Greek Salad

I have an incredibly difficult recipe for you all today, a traditional Greek Salad. {insert sarcasm}  This is another one of those recipes that makes you start laughing as you prepare to type the “recipe” on the screen.  To be honest, there is no right or wrong way to make this salad.  Feel free to throw in whatever ingredients you have on hand…..

If you look closely, you will see that my salad doesn’t exactly match the recipe.  I did not have red onions to thinly slice, in fact I don’t even like red onions. 😉  I used chopped green onions instead.  I also did not have romaine lettuce, so I used a combination of spinach and arugula.  The only thing that really matters, is that you shred or slice your lettuce rather than tearing it…..

I do not have a Greek grandmother to ask “why we slice instead of tear our lettuce”?  It actually showed up in a few different recipes, so we will just assume that they had their reasons.  I have always sliced my lettuce for salads anyway, so I just went with it.

Feel free to use halved grape tomatoes, or quartered Roma tomatoes.  A tomato is a tomato right?  Go ahead and go crazy, chop up a Beefsteak tomato!

I divided the lettuce, tomatoes, Kalmata olives, feta cheese, an herbs among four plates/containers and served them with the Creamy Feta Dressing on the side…..

You could also place all of your salad ingredients in a large bowl, drizzle with dressing and gently toss to combine.  I would not suggest adding the dressing to the salad ahead of time if you are planning to take your salad on a picnic or to work with you for lunch, your lettuce will get soggy! 🙁

The second time that I made this salad, I added toasted pine nuts…yum!!

Next month we will be sharing our Cooking with Astrology Picnic with our Virgo friends.  I can hear all of you clapping with excitement! 😉 {insert more sarcasm}

Until then, here is a recap of this month’s picnic:

Greek Eggplant Dip {Melitzanosalata}

Sesame Crackers

Greek Salad with Creamy Feta Dressing

Greek “Summery” Meat Pie

Pistachio Ice Cream with Pistachio Praline

Enjoy!!

Greek Salad

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Serves	4
Prep time	10 minutes
Meal type	Salad

Start your meal with this classic Greek Salad, using whatever you have on hand.

Ingredients

• 1 head romaine lettuce (washed, dried, sliced or shredded)
• 1/2 English cucumber (sliced)
• 1 cup grape tomatoes (halved)
• 12 kalmata olives
• 2/3 cups crumbed feta cheese
• 1 Tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
• 1 Tablespoon chopped oregano, or basil
• 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced (optional)
• Serve with Feta Dressing

Directions

To prepare your salad, you have two choices.

#1 - Evenly divide the ingredients between four plates, drizzle with dressing and serve.

#2 - Place all ingredients into a large bowl, drizzle with dressing and toss together.

Note

Use whatever lettuce you have on hand.  I used a combination of spinach and arugula.

I also used chopped green onions instead of the sliced red onions.

Serve with Creamy Feta Dressing

This recipe will be partying at these link parties!