Cook'n is the best selling recipe organizer

Volume III
March 15, 2013


Weekly Home / Recipe Center

Kittencal's Famous Greek Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 cup olive oil (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 extra large lemon, juice of (can use 2 lemons ( make certain that the lemon is at room temperature before squeezing)
2-4 teaspoons dried oregano (start with 2 teaspoons)
3 teaspoons fresh minced garlic (about 2 medium cloves)
1 teaspoon dried basil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (or to taste)
1 large romaine lettuce, chopped (or use 2 small)
2 -3 plum tomatoes, cut in wedges (use roma tomatoes)
1 english cucumber (peeled, seeded and chopped)
1 red onion, cut in slices
1 green bell pepper (seeded and cut into rings or sliced) (optional)
1/2 pound feta cheese, crumbled (or to taste)
1 cup kalamata olive

1 For the dressing; in a processor or use a wire whisk process/whisk the olive oil with lemon juice, 2 teaspoons dried oregano, garlic, dried, basil, red wine vinegar, salt and sugar until smooth (add in more oregano and lemon juice if needed).

2 Season with black pepper.

3 Chill in fridge for a couple of hours before using to blend flavors.

4 Place the salad ingredients in a large bowl.

5 Pour dressing over; toss to combine.

6 If desired allow the salad to sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before serving, or you can refrigerate for 1 hour (tossing a few time during sitting time).


Source: greek.food.com


Help on downloading recipes


blog comments powered by Disqus

Contribute to the Cook'n Club!

DVO would love to publish your article, prose, photography and art as well as your cooking, kitchen and nutrition tips, tricks and secrets. Visit the Newsletter Submission / Win Win for All section in our Forum for more information and details.