{"id":49,"date":"2020-07-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/greek-salad\/"},"modified":"2020-07-05T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T23:39:23","slug":"greek-salad-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Greek Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Greek salads are so refreshing, and complement a variety of meals so well. In addition they are quite flexible so add or subtract ingredients based on what you have available. When tomatoes and cucumbers are in season, no doubt about it, it is Greek salad time!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You\u2019ll Need<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">3 vine tomatoes, cut into chunks<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1\/2\u00a0small red onion, sliced (more if you like)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1medium cucumber cut into \u00bc inch pieces<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">3\/4 cup black Kalamata olives<u><\/u> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sliced feta cheese (as big or as small as you would like)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1\/4 cup extra virgin olive oil <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">3 Tablespoons red wine vinegar <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1 teaspoon dried oregano<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Salt<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pepper<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #0070c0;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Directions<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Combine vegetables in a bowl.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0In a small bowl mix oil, vinegar, and oregano then pour over salad and season with salt and pepper to taste. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Before serving salad place feta slices on salad.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;\"><b><span style=\"color: #0070c0;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Play with Your Food<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Add some pepperoncini peppers or red bell pepper.<u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Try\u00a0using a white onion and\/or add some green onion.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">L<span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">eave out the olives.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-indent: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Leave out the feta cheese and serve as a vegan salad.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willclower\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Follow @willclower<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">For more information:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\">Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek salads are so refreshing, and complement a variety of meals so well. 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