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Mediterranean Salad

Teresa Ambra
Spectacular salad with exotic Mediterranean and Greek flavors. It's festive, elegant and beautiful along with being a great salad for company or holiday dinners. The homemade dressing sets this salad off wonderfully. The salad is healthy, low calorie and gluten free.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Salads and Salad Dressings, Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 8
Calories 357 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large salad bowl
  • 1 pair salad tongs
  • 1 cruet or carafe to serve the salad dressing
  • 1 sharp knife to cut the vegetables
  • 1 blender
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients
  

MEDITERRANEAN SALAD:

  • 16.5 oz. container spring mix Romaine lettuce or any combination of red and green leaf lettuces can be used
  • 10.5 oz. grape tomatoes or half pint can be yellow sunshine cherry tomatoes, if desired
  • 1 cucumber sliced
  • 1 green pepper diced
  • 1/3 cup red onion diced
  • 1 cup whole Kalamata olives pitted
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup mild pepper rings drained and patted dry
  • 1 can artichoke hearts drained and patted dry
  • 1 can hearts of palm drained and sliced
  • 1 can small whole baby corn cobs drained and patted dry
  • 8 oz. feta cheese crumbled
  • 2 tbsp. capers patted dry
  • 2-3 tsp. dried oregano
  • 2-3 tsp. dried basil

TARRAGON SALAD DRESSING:

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup white wine vinegar
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup honey or as desired (you can also use sugar)
  • 3/4 tsp. pink Himalayan sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp. dried tarragon
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 2 green onions sliced
  • 1 tsp. Dijon mustard

Instructions
 

MEDITERRANEAN SALAD:

  • Layer salad ingredients in order above.
  • Sprinkle oregano and basil over top of Feta cheese and capers.
  • Toss salad before serving.
  • Drizzle salad dressing over top of salad.

TARRAGON SALAD DRESSING:

  • Place ingredients in blender and blend until mixture is emulsified – about 15-30 seconds.
  • Double ingredients if you like a lot of salad dressing.
  • Makes 1 ¼ cups dressing.

Notes

NOTE: If you are going to serve the whole salad at once (and don’t plan on any leftovers) you can add the salad ingredients and mix the salad. But if you don’t have 10 people planning to eat this salad it’s probably better to serve the dressing over individual servings because it won’t last otherwise.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 357kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 9gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 1023mgPotassium: 513mgFiber: 5gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 1475IUVitamin C: 37mgCalcium: 231mgIron: 3mg
Keyword artichokes, feta cheese, gluten free, olives, pepperocini, salad, salad dressing, side dish, tomatoes
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