Classic GREEK SALAD recipe!

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A gorgeous salad of crunchy vegetables, cut into chunks and tossed with cheese and whole olives. Let’s hear it for a classic GREEK SALAD!

This time-honoured salad is deserving of its fame. I remember travelling to Greece and being surprised to see GREEK SALAD – also referred to as a Horiatiki or village salad – served at breakfast. I was more than happy to enjoy it first thing in the morning; it’s fabulous anytime.

Here’s a shout out to the things I love most about it:

VINAIGRETTE – Yet another example of how we often need just a few choice ingredients to create memorable flavours. I think it essential to use a quality olive oil for this recipe, and dried oregano is the only way to go. I have tried making it with fresh chopped oregano thinking I’d revolutionize the Greek salad industry and teach Greeks a thing or two. It was all wrong – just like my intention, LOL!

VEGETABLES – In a perfect world, we’d all live close to where I grew up in Essex County, and we’d drive a county road and get farm-grown fresh produce. Picking up locally grown tomatoes, cucumber, red onion and bell peppers heightens that farm-to-table flavour.

KALAMATA OLIVES – These large, dark purple olives hail from Kalamata Greece. They have a meaty texture and add richness to the salad. When purchasing them, look for those that haven’t been pitted.

FETA CHEESE – This Greek cheese has a distinct salty flavour that works really well with the prepared vegetables. Made from both sheep and goat’s milk, feta is actually a brined curd. I suggest trying to find this essential ingredient at a Greek grocer or cheese store. Ask for the hunk of cheese to be packed up in a container with brine, making it more flavourful.

Prepare the vinaigrette, chop up the veggies, dress, toss and serve. Enjoy this classic GREEK SALAD, a taste sensation.

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It’s all Greek to me! Greek salad, coming up next on Weekend at the Cottage. This recipe is a shout out to all the people in my life who have a Greek heritage, my niece is Jelena, Lexi, my friends Sofia, Marina, everyone I know who’s Greek. We’re making a traditional Greek salad.

I think it’s fabulous and it’s worthy of the praise it receives. It goes with everything, it’s easy to prepare, and I know you’re going to love it. We’ll start by making the vinaigrette for the recipe. Whisk everything together.

I like to make the dressing in advance so those dried oregano bits can soak up the oil and vinegar. Now we’re onto an assortment of great vegetables – the fresher, the better. We have 2 long cucumbers. I’m going to cut them in half and then again into quarters.

Rough chop them and into a large bowl. I have 1 red bell pepper, took off the cap, took out the seeds. You can use green or yellow if you wish. We’re going to slice it up a bit, rough chop and added to the bowl.

I have one red onion, cut in half, cut in quarters and then kind of dice it. Sometimes you see red onion cut into rings. This I think is more for a restaurant presentation, in this application, I want all the ingredients tossed together the bowl before we serve.

6 fully ripened vine tomatoes. Take off the tops, rough chop them. Add them to the bowl. Now the two essential ingredients to a Greek Salad, you have black Kalamata olives. I like to do this recipe with the pits still in and we also have feta cheese which is the cheese of Greece.

It’s a blend of sheep and goats milk and you can purchase it in a large block like this. Cut it up into bite-size pieces and place it into the bowl. All of the ingredients are in the bowl. I usually give it a quick toss now. Whisk the vinaigrette. Added it to the salad.

Toss everything together. You can adjust the salt and pepper at this stage before you place it into a bowl and it’s ready to be enjoyed. You can enjoy it with fish, meat, poultry. I kinda like it on its own served with maybe some warmed bread.

It’s a fabulous item and also really stores well so if you have leftovers you’ll be ready to work the next day with a wonderful, tasty, healthy, beautiful looking lunch. Greek salad is really good. ummm really good! and the olives have Pits! Looking for other great recipes, head to WeekendattheCottage.com

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