I can't exactly recall, but maybe I've said before that I'm not much of a cook because I don't enjoy it enough to learn all the things that make someone good at it and tend to stick to a few tried and tested dishes that I know I can't mess up too much. There's not many, only a handful of things I would say I'm good at making and the rest I accomplish by feeling my way forward; there's been more than a few total failures.
Sometimes I come across things I think would be tasty and easy enough for me to make and I don't mind trying new things so when I heard about this watermelon salad which, I'll admit, sounds like anyone could make it I thought it could be an easy and tasty option to add to my small number of things I could make in the kitchen.
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It's not really cooking as such, more preparing, I suppose but that's ok; and the list of ingredients sound a little strange to combine but the friend who told me about this assures me I'll love it so I'll be giving it a try - it's not a winter dish although I'm going to try it on the weekend.
The ingredients are watermelon, cucumber, crumbled feta cheese, red onion, avocado, basil and mint, and a little lime dressing. It's not what I'd normally combine in a salad but it sounds summery and light and I like all the ingredients; I think it's worth a try and will be a good excuse to use the mint I've grown also.
The method is simply to cube the watermelon, cucumber and avocado, finely chop the red onion, add in the crumbled feta and basil and mint leaves then drizzle on the dressing and toss lightly. I don't think even I could get that wrong! I'm told there's a few slight variations mainly with the dressing but I'm going to try it the way my friend suggested and see how it goes before I try to get too creative.
I don't mind exploring and learning new things and feel it's one of my responsibilities, to myself, to keep doing that; it means I'll fail along the way, like my cooking sometimes does, but that's part of life's journey.
Becca 💗
