Mediterranean Salad
A great addition to your Mediterranean Diet!
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients to Serve 4:
Colorful lettuce leaves, torn as desired.
1 cup diced seedless cucumber (1/4 medium)
2 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced
1/4 cup Kalamata olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped scallions
1 Tabspn white-wine vinegar
2 Tabspn extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Instructions:
* Combine lettuce leaves, cucumber, tomatoes, olives, parsley, scallions, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper in a medium bowl; toss gently to mix.
* Note: This salad is best served within 1 hour of making.
When considering meal ideas for Mediterranean Diet, the large presence of salads should not be overlooked. This delicious Mediterranean salad includes many folk’s most favorite Mediterranean foods. You may notice in many Mediterranean salad recipes that extra virgin olive oil is used extensively instead of salad dressings. Indeed, extra virgin olive oil mixed with a little fresh lemon juice is a real taste sensation.
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