Wow I've never thought of eating watermelon that way before - but it looks delicious!

I love black olives in the mint feta version, too!

This looks really good. I love serving fruit and cheese plates and this combines the two. I think the local Mexican market has a nice cheese counter also. hmmm, this might be diner. Thanks Elise

omgz looks awesome.
Just have some questions: is it good cold? the recipe says to serve it immediately or it will get soggy, but should I pre-chill the watermelon? also, what can I serve this with?

You can pre-chill the watermelon, the salad is great cold. I've had the feta mint version with grilled lamb and the jicama cilantro with cheese tacos. ~Elise

I made a watermelon, mint and feta salad for the first time the other day -- I also added kalamata olives and lots of freshly ground black pepper. It was amazing.

I made a similar version of this after discovering it on a trip to the Whole Foods salad bar. Watermelon, jicama, and (lots of)fresh mint, with a lime & habanero infused simple syrup, uh, glaze, for lack of a better word. I will have to admit, though, that the one I made was far tastier that the one I bought at Whole Foods!

I also make a cucumber, watermelon, tomato salad. It's basically watermelon, cherry or grape tomatos (yellow or orange) and a diced english cucumber tossed with rice wine vinegar.

Perhaps it's an idea whose time has come? I've always preferred my watermelon with salt. We have made different versions of watermelon salads for the past couple of years and even made watermelon curry this year. It's just more ways to use up watermelon since they're usually humongous!

WOW! That is a very clever use of watermelon, one of my most favorite fruits.

Wow!! looks nice and delicious! I will go to try out this dessert to my family to try out...

This is so ironic. I just ate this at my book club last night. I'm so happy to now have the recipe now for it!

Great looking salad! Watermelon (or melon) with feta cheese is very popular during summer in Turkey. It is the ultimate meze after a fish course with raki.

I thought it strange and just so happened to have also tried something kind of similar recently in making a salsa (similar to your jicama salad) to go with some carne asada (and Cotija). Definitely opened my eyes since watermelon previously was restricted to being eaten raw or used in mixed drinks or candies.

I just made one of these too! But with ricotta salata instead of feta. Delicious and SO refreshing. I'll have to try your spicier version soon :)

I've never eaten this type of salad, but the idea of feta with watermelon and mint appeals to me a lot! Both salads sound very refreshing.

I grew up with the combination, it's a classic: my family is from Bulgaria and they've always had the two paired.

I've never really been a big watermellon fan, but using it make a spicy and refreshing salad might make it more appealing to me. I'll have to try this.

Recently, I had some mint oil I wanted to use, so I drizzled a few drops on some watermelon chunks. Then I drizzled a few drops of balsamic vinegar. Then, put a little dab of goat cheese on each piece of watermelon. Blew my mind, it was so good.

I adore watermelon and mint so I can't wait to try your recipe. I love the summer.

I made this last night as soon as I saw your blog - I just happened to have leftover watermelon and cotija cheese in the fridge (it was meant to be). This was absolutely delicious! I didn't have any jicima but it was just fine without it. It complimented our spicy tacos perfectly. All in all an excellent summer salad. We gobbled it up immediately. Thanks!

I love watermelon with cheese. In fact, that's how we sometimes eat watermelon in Azerbaijan - with cheese and bread on the side. So, it is not strange to me. I should try your version with onions and fresh herbs. Sounds delicious!

I find this intriguing and makes me curious about the combo because I recently read an old magazine (I think it was of Bon Appetit, I'd have to go back and check) where they had a recipe for watermelon with chevre...However, Feta seems more appetizing to me and makes me more willing to try it :)

I do love watermelon...but with salty stuff??? The combination seems very strange to me. Nevertheless I'm willing to give it a try!!!!

Sorry to say this didn't go over so well in my house. The whole family loves watermelon, and loves feta. I loved it, the five year old loved it, but my husband and two year old wouldn't touch it. I will be eating watermelon salad for lunch all week!

Oh no! Always a risk with something new. ~Elise

I was in Turkey this past week on vacation, and watermelon and white cheese (beyaz peynir) is a very common summer dish there. We would lounge by the pool and eat slices of watermelon and slices of the cheese. Even without being put together as a salad, the two combine very nicely. People in Turkey often eat foods in such combinations: salty and sweet, crunchy and smooth, etc.

This looks terrifying and also delicious. I'm definitely going to try this one!!

I felt the same way about considering this dish of watermelon and salty cheese. But I really shouldn't because amongst my Viet co-workers, we always dip our watermelon in salt, as with many other types of fruit. Apparently it brings out the natural sweetness of the fruit.

Thanks for the great photographs and the inspiration. I will definitely try out this recipe this week.

Wow this looks and sounds sooo yummy!!! I am going to make this tonight. I am hungry now :)

We tried the version with feta/mint. It was great, but we made too much for the two of us. We decided to try keeping it until the next day, though the recipe recommends otherwise. We drained all of the liquid before storing the leftovers and it was still crisp the second day. The flavor had already infused the melon, so the liquid was not missed at all.

This is one of my most favorite salads in the summer! I've also made it with cilantro one time. So refreshing!

The first time I tried cheese with watermelon was at a Whole Foods sample table two summers ago. It was with a creamy crumbled goat cheese and it was amazing. And it was served with a Himalayan salt with chili. What a combo. I look forward to trying these recipes as this makes a more presentable version than what I throw together on my own plate in imitation of the original taster. Thanks. When I was in India and Malaysia they served their fruit with an offering of a combo of sugar and salt and other flavors - any info on that?

In Israel, it's very common to eat watermelon together with Feta or other kinds of soft salty cheese. The salad looks great, I'll try it out tomorrow - thank you for the recipe!

I made this salad and got rave reviews. Will definitely keep this in my recipe folder.

I made the feta version yesterday and it was so good! Excellent recipe as usual!