Recipe: Zesty Feta Garlic Dressing and an Odd Salad

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Here's Moosewood's Zesty Feta Garlic Dressing. It's awesome. I'm

also including a recipe a co-worker came up with that I'd have never

thought of, but is amazing with whole wheat pitas and romaine for

lunch. It's not " spicy " as in hot, but it is full of flavour.

 

Zesty Feta Garlic Dressing

 

1/2 cup olive oil

2 tbsp cider or white wine vinegar

2 garlic cloves, pressed (I add four)

2 tsp fresh chopped dill (3/4 tsp dried)

3/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

2/3 cup milk or buttermilk

ground black pepper to taste

 

In a blender, combine everything but the milk and pepper, and puree

until smooth. With the blender running, gradually pour the

milk/buttermilk and whirl until creamy. Add pepper to taste. Will

keep in a covered container in fridge for a week - if it separates,

wisk before serving.

 

Now, Connie's Chickpea Salad:

 

3 cans Chick Peas

Sundried tomatoes packed in oil, about 1/4 cup, chopped

1 cup feta cheese, crumbled

Fresh parsley, if you like it (I don't)

1/4 to 1/2 cup pitted kalmatta olives, halved

1 small jar artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped

Red Hot (hot sauce) to taste

Pinch Salt & Pepper

1/2 tsp basil and oregano or more, to taste

 

Mix with the Zesty Feta Garlic Dressing and refrigerate for a day, if

possible. Adjust quantities as you like - the recipe came to me

without quantities (Connie cooks like I do - some of this and more of

that - so I did my best to estimate how much I put in.) The " salad "

sounds odd, but it is very good.

 

Enjoy.