Sunday, July 27, 2014

Farmer's Salad a.k.a Horiatiki Salata

Farmer's Salad, is exactly what the title states, right from the garden and into your dish. Known to Greeks as, Horiatiki Salata ( here I go with my Greek words again ;) ) the word horiatiki , means village. In Greece the salad was made from whatever the villagers grew, this was the inception of organic food. In most restaurants it's very well know as Greek Salad.  It's simple, refreshing and most of all  healthy.

I grew up in Queens, my mom always had a small garden in our backyard and each summer we had a horiatiki salata on our table. My dad had a smile on his face when  my mom's tomato patch was ripe and ready for the table.

All my ingredients are right from my mother - in - law's garden even the oregano. 

                                                              


Ingredients:

1 fresh cucumber
1 fresh tomato
1 fresh green bell pepper
1/2 onion fresh or regular
1 teaspoon oregano
* some feta cheese to dress it up ( optional ) 
salt to taste 
vinegar and olive oil to dash on top 


Cut your cucumber, tomato, onion and pepper in a bowl. First, add salt and vinegar. Secondly, cut your feta cheese and place on top of salad. Finally, pour olive oil over feta and then sprinkle with oregano. Your horiatiki salata is ready !! Kale Orexi 

20 comments :

  1. That salad looks really tasty! I'd love to try it.

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  2. Thanks for stopping by :) It doesn't only look tasty it is tasty !

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  3. Looks so delish and healthy! Thanks for linking up to Good Food Fridays!

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  4. This salad looks really good. So refreshing. I love cucumbers and peppers too.

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  5. Thank You ladies for stopping by :)

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  6. Love this!!! I love the idea of just putting whatever you have on the plate (and a little feta never hurt anyone.)

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  7. I love this type of salad. Feta cheese is yummy.

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  8. Perfect for a hot sumer afternoon.

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  9. My goodness, that looks soooo delicious!!

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  10. Healthy and delicious, this is a great salad for summertime! Thank you for sharing, I am headed to the store now for the ingredients.

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  11. Thanks for stopping by :) Tip, if you haven't tried feta cheese, when you buy some make sure it's Kefalonia Feta - it's spicy !

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  12. I have been looking for new salads to make! This sounds delicious :)

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  13. This salad looks amazing, I will try out this recipe!

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  14. Feta cheese does amazing things for salads sometimes. Yum!

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  15. I love feta cheese, especially the real stuff. My wife is Greek and when she uses it on a salad it just brings it to life!

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  16. Feta cheese is delicious and yes it definitely brings the salad to life !! Thank you all for stooping by. If you have any questions feel free to email me. :)

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  17. That looks so refreshing!!

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  18. This salad is right up my alley. I can just taste it already. I've made cucumber salad with tomatoes and onions and vinaigrette for years but never thought to top with feta. Yum!

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  19. Thanks for stopping by, I use feta with almost everything :)

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