{"id":28196,"date":"2014-05-20T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=28196"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:15:36","slug":"watermelon-cucumber-snacks-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/recipes\/watermelon-cucumber-snacks-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Bites Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watermelon<\/a> is exceptionally rich in the carotenoid called lycopene, an antioxidant which has lots of anti-inflammatory benefits. The thirst-quenching gourd also helps with muscle soreness because of its high water and electrolyte content \u2014 perfect for post-workout recovery. With feta, mint and a drizzle of maple-lime glaze, you\u2019ll be as cool as a cucumber come summer. Keep the bites manageable with a layer of each ingredient, or double them up for an impressive tower of sweet and salty goodness.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Perry Santanachote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watermelon, Cucumber and Feta Bites Recipe<\/h3>\n

Serves 4<\/i><\/p>\n

Total time: 15 minutes<\/p>\n

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Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n

1 English cucumber, cut into 24 slices
8 ounces seedless watermelon (without rind)
2 ounces crumbled feta cheese
1 1\/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon maple syrup
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh mint<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/b><\/h3>\n
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  1. Arrange cucumber slices on a platter. Cut the watermelon into 1 \u00bd x \u00bc -inch squares.<\/li>\n
  2. Place a watermelon slice on top of each cucumber slice. Scatter the cheese on top. Double up the layers if making stacks.<\/li>\n
  3. Whisk together the lime juice, maple syrup and mint in a small bowl. Right before serving, drizzle this mixture over the stacks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Summer is just around the corner \u2014 be ready. These refreshing watermelon, cucumber and feta bites will keep you cool when things start to heat up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,9,427],"tags":[234,52,175,87,90,345,350],"class_list":["post-28196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gluten-free","category-healthy","category-recipes","category-snacks","tag-cheese","tag-fruit","tag-gluten-free","tag-snacks","tag-summer","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2type-2-diabetes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}