Years and years ago I was invited to one of our freelancer’s home for a pot luck dinner. Lisa (our generous hostess) made a Greek Salad that really was bang on for me and then I made it for JT and he loved it and we’ve been making it ever since. It’s really not rocket science, but it is a wonderful combination of colours and tastes and I just had to share it with you because I recently made it for Sunday dinner with Brian! This is simply a mix of proportions to your liking!
Lisa’s Greek Salad
A burst of colour to brighten a dreary winter meal
Ingredients:
- 10 small yellow tomatoes, washed and sliced in half (I love the cocktail sized campari)
- 10 small red tomatoes, washed and sliced in half (I love the cocktail sized campari)
- 10 Kalamata olives, cut into thirds
- 3 mini English cucumbers cut into a similar size as the tomatoes
- a good handful of hand broken Brebis sheeps milk feta (less fat than ordinary feta and much creamier)
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 3-4 tbsp EVOO
Directions:
- Toss the vegetables together.
- Mix the balsamic and the oil and dress the salad just before serving.
Ok, now the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the big draw and the give away winner.
We've tabulated the entries and made lovely entries with everyone's names (those who answered correctly, that is). BTW, this is an authentic Goulash pot (miniature)!
Now we need someone to make the draw…
JT was kind enough to make the draw...
and the winner is….
Oh my gosh...Kristy of Eat, Play, Love - our family food adventures, CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations Kristy. Please email me your info and I will send you the cool salts!
Thank you to everyone who participated. My first give away was a very fun event for me and I so appreciate your participation.
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Congratulations Kristy!
The salad looks really tasty.
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Thank you kindly, Angie! So flattering from a person with such a recipe collection.
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My daughter just loves a greek salad, this looks like the perfect combination!
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This recipe is lovely even without the lettuce, Barbara.
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Love Greek salad and now you have me longing for the summer months. 😦
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So true Jed; it’s great that we are able to get lovely tomatoes this time of year, but it does blur the true appreciation of each season! It was a tasty salad, that’s for sure.
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Congratulations to Kristy! I can’t wait to see what she makes with these.
I love greek salad! I made it last week and have a post about it coming up. it is so colorful and refreshing..Thank you for sharing your friend’s recipe
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wow, what a great salad. I loved this! Your recipes are truly unique!
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Thank you kindly Purabinaha.
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The Greek salad is so bright and colorful! Many Congratulations to Kristy!
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It’s a lovely little glimpse toward summer, Ann.
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Congrats to Kristy!!! I just adore her and her blog. I also love a Greek salad. I haven’t had one in such a long time and this is such a wonderful recipe. Great post
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Hi Kay, I really love the way the tomatoes and cucumbers look like jewels in the salad!
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Greek salad is so simple and lovely and never fails. we have never had lettuce in ours either! The cucumber adds the crunch just nicely! Thank you for reminding me about it and lovely to have met you and your pages! c
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Thank you much Celia and welcome! I’ll check out your blog this weekend.
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I never used to like Greek salad but now I love it! Nice to see how tou make yours 🙂
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BFN, you’re quite right, of course, it is not a typical greek salad, but it’s soooo tasty. I think I like this one better than the traditional version!
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I love Greek Salad. This chunky version sounds and looks great.
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Hi Lynda, this recipe excludes the lettuce bits, and for some reason, I don’t really mind (although I usually love lettuce) but the chunky bits of tomato, cucumber and feta really go so well together, it’s very extravagant!
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Congratulations to Kristy!! What a fun giveaway 🙂 It was certainly nice to revisit some of the posts… I well remember the rock-star bus posts 😀 Man alive, the size of that thing!
I don’t even need to look at the other ingredients in this dish to know it’s awesome as soon as I see the feta/brebis – I could eat a whole block of that stuff… so good. Beautiful, colourful salad Eva! 🙂
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Thanks Charles, ahhhh yes, the rock star bus…I made a lovely Shutterfly album to remember it by!
I had meant to add this into the post, that I was unable to do the lovely reveal that you did for your give-away…you are obviously some sort of guru programmer to be able to include such extravagances into your blog (mine, sadly, is a template!).
The salad is delicious and I agree, I too, could eat a block of that cheese…
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Congratulations Kristy! How fun. Eva, I love Greek salad and the yellow tomatoes are such a pretty addition… I usually stick with the usual red but will have to try Lisa’s version!
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I have to admit, when I ‘stole’ the recipe from Lisa, it was only red tomatoes, but believe it or not, that was about 20 years ago, and now we have more varieties to choose from.
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Congrats Kristy. 🙂
About the only thing I like in a Greek salad is the feta … 🙂
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Oh, too bad for that Maria, I adore tomatoes and cuc’s. Maybe the next salad will hit your taste buds!
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Foiled by Kristy again! I mean congratulations Kristy, yay! Hee. Hee. Can’t wait to see what she makes. I love this salad too.
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Foiled, Greg? Hmmmm….after all, girl power! Actually, it was awarded righteously, JT made sure of that! That was actually her ballot in the photo! Of course, I wasn’t able to make anything as fancy as Charles’ reveal, but it did the trick. I’m looking forward to her posts about the salts too!
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Oh my gosh! I am truly dumb-founded! Thank you so much Eva! We’re going to have so much fun with these!!! I can feel the wheels in my head turning already at the possibilities. 🙂 Thank you SO much!
Now as for this salad – it’s gorgeous! It would certainly brighten up any winter meal. I also know that this would be a huge hit with Mike!
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Congratulations, Kristy. It’s great that you won and I am so looking forward to some interesting posts using the ingredients. The salad was great, since we’ve been having such dreary days!
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Such a great looking, tasty salad, Eva. It’s so brightly colored that it reminds me of the Summer months, which is a very good thing in January. And congrats to Kristy, the reports of ballot box stuffing notwithstanding. 🙂
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Thanks John for the compliment about the salad. Some people had more entries because they got more questions correct ;-)!
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I love Greek salad. I eat it all summer. You’ll find a variation on “The Kale Chronicles” that includes lemon juice, garlic and red bell pepper if you go way back to the beginning. http://thekalechronicles.com/2011/08/25/greek-salad-for-one/
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Thanks Sharyn, I’ll check it out! I love variations, it keeps me from getting bored of the same old!
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My Arabella loves Greek salad and always asks me to make her this salad for her school lunches. Your salad Eva is so colourful and pretty. But I think there’s an issue with your recipe because the yellow tomatoes are mentioned twice! Just thought I’d let you know!!!
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Thank you Charlie, that typo is what I get for blogging with a scratch on my cornea and my eyes watering like mad! I appreciate that you mention it, I’ve corrected it. The Greek salad is such a colourful feast, we really should have it more often.
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