Watermelon Salad

Stumbled upon this recipe and made a few tweaks to it so I didn't have to go out and purchase parsley and fresh mint.  No, I don't have them on hand but when I do I'll add them to the mix and amaze my taste buds.  What I did learn from this recipe was how to bring down the bite in red onions.  It's simply a matter of soaking the thin slices of red onion in lime juice, which in my case was whole (minus the peel) limes, pulverized in my VitaMix.  A lovely, gentle onion taste results.  You all probably knew that already and are wondering what planet I've been living on, or on which planet I've been living, for those of you who don't like to end a sentence with a preposition.

Ingredients:
  Small red onion
  2 - 4 limes, depending on their juiciness
  1/2 medium sized watermelon cut into cubes
  1 cup feta cheese, cubed
  3 - 4 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  1/2 cup sliced black olives, more or less to suit your taste
  Black pepper
  Something green

Peel and halve the red onion and cut them into thin slices.  Juice or peel and pulverize the limes and add to the onion slices in a small bowl where they can rest together while you continue.

Cube the watermelon.  Cube the feta.  Gently toss the watermelon and feta in a bowl.  Add onions, oil, olives and something green and gently toss one more time.  Top with a good grind of black pepper.

Disclaimers:
1.  So what exactly is a medium sized watermelon?  Depends what part of the country you're from or how good you are at lying.  "We don't grow any watermelon under forty pounds around here!"  Get a grip.  You want 6 to 8 cups of watermelon unless you're feeding a family gathering.
2.  The salad needed something green so I went to my garden where my Swiss chard has taken over the neighborhood.  I chose a few smaller leaves and rolled and sliced them as thin as possible.  The green added a nice touch.  You can use parsley.
3.  Is it obvious that the salad in the picture does not have lovely cubes of feta?  Our local grocer only had the "all broken up in pieces" feta.  It worked well and tastes great.
4.  There are green beans on the plate with the watermelon salad.  The picture was just crying for a little contrasting color.

Enjoy!