The Benefits of Greek Salad

I love Greek Salad! Its Delicious, summery, and I think it goes with almost everything. A lovely quick meal when you come home from work and can not be bothered spending loads of time in the kitchen is grilling some nice fish or meat and serving with crusty bread and a trusty Greek salad.

We had run out of olives this week, so I substituted them with capers, it was divine and I will be making that again. Sometimes we stray from tradition and put lettuce in as well, but Mr H is a bit of a purist and prefers it without. My only rules for a Greek Salad are good quality feta and a very good olive oil. Sigh, this is making me hungry!

We are hoping in a few weeks we will have most of the ingredients from the garden to make our own, home grown greek salad. The peppers are coming on well, as are the cucumbers and we have a few, very small red onions which we salvaged after the Night of the Red Foxes.

Mr H made a greek feast last night, we were both rather hung over and it made us feel human again. Aubergines stuffed with spinach, ricotta and pine nuts then roasted in a tomato sauce and smothered in mozzarella. Greek Beans. Marinated lamb. Grilled Courgettes. And of course a greek salad made with our first cucumber. Life does not get much finer!