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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Greek Salad - Recipe of theme for the month

Our local Greek gyro place makes a wonderful salad with no lettuce that I just adore.  The vegetables are served with a great Greek dressing. This is my version of that salad. 



Greek Salad
2 medium tomatoes, cut into wedges, or 8 cherry tomatoes, halved
1 small cucumber, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
1 small red onion, cut into thin wedges
1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (2 ounces) 
1 recipe Greek Vinaigrette
2 small pita bread rounds, cut into wedges (optional)

 In a salad bowl combine salad greens, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, olives, and crumbled cheese. Add Greek Vinaigrette, toss to coat. If desired, serve with pita bread wedges. Makes 2 meal salads or 3 to 6 side-dish servings

Greek Vinaigrette
2 tablespoons olive oil or salad oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons snipped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

In a screw top jar combine olive oil or salad oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt, and pepper. Cover and shake well.

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.


The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)
March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)
April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr) more in 2021 also
May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)
June 2020 - Stir Fry Dishes (StirJun)
July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)
August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)
September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)
October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)
November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)
December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)

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