Horiatiki Salata - Greek Salad
Preparation Time: 30 minutes or less Cooking Time: 30 minutes or less Serves: 2
Ingredients:
3 tomatoes
1/2 cucumber
1/2 onion
1 sweet pepper
4-5 olives
some feta cheese
1/2 spoons oregano
1/2 spoons thyme
olive oil
salt, pepper
Yes, I'm giving you a recipe for the Greek salad. It's just that people call every salad with feta cheese in it "Greek". This is the real deal.
First thing you gotta do is buy good, quality tomatoes. What passes for tomatoes in North America is hideous. Make sure they are ripe. Even if you are a poor student like me you can afford a couple of nice organic tomatoes once in a while.
Step 1:
The olive oil is the next important thing. If you know your oils, skip this. As for you newbies, get a bottle of extra virgin olive oil. Make sure that those exact words are printed on the label. I personally prefer Greek olive oils to Italian ones, but Spanish are not bad either. Good olive oils tend to be expensive, so you should get different brands for cooking and salads. This brand is awesome:
