You may have read before, I’m a Greek girl with a little bit of Irish in me. Today I am sharing two favorites – Traditional Greek Salad and Naan Greek Pizza!
TRADITIONAL GREEK SALAD
Ingredients
- Romaine lettuce – bite size
- Tomatoes – Plum, Cherry, any kind will do, sliced. *seed if you like
- Kalamata or Black Olives, Pitted – I used Kalamata
- Cucumber – cut to bite size pieces (peeled or unpeeled)
- Red Onion – slice to desired size, not too small
- Feta Cheese, crumbled
Directions
The amount of ingredients above depends on the size of the salad,
use desired amount of each. Wash lettuce, tear or cut into bite size pieces. Top with desired amount of veggies, olives and feta, drizzle with favorite Greek dressing. Enjoy!
Some additional toppings that go great on a Greek salad are beets and grilled chicken breast!
Use your favorite Greek store dressing or make your own. I use Penzeys’ Greek Seasoning dressing recipe – pictured below. It’s a staple in my home.
Mix 2 Tablespoons of Penzeys’ Greek seasoning with 2 Tablespoons of water, let stand for 5 minutes. Add ¼ Cup olive oil, ¼ Cup salad oil, 1/3 Cup red wine vinegar (or ¼ cup balsamic vinegar and 2 Tablespoons of water), plus 1 teaspoon of sugar if desired. I love a little sugar added!
Allrecipes.com has a great Greek House Dressing recipe you can check out too.
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NAAN GREEK PIZZA
Ingredients
- 2 Pieces of Traditional Naan
- 8 Cups of Fresh Spinach (approx 3 large handfuls) – once cooked, divided equally
- 8 oz Mozzarella – divided equally
- 1/4 Cup Crumbled Feta – divided equally
- 3 Plum Tomatoes Sliced
- Kalamata Olives
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Teaspoons Garlic, minced
- Few dashes of Greek Seasoning (I used Penzeys Greek)
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Place Naan on cookie sheet (or pizza stone) and brush tops with 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil, divided equally among the 2 pieces. In a sauce pan, on medium heat, add 1 Tablespoon of olive oil and the 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, pour spinach on top and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, constantly turning the spinach. Remove from heat and evenly top pizzas with spinach. Next, add 4 oz of mozzarella cheese to each pizza. Top with sliced plum tomatoes. Sprinkle pizzas with feta cheese and Kalamata olives. Lightly sprinkle with Greek seasoning. Bake for 10-12 minutes on middle rack of oven. Remove, slice & enjoy!
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Cheers!
The Bookness
Gonna try this for today. =)
Followed the blog, hope you don’t mind. And who knows, maybe you’ll visit me someday too.
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Christine
I love love love greek salad! Feta and kalmata olives makes everything taste good.
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Christine @ Projectsaroundthehouse.blogspot.com
Mary ~
Thanks, Lisa! That makes this GREEK girl very VERY proud!!!
Lisa ~ The SweetTalk Shop
That looks amazing!!! I love greek salad! Yours is the yummiest I have ever seen!!