This vibrant watermelon salad is refreshing and filling, making it suitable for hot summer days! It's a perfect sweet and savory combo with edamame, cucumbers, carrots, and cherries.

It's too hot to cook anything, and we seem already tired because of the excess heat! This cucumber watermelon salad is perfect for dehydrating, thanks to cucumber, melon, cherry tomatoes, and cherries (that I forgot on the table when taking the photo of the ingredient).

It's a filling salad with lots of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Edamame provides you with proteins that keep you satiated for hours. I love adding fermented veggies like carrots, cabbage, or lacto-fermented tofu for probiotics.

Every bit of this watermelon salad is refreshing, with sweetness, savory, crunchy, and soft textures. It's really an enjoyable salad to put on your table or for picnicking.

The fresh cherries bring some notes of tartness, while the fresh herbs add the perfume that takes this salad to another level.

Watermelon cucumber salad ingredients

I love the marriage between sweet and savory flavors like this healthy mango salad, a perfect proof that you can enjoy fruits in a salad.

This salad shows how watermelon can marry with other flavors beyond the classic feta-cucumber-watermelon. Here is the list of ingredients you'll need, and of course, you can substitute according to what's available for you.

Watermelon: Use ½ a small head or more depending on how many people you're serving.
Edamame: I buy them frozen, then I thaw them. They've got a soft, meaty texture.
Cucumber: Use English baby cucumber if possible. I like smashing it to make it even softer. Do not peel cucumbers because the skin is rich in nutrients.
Carrots: Use a vegetable peeler to get carrot ribbons, but you can also grate the carrots.
Asparagus: I use only the tops, which are soft and edible when raw.
Cherries: Rember to remove the pits. For easy chopping, purchase bigger cherries.
Cherry tomatoes: You can use classic tomatoes, though cherry tomatoes are sweeter and have less juice, so they don't flood the salad with their juice.
Fermented carrots: These are optional, though they add probiotics that are essential to your gut and health.
Capers: They bring some acidity while offering minerals like copper and iron.
Mixed herbs: I used mint and cilantro, but you can try basil, mint, or parsley.
Nutritional yeast: Rich in vitamins Bs, it adds depth and flavor to the salad.
Lemon: For balancing the flavors.
Ginger: I love the spicy it brings.
Olive oil: Always choose an excellent non-hydrogenated oil.
Salt: Just a little for the taste.

Watermelon salad dressing

Nothing makes a salad taste awesome than an excellent salad dressing. While you can use your favorite one, I suggest you try this one.

Mix the lemon, oil, nutritional yeast, grated ginger, and salt in a small jar with a lid. Close the jar and shake vigorously. Pour the dressing on the salad just before serving.

Serving suggestions

I like leaving the ingredients on a platter for my family or guests to pick what they want. However, sometimes, I mix everything up in a salad bowl.

Whichever way you choose, your family will love this salad.

I believe you'll love this salad because

It's extremely rich in nutrients
It's easy to make.
It's nourishing.
The ingredients are easy to find.
It's customizable.

You've got the power to heal yourself. Githu

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