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Friday, July 23, 2010

Greek Villager's Salad

This is a classic Greek Salad
in the Mediterranean tradition of
Kalamata olives and crunchy peppers,
a generous amount of olive oil,
colorful tomatoes and feta cheese.

Ingredients:
2/3 Cup Lykovouno olive oil
1 lemon
2 firm vine-ripened tomatoes
2 firm, ripe heirloom tomatoes
1 red onion, peeled
1 small cucumber, peeled
1 large green pepper
1 large yellow pepper
3 beets, quartered
1/2 cup Kalamata olives
2 to 3 pinches dried oregano
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

Directions:
Wash and dry all vegetables.
Boil beets in water for 15 minutes
or until just slightly soft.
Slice the tomatoes, onions,
and beets into wedges.
Slice the cucumbers thin,
and peppers into thin rounds.
Sprinkle the ingredients with
the juice of one lemon and toss
with Lykovouno Olive Oil.
Add oregano, salt, and pepper to taste.
Serve with crumbled feta.

1 comment:

best cook said...

Lovely recipe, thank you for posting it.