the best salad book ever

hey fuhz,

that salad book you gave me for my birthday is soooo great! thank you so much. i made my first one tonight, but i have about 15 more recipes marked. tonight we had a salad and eric grilled some fish outside. it was such a refreshing and tasty meal. here is the first salad recipe that kicks butt!

Tomato Salad with Feta Cheese (it sounds simple but boy is it good)

12 plum tomatoes, sliced (the store was out so i bought tomatoes on the vine and just sliced them)
1 very small red onion, very thinly sliced
1/2 package baby spring greens
15 Greek olives (black or green, i bought them from an olive bar in the deli section- our's were green in a basil, olive oil mix)
7 oz feta cheese
1 egg
some flour
some olive oil


dressing
3 tbspn extra virgin olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tsp chopped fresh oregano ( i used dried)
pinch of sugar
pepper


make dressing by whisking the olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, and sugar and pepper in a small bowl. set aside.

prepare slad by arranging the tomatoes, oinion, green, and olives on plates (i put it all in one bowl to serve from)

cut the feta cheese into cubes about 1 inch square. beat the egg in a dish and put the flour on a separate plate. coat the cheese in the egg and shake off the excess, then coat in the flour.

heat olive oil in large skillet, add cheese and cook over medium heat turning over hte cubes of cheese until they are golden on all sides

scatter the fried feta over the salad. whisk together the perepared deressing and spoon over the salad. serve warm




yum!


alot of the recipes call for some 'nicer" ingredients that might be more expensive. i have decided though that theyall sound so yummy that it's worth tgiving it a try to see what it does to our grocery budget. and the way i feel now after eating such a yummy and healthy meal (we had fish too) makes the money worth spending. enjoy!