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Friday, April 01, 2005
My Big Fat Greek Salad
I make this salad often at get-togethers for my office or at my friend Andy's house. Keep in mind that this makes a LOT of salad, so if you only want a little bit of salad, cut the recipe down for the number of people you need. If I had to judge, I'd say this makes enough salad for at least 5-6 people as a side dish to a meal.
***4 big sized tomatoes, not too ripe - they need to have some hardness to them, sliced into pieces
***1 cucumber, peeled, halved down the middle & sliced into small slices
***1/2 a purple onion, finely sliced into long slices
***1 jar of pepperocini peppers, drained, whole
***1 jar of Greek kalamata olives, with seeds, drained
***1 cube of feta cheese, crumbled by hand
***salt, pepper to taste
***extra virgin olive oil & salad vinegar - don't be shy on these!
In a LARGE mixing bowl, add tomatoes, cucumber, onion, peppers, olives, salt, pepper & mix all together. Then add oil & vinegar & re-mix again. After you feel you have mixed it well enough, then break apart feta cheese and mix briefly one final time. Feta cheese will fall apart easily, so that's why I wait til the end to add.
Refrigerate for at least an hour so the flavors will marry together & then ENJOY! It's sooo good, especially now in the spring! mmmmm Served with a loaf of warm bread.... mmmmm dip into the "sauce".... mmmmm!
P.S. ~ Yes, there is NO lettuce in a true Greek salad!
~Marianna
***4 big sized tomatoes, not too ripe - they need to have some hardness to them, sliced into pieces
***1 cucumber, peeled, halved down the middle & sliced into small slices
***1/2 a purple onion, finely sliced into long slices
***1 jar of pepperocini peppers, drained, whole
***1 jar of Greek kalamata olives, with seeds, drained
***1 cube of feta cheese, crumbled by hand
***salt, pepper to taste
***extra virgin olive oil & salad vinegar - don't be shy on these!
In a LARGE mixing bowl, add tomatoes, cucumber, onion, peppers, olives, salt, pepper & mix all together. Then add oil & vinegar & re-mix again. After you feel you have mixed it well enough, then break apart feta cheese and mix briefly one final time. Feta cheese will fall apart easily, so that's why I wait til the end to add.
Refrigerate for at least an hour so the flavors will marry together & then ENJOY! It's sooo good, especially now in the spring! mmmmm Served with a loaf of warm bread.... mmmmm dip into the "sauce".... mmmmm!
P.S. ~ Yes, there is NO lettuce in a true Greek salad!
~Marianna
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~L.