice to bowl.  Whisk until incorporated.

2.  Add watermelon, feta, red onion, and arugula to bowl.  Toss to coat in dressing.

3. Garnish with basil. Serve immediately.

Serves 4-6

Sunday Savories // Arugula and Chickpea Salad

My sister introduced me to this salad a couple of years ago I’ve been hooked since, we’ve since omitted the tomatoes to let the other ingredients shine.  I probably make this 1-2 per week and my husband happily eats it, although I’m sure he’s sick of it at this point.  However, it pairs quite nicely with several meals and I’m a serious lover of chickpeas.  I love the addition of lemon zest to give the salad a bit more flavor and the longer it sits the better it gets.

Arugula and Chickpea Salad

3 cups of arugula

1 cup of chickpeas

1 medium head of fennel, sliced

(the juice of) 1 lemon

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill

3 ounces shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

Salt (to taste)

Dash of black pepper

Combine arugula, chickpeas, dill, fennel and cheese in large bowl.  Whisk lemon, olive oil until combined, add salt to taste, dash of black pepper and lemon zest.  Whisk and pour over salad.  Lightly toss until arugula is coated.