For the last year, I have been filling my family full of Greek salad. Then I started to notice that I was picking around the lettuce a bit to get to the good parts. Finally it dawned on me that hey I am an adult. I can make my salad the way I darn well choose. Forget the lettuce! I want the good bits!
I have made a few changes to the original recipe but both certainly have their places at the dinner table.
Ingredients
4T extra virgin olive oil
2T lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4t dried oregano
1/2t kosher salt, plus 1/2 t salt reserved
1/4t fresh ground black pepper
3-4 roma tomatoes, seeded and roughly chopped
1 English or regular cucumber, quartered, seeded and chopped
1 green, red or combo bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 red onion chopped finely
4oz feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup green olives, drained (for the love of gawd, use good olives)
Use 1/2t reserved salt and mix with cucumber. Place in colander and allow to drain. Combine first six ingredients and set aside. (I usually triple the dressing and reserve part for future use.) Allow time for the flavors to blend. Plow through the chopping of all of the veggies and crumble your feta. I prefer to crumble mine with a fork. Feta fingers will not be tolerated. Give your cucs a good shake(I do not rinse them) and toss everything together. You may make the original recipe and add chopped lettuces but I like it just fine this way.
If you do not finish it off during your meal then make sure you eat it by the next day. Or else it will be a soggy mess and make my heart sad at the wasted goodness.
The current sprogling, also known as Reggie by his/her daddy, *ahem* loves Greek salad just as much as I do. He or she has decided that I should be a vegetarian for the next 6months. So if you have a fav veggie dish then please pass it on. A recent get together had me surrounded by a plethora or veggie dishes. Including Sandra's pineapple weird dish*. I have no idea what the name is but it is the oddest thing I have ever seen placed on the table. While it wins the weirdest dish award it also wins an award for oddball goodness. Please to be sending me that one mmkay. :)
*I really should say weirdest good thing because I have seen some nastiness flopped on the table.
*cough* rocky mountain oysters *cough*
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The dish I brought is called "Pineapple Casserole". As you suggested, it does look weird, but it tastes soooo good! Here's how to make it if you and Reggie are so inclined:
Mix 1 cup sugar and 6 tbsp flour in a bowl. Stir in 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese. Add two 20-oz cans of pineapple chunks that have been drained VERY well. Stir well and dump into a greased casserole dish. Mix 1-2 cups crushed Town House crackers with 1 stick melted butter, then sprinkle on top. Bake at 350F for 25-30 mins or until golden and bubbly.
NOTE: Also makes a great pie. Just blind bake a crust in a pie pan, fill with mixture, and bake as directed above.
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