A quenching Summer Salad: Arugula, Watermelon & Feta Salad

I cannot get enough of all these perfect and mouth-watering summer dishes and drinks that I'm coming across all over the internet. Stumbled on Liz's blog and immediately fell in love with it.  She posts amazing recipes and this salad in particular caught my attention. The perfect medley of ingredients for those hot summer days (or afternoon's or night's). Heck, I'd eat this salad in my sleep, it's so good!

Arugula, Watermelon, and Feta Salad

Serves 4

Adapted from Ina Garten

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Ingredients

• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1/4 cup minced shallots
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 6 cups baby arugula
• 4 cups chilled watermelon cut in 1-inch cubes
• 12 ounces crumbled feta cheese
• 1 cup (4 ounces) fresh mint leaves, cut chiffonade style

Directions

1. After cutting watermelon, toss with salt.
2. Whisk together the lemon juice, shallots, honey. Slowly pour in the olive oil, whisking constantly, to form an emulsion.
3. Toss the arugula, watermelon, feta, and mint in a large bowl. Sprinkle with black pepper. Drizzle with vinaigrette to lightly coat the salad.