Salad Recipe − Danforth Salad

This delightful salad is the perfect pairing for a BBQ. We love it with applewood smoked ribs and a cool gin cocktail (a white lady is the best). It's a Mediterranean-inspired Toronto summer classic, named after Danforth Avenue, which is home to a large Greek community. Not sure when it was invented, but we ate it all the time growing up in north Toronto in the 1980s. Yummy.

Ingredients

• 2 mini cucumbers, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• ½ mini watermelon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
• ½ cup crumbled feta cheese, preferably Bulgarian
• ½ cup chopped fresh mint, plus more for garnish
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• 1 Persian lime, juiced
• ¼ cup chopped toasted walnuts

Cooking Directions

1. Combine cucumber, watermelon, strawberries, feta cheese, mint, and basil in a bowl; carefully mix to combine. Squeeze lime juice on top. Sprinkle salad with walnuts and garnish with additional mint leaves before serving.

Nutrition Facts

• calories166.8
• carbohydrateContent19.5 g
• cholesterolContent16.7 mg
• fatContent9.2 g
• fiberContent2.4 g
• proteinContent5.3 g
• saturatedFatContent3.3 g
• sodiumContent211.9 mg
• sugarContent13.7 g