Beat the Heat

Greek Watermelon Salad is summer in a bowl. The Dog Days of summer mean it’s both time to stay hydrated and peak melon season — a perfect combination.

If you grew up in the South, putting cheese and olives with watermelon likely sounds like a train-wreck. But, several years ago I traveled to Greece and discovered that Greek Watermelon Salad is the equivalent your Grandmother’s Fruit Cup, not a recipe made up in a NYC food magazine test kitchen.  And, most importantly, it’s delicious. Given the current Cyclospora and salmonella concerns, it’s time to take a look at non-lettuce salads

Greek Watermelon Salad is a balance combination of sour, salty, bitter, sweet, and savory. It can be made ahead and is packed with hydrating, nutritious ingredients: crunchy melon, crispy cucumber, creamy Feta, and bright, fresh herbs. (Click HERE to learn what kind of Feta to buy.)

Meet Virginia

Welcome to the Good and Good for You™ newsletter, a quick 5-minute read with ideas and info on ways to help improve your life – including a tasty and healthful recipe.

If you are new here,  I’m a French-trained Southern chef and James Beard award-winning cookbook author who lost #65 pounds and has kept it off for over five years. It changed my life, I changed my life, and I feel like a got a new lease on life.

This issue shares:

• Best Life Living Tip: Start with a Splash
• Self-Care Strategy: Tracking Hydration
• Ideas and Inspiration: Bradford Family Farms 
• Good and Good for You™ Recipe: Greek Watermelon Salad

Thanks for reading! It’s awesome to see that this newsletter is making life better in some way for so many folks. We all need a cheerleader! You are never too old or too young to start working on a better life. You can do it.

Read on for more — including this quick and easy recipe for Greek Watermelon Salad.