This heirloom tomato and watermelon salad recipe is nutritious, delicious, and super quick to make! I hope it inspires you to sit down to dinner with your family and enjoy it together.
Having a job that is almost entirely online requires I’m on the computer a lot. Social media never sleeps and it can be hard to get myself to disconnect at the end of the day. I absolutely love what I do but I never want Josh to feel like he’s married to a wife who isn’t present.
I’m definitely still a work in progress in this department but something that has been working for us is making dinnertime a nightly date. After snapping a quick photo of the food (like I said: work in progress), phones are off and it’s just the two of us catching up on our day and connecting over food. I’m lucky Josh is just as obsessed with food as I am. 😉
When I heard about the Billion Dinners Challenge I immediately knew it was something I wanted to help spread the word about. Their goal is to track a billion family dinners using their app. In this digital age families need dinners together more than ever. Let’s step away from the TV, put down our phones, and focus on reconnecting and being present while we enjoy time with our loved ones and savor good food.
So how does it all work? Simply download the DinnerCall app on your iPhone or Android. (It’s free!) Each time you’re ready to sit down to dinner you track a meal by entering your goal for how long you want to spend at the dinner table, how many people are joining, and a quick picture of your food. DinnerCall will give you a prompt to discuss over dinner (they’re surprisingly fun!) and at the end of the meal you log your time and can share it to Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #BillionDinners to encourage your friends and family to do the same.
The Billion Dinners Challenge is a two week, ten meal challenge. In fourteen days can you sit down with your family to eat ten dinners together? I’m taking the challenge and would love if you would join me! Billion Dinners Challenge gave me a budget to pick a few winners who have been checking in their meals frequently with the #BillionDinners hashtag on Twitter and/or Facebook. Imagine winning a $20 Whole Foods gift card just for sitting down to dinner with your family!
If this challenge seems like one you want to be a part of I encourage you to download the free app and start logging your meals today. And if you’re looking for a dinner recipe to make I encourage you to try my heirloom tomato and watermelon salad recipe. It’s delicious!
Heirloom Tomato and Watermelon Salad
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
1 pound roughly diced heirloom tomatoes
1 pound roughly diced watermelon
1/4 cup finely chopped mint leaves
1 medium red onion, finely chipped
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Toss everything together and serve. (It’s seriously that easy! 😉 )
I look forward to seeing your #BillionDinners online and can’t wait to share some more of mine with you!
Questions of the Day: Are you good about sitting down with your family at dinner time? What’s one of your favorite family dinner recipes? Are you taking the #BillionDinners challenge with me?
Thanks to DinnerCall for sponsoring this post!
This gorgeous watermelon, tomato, and feta salad pops with color and flavor! Looks delicious!
Never would have thought of putting the tomato’s with watermelon, but this looks absolutely delicious! Totally trying this out
We are trying to make a habit of sitting down together for the sake of the baby, we want her to grow up with the habit!
Wow, this looks amazing!!!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
What a simple recipe. Looks delicious!!
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That looks so healthy and yummy!
xo, jill
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Those flavors go so beautifully together. I absolutely love this salad.
Such a great combination of fruit and veggies! I can’t wait to try this great recipe! Thank you for sharing!
You’ve definitely piqued my interest with this salad combo! I never would have thought to try these two ingredients together, but it sounds tasty! I love the idea behind the Billion Family Dinners Challenge too. We usually make a point to sit down together at dinner because that’s when everyone stops what they’re doing long enough to talk about their day without any other distractions (other than their plate)! lol
That sounds really healthy, thank you for sharing!
This looks amazingly delicious and refreshing. I love feta cheese and always looking for recipes. Thank you for sharing!
I froze a watermelon left over from a labor day BBQ. I think I know what to do with the leftovers!
This looks so delicious and so healthy! Well done! Love colorful food, just makes it so much more appetizing.
xo, esther
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I never would have thought of putting tomatoes and watermelon in any one dish, but ya know what, I’d be willing to give it a shot! Thanks for sharing!
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This looks like the perfect lunch
really easy to make to!
xx
Garland Girl
I’m super sad watermelon is going out of season soon, it’s my favorite!
I would’ve never thought to combine tomatoes and watermelon – sounds delicious 🙂 It’s really important for me to actually have a sit down dinner together as a couple – it’s so easy to just eat when you get home and not wait for your partner when you are hungry. To me though it’s just so important to actually take the time and spend the meal together.
Two of my favorite things together! Definitely have to try this. Yum!
Oh, this salad looks so delicious. And healthy! And beautiful. It’s a keeper.
Mmmm… I adore heirloom tomatoes. AND I’m always looking for new ways to include them in dinners. Thanks for this!
I definitely think it is a great challenge! We have rule that when we are eating we have to put our phones down and out of sight. If we’re on a date and it happens, we remind ourselves. It happens to be on the reasons I never put dates up on my blog…because I just want to be present.
Great challenge and yummy looking recipe!
Great salad! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop
This looks so yummy and colorful!
It looks so yummy! Thanks for sharing
I love heirloom tomatoes and so this dish caught my heart and eye. It looks delicious and I’d give a try soon. Yum! 🙂
Simple and delicious!
I will try it one day 🙂