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Old Mon, Dec-01-03, 09:28
PilotGal PilotGal is offline
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Talking Greek Country Salad

1 large head of romaine or iceberg washed, torn, and thrown in a large bowl.
1 cucumber slightly peeled and cut in small bite size pieces.
1 bunch of green onions chopped with green tops included.
1 large green and red or yellow pepper chopped into bite size pieces.
Sm handful of fresh herbs chopped... ( basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, ) whatever is avail.
8 oz of the best feta you can find, broken into bite size pieces.
1 can of anchovies drained
1 very ripe tomato cut into small wedges

Salad dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 red wine vinegar
1 tsp of dried oregano
1 fresh garlic clove crushed
1/8 cup of water
1/2 pkg of sugar substitute
1 tsp of dijon mustard

Mix first 5 ingredients in a bowl. Mix up salad dressing and shake real good.
Add salad dressing to salad, toss gently, THEN add the feta, anchovies and tomato. Serve after adding dressing. Figure about 5 grms of carbs per large bowl of salad.
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Old Wed, Jan-07-04, 17:59
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Great recipe! I like to add capers (1T= 0.2 net carbs), a few Greek olives, and radishes to my Greek salads. (and leave out the anchovies for me <g>)

Last edited by LisaS : Thu, Jan-08-04 at 12:44.
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Old Sun, Feb-20-05, 21:40
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This is a delicious recipe!
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Old Thu, Jul-20-06, 14:04
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Need to drop in on and say this is the BEST greek salad I've ever eaten. Made it last night, and used fresh basil, oregano & italian flat leaf parsley for the recommended "handful of fresh herbs" part. Added some sliced black olives. Went ahead with the anchovies - just chopped them up before adding to the salad.

This thing was so good, that I found myself eating it for both breakfast and lunch today as well (was lots leftover). Also used slightly less lettuce than called for, making it a reasonable choice to have "leftovers" - because there's less lettuce, it's not too soggy in the fridge the next day.

Anyway - thank you so much for this recipe.

Anyone wanting to lighten up their meals a bit and have a beautiful salad should definintely make this one. It's an absolutely perfect summer-time meal. I put it on a pretty blue glass plate, and we (the three of us) just had mini-bottles of Pellegrino and lime wedges for our beverages. Nobody got "too full" and all loved the salad.

Sara

PS - editing to add: I didn't have any envelopes of sweetener, so I used a scant teaspoon of granular splenda (for the dressing) instead - it worked just fine.

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Old Thu, Jul-20-06, 15:32
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I think spearmint would be a great herb to add to this. Even in just the dressing. Mints go beautifully in Greek foods and salads. Not too much so that the taste is overpowering and minty but just enough to complement the other flavors.
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Old Thu, Jul-20-06, 15:56
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Thanks for the suggestion MyJourney - I think I'll try that the next time I make this salad...add a bit of chopped mint. Sounds like a winning idea.
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Old Sun, Jul-26-09, 17:15
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Wow. I make greek salad but it is without the anchovies (ewww) and with the addition of green kalamata olives and diced paste tomatoes. I use garlic-herb crumbled feta, and I sometimes leave out the cucumbers or minimize them for carby reasons. (They don't have many though.) And no sugar/water/dijon in mine. This is one of the only 'salads' I can eat. I'm going to try some of your variants (but not the fish lol), thanks for the ideas!
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Old Tue, Jul-28-09, 13:55
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it's really all about the salad dressing.
i've been making this dressing for 30+ yrs.
just change out the salad items.

*when the fad was low fat, i added water to the recipe.
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Old Tue, Sep-07-10, 16:19
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Thought I would bump this recipe. It really is about the dressing! I have made it a few times already. Yum!
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Old Tue, Sep-07-10, 20:02
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I just have to say, I really feel sorry for those who choose to not use the anchovies! They add so much in the way of "life" to the flavor and I can't notice any "fishy" flavor!! Oh well, more for me if you insist you don't like it!!!
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Old Wed, Sep-08-10, 09:37
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Can you use dried herbs ,I dont have the fresh ones ?
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Old Fri, Sep-10-10, 17:30
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So glad this got bumped! This looks really good! DH just love Greek salad. Will definitely be trying this one!
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Old Fri, Sep-10-10, 21:03
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This is an excellent recipe - I'd highly recommend it. The homemade dressing is good on other things too, and I'd have to agree with Glenda - adding anchovies is just the thing to give it some real zing.

If you don't want to buy anchovy filets, you can always buy anchovy paste in the spice section of your local grocery store (and mix into the dressing instead of tossing the chopped filets into the salad). I'd say that 1 tbsp. of anchovy paste is the equivalent of one anchovy filet (approximately - close enough, and works for me). You can just buy some anchovy 'paste' and add a bunch of it to this excellent dressing.

Very, very good recipe!
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Thanks for the tip on the paste equivalent, CK. That's nice to know. I've used both and not sure which I'll find available.
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Old Sat, Sep-11-10, 18:21
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Yes Graciejean! I have used a small amount of dried Italian seasoning or seasonings of your choosing. I also add some salt & pepper. Since making this dressing, I do not use bottled. Less carbs! less cost!
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