Greek Salad with a Lemon Garlic Dressing
Monday, November 17, 2008 by Pam
I wanted a fresh salad to go with the Greek Style Minestrone with Turkey and Feta Meatballs I made for dinner. I just grabbed whatever ingredients I had on hand. The salad was simple, crisp, salty, garlicky and a bit tart. I really, really loved the flavors - my husband and kids liked it as much as I did. Simple ingredients sometimes make the tastiest dishes.Salad:
- Romaine lettuce, chopped
- Kalamata olives
- Grape tomatoes
- Cucumber, seeded and chopped
- Feta cheese
- Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper, to taste
Lemon Garlic Dressing:
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 of a lemon
- 1-2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tsp red wine vinegar
- Sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1/4 tsp dried oregano
Whisk all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Taste and re-season if needed. Toss the salad with the dressing and serve. Enjoy. 
Another meme tag from The Blonde Duck and Marjie. I am to say something about the last 10 people who commented on my blog. I am really tired and must get to bed, so I am only going to do the last 5...sorry.
1. Jan from Range Warfare is an Englishwoman living in Oklahoma. She is a terrific writer and cook and has wonderful recipes and stories to share. I always look forward to new posts. She was also one of the first people to ever comment on my blog.
2. Cathy from Noble Pig has an incredible food blog that I love to read. She always has great posts that I look forward to reading. She's not only a great cook and photographer, she also is very knowledgeable about wine (she is starting a vineyard in Oregon after all). Can't wait to wine taste Cathy!
3. Marjie from Modern Day Ozzie and Harriet is one amazing woman. I totally look up to her, not only does she sew beautiful clothing, costumes and curtains, she has 9 children and she home schools. She also is one of the best bakers around - she always has tempting treats or meals on her blog. She also is the owner of Thor, the big beautiful dog I would love to have.
4. Aggie from Aggie's Kitchen always has recipes that I want to try. Her blog is fun to read and her recipes are tasty, tempting and never too complicated (I love that). She's a great mom to two kids and lives in Florida.
5. Dawn from Vanilla Sugar is an amazing baker. She always has great recipes but her baking is unbelievable! I truly leave her blog drooling every time. She's also feisty and funny which I love.
That's all I can do - I am so tired. I appreciate everyone who visits my site and especially those that keep coming back. Thank you all!!!
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I keep meaning to mention that you have the best serving dishes and pieces! Your food, which is lovely all on its own, looks so terrific in those dishes! This salad sounds so good, and that Lemon Garlic dressing ... YUM! I really love cucumbers in salads, and I'll eat anything with Feta! Put these all together,and then pairing it with the soup, well, I don't think I would have said one word at the table because it would interfer with me eating!
Love the salad and the dresssing is looking really good - yum!
love the sound of the dressing - salad's fab too!
I know it can be quite difficult to find a salad that even kids will love (I should-- I was once that kid! ;) but this looks so flavorful and colorful, I think I would have liked it even then! :)
Love your salad!
What a colorful salad! Must be tasty as well.
I love this salad!!!! Really yummy!! wonderful! Gloria
It's great that your kids were able to enjoy this salad with all those savory ingredients, it looks so fresh!
I saw this picture on my side bar and thought "oh, what is that beauty!?!" This salad looks so delicious! Colorful, fresha nd flavorful! Great recipe!
Pam, See what I mean about those memes?
I am just not that interesting of a person to write about myself.
We already know about my love for fried eggplant!
I love a Greek salad and sneak feta into this house whenever I can! (husband hates it).
Stace
The lemon garlic dressing has my mouth watering, I would love to try this. Wonderful salad and a great companion for your soup Pam.
Greek Salad is one of my favorites! I will have to try out your dressing. It looks very tasty!
Sounds perfect, love both the salad and dressing.
Looks delicious as usual! I just dont know how you can keep coming up with new stuff! Exhausting!
This is one of my favorite salad that I never get tired of making. Yours looks wonderful.
Thanks for the kind words Pam! : )
Your greek salad looks perfect. This is my favorite salad ever! Gotta try that dressing!
i love anyting with this kind of dressing or feta cheese. this looks so good!
This looks lovely and fresh. Simple is always the best in my book
Looks awesome!! I love Greek salads and the dressing sounds delicious!!!!!
Love Greek Salad and with your dressing it will make a favorite even better!! Excellent!!
So when I invade your kitchen, I'm going to hold you hostage so I can learn all these brilliant recipes in your head!
I get tired of memes too. That's why I make up my own rules!
Now this is my kind of salad! I love greek salad, actually I love fetta cheese and olives, so how can't this be delicious.
Pam, I wish I had your fridge. You always have such awesome ingredients on hand. I wish I had some of the fun stuff you have to work with. You're an artist with a hundred paint brushes :)
ahhh feta and olives! yum! and the dressing looks delish! and thanks for the meme tag! i'll make sure to respond!
I love a good Greek salad with meatballs! So garlicky and cool and the sharp feta...gah, I need to go fix some dinner.
Lovely salad... mouth watering!
i have to say--i love both of your serving dishes! my collection is extremely limited...and boring. :)
Nice salad, it looks really fresh tasting.
Greek salad is the best invention of all times...this looks so tastey with all that feta! Yum!
Greek salad are my all time favorite salads and this one looks good. I like the sound of the dressing.
YUM! I really love cucumbers in salads, and I'll eat anything with Feta! Put these all together,and then pairing it with the soup, well, I don't think I would have said one word at the table because it would interfer with me eating!
I love Greek salad, and your dressing sounds like the perfect accompaniment.
Thank you for your kind words about my blog, they are much appreciated.