Courgette ribbon salad with watermelon feta and fennel pollen

Courgettes are in abundance in my garden at present, so I have been coming up with loads of different ways to use them and this salad is a real winner. So light, refreshing and utterly moreish, I’m sure that like me, you will be eating it all summer long!

When making this salad I like to use the small seedless watermelons, which taste nice and juicy but are not as watery as the larger melons. It also reduces the faff of removing the seeds.

I love using the fennel pollen at this time of year, not only is it very pretty but has a wonderful intense aniseed flavour which really adds to this dish. If you cannot find fennel pollen, you can use 1tbsp of fennel seeds and blitz them in a seed grinder or nutribullit instead.

Courgette ribbon salad with watermelon feta and fennel pollen

Caroline Courgettes are in abundance in my garden at present, so I have been coming up with loads of different ways to use… Local suppliers healthy veggies, easy salads, healthy eating, vegetarian Print This

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: none none

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 1/2 small watermelon
• 150g feta cheese
• 1tbsp olive oil
• 2 medium courgettes
• Zest and juice of a lemon
• 1/2tsp dried chilli flakes
• 1 small handful of fennel fronds and 10 sprigs of fennel pollen
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Instructions

Using a potato peeler, peel the courgette into ribbons add the lemon juice and a sprinkle of salt. Cut the watermelon into cubes the size of a large dice and place in a bowl, add the courgette ribbons, olive oil and a twist of black pepper.

Toss together and place on a pretty plate. Crumble over the feta and sprinkle over the fennel fronds before serving.