Chopped Greek Salad With Garlic Croutons Recipes

CHOPPED GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• In a large serving bowl, combine the chopped lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, onion, parsley, olives and feta. Toss the ingredients together and set aside.
• To prepare the vinaigrette, combine all of the ingredients in a liquid measuring cup and whisk until blended. Taste, and add more vinegar if you'd like a more tangy dressing, or more honey for a more tame dressing.
• If you'll be serving all of the salad at once, go ahead and drizzle enough dressing in to lightly coat the salad and toss to combine. I prefer to store the salad and dressing separately so I can enjoy salad for a few days. Whisk the dressing again before drizzling (if the olive oil solidifies a bit in the refrigerator, don't worry, that's normal-just let it warm up for about 5 minutes at room temperature or microwave for 10 to 20 seconds).

CHOPPED GREEK SALAD

Steps:

• Place first 7 ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients. Drizzle over salad; toss to combine. Serve immediately.

CHOPPED GREEK SALAD WITH GARLIC CROUTONS

Steps:

• 1. for the garlic croutons: position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 375°. Put the bread cubes in a large bowl. In a small pan, heat the oil and garlic over medium heat until the garlic just begins to color, 3 to 5 minutes. Be careful garlic doesn't burn or it will become bitter. Pour the oil through a strainer onto bread cubes. Toss until the cubes are evenly coated with oil. Discard the garlic
• 2. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet and toast the bread in the oven, flipping occasionally, until it's nicely Golden on all sides, about 12 minutes. The croutons should be toasty on the surface but still somewhat soft in the middle. Return them to the large bowl and while warm, toss them with the parsley, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoons salt, and a few grinds of pepper.
• 3. For the dressing: in a medium bowl, whisk the olive oil with the vinegar, shallots, mustard, oregano, anchovies. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let sit for at least 10 minutes to let the flavors blend.
• 4. To assemble the salad: lay the arugula on a large platter and artfully arranged the tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, and croutons in stripes or piles on top of the arugula. Whisk the dressing to recombine and serve in a pitcher. Encourage guests to spoon elements of the salad onto their plates and drizzle on some of the dressing. Or drizzle the dressing over the salad platter just before serving. You may not need all of the dressing. Serves 6 to 8.

SPINACH SALAD ON GARLIC CROUTONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put the eggs in a pan, cover with water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover the pan, turn off the heat and let stand 10 minutes. Run the eggs under cold water, crack and return to cold water for a few minutes to loosen shells. Chop the eggs and set aside.
• Arrange the bread on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until golden, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from the oven and rub with the garlic. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with the cheese, then return to the oven to melt the cheese, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• While bread toasts, heat a skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, a couple of turns of the pan. Add the pancetta and crisp for about 3 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and cook until tender, about 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and deglaze the pan with Marsala or dry sherry.
• While mushrooms cook, combine spinach with red onions and dress with juice of 1 lemon, a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and nutmeg.
• Arrange the toasts on a platter and top with the mushrooms and spinach. Garnish with chopped eggs and serve.

GREEK CROUTONS

Steps:

• Prejeat oven to 375°F.
• Put bread cubes in large bowl
• In small saucepan, heat oil and garlic, over med heat, until garlic begins to color.
• Cook garlic 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently and taking care to brown but not burn the garlic.
• Pour the oil through a strainer onto cubed bread.
• Gently toss until bread cubes are evenly coated.
• Trasnfer to baking sheet and toast the bread in oven, fipping occasionally, until golden on all sides, and still somewhat soft in middle, about 12 minutes.
• In the same bowl, mix remaining ingredients together and set aside.
• Return to bowl while still warm and toss with remaining crouton ingredients.
• Use with your favorite salad!

CHOPPED SALAD WITH FETA, OLIVES, AND PITA CROUTONS

Steps:

• In a skillet heat olive oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook pita, stirring occasionally, until golden. Season croutons with salt and pepper to taste and transfer to paper towels to drain.
• In a large bowl combine romaine, bell peppers, onion, feta, and olives and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and vinegar. Add croutons and salt and pepper to taste and toss to combine.