Week 62: Greek Chopped Salad

Lately I have been craving a good, fresh salad. The only thing is that sometimes salads are hard to eat, especially if you want a little of everything in each bite. My solution was to find a good chopped salad. Everything is chopped in to little pieces so you can get all those great flavors on your fork at one time.

There were a lot of chopped salad options, but I knew the search was over when I found this recipe because I love pretty much all of the ingredients typically used in Greek foods. Onions, olives, feta, lemon juice, yum!

Year of Yum Rating: 4 1/2 STARS

(I struggled with this rating. It was a truly GREAT salad, but I couldn't decide if I should rate it in only the SALAD category, or if it was fair to compare it to other foods. If I had to choose between this salad and, say, macaroni and cheese, it would be a REALLY tough decision...)

INGREDIENTS
2 Romaine lettuce hearts, chopped
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 (6 ounce) jar pitted kalamata olives
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 cucumber, sliced
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 lemon, juiced
ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS
1. In a large salad bowl, combine the Romaine, onion, olives, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumber and cheese.



2. Whisk together the olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and black pepper. Pour dressing over salad, toss and serve.