Your Daily Dish: Greek Salad

Here is the Mount Olympus of Greek salads – crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, crumbly feta and plump olives are further enhanced with the addition of crunchy, sweet sugar snaps. Tossed in a lemon Dijon dressing, this chunky country salad will have you too waving the blue and white flag. Opa!

Ingredients

Lemon Dijon Dressing

¼ cup olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp Dijon mustard
¼ tsp dried oregano
¼ tsp kosher salt
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper

3 cups sugar snap peas, ends trimmed and stringed
2 cups seeded and cubed English cucumber
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1 large red bell pepper, cubed
1 cup cubed feta cheese
¾ cup Kalamata olives, pitted and halved
1 tbsp chopped fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley

Directions

1) For the dressing, in a small bowl, whisk olive oil, lemon juice, sugar, Dijon mustard, oregano, salt and pepper. Set aside.

2) For the sugar snaps, bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Turn heat to low, add sugar snaps and cook 2 minutes. Drain and immediately plunge into a bowl of ice water to stop cooking. Once cold, drain again and dry snap peas completely before adding to salad.

3) In a large bowl, combine cooked sugar snap peas, cucumber, tomatoes, red pepper, feta, olives and parsley. Toss well with dressing and let stand 10 minutes to combine flavors before serving.

Serves 4-6

Bite Me Bit: “What do you mean, you don’t eat no meat? That’s okay, that’s okay. I make lamb.”

-Aunt Voula, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

For a heartier salad, check out this Greek Potato Salad, complete with feta, Kalamata olives and capers.

 

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