Mediterranean Olive salad and Mediterranean Dressing

Mediterranean Olive Salad

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I planned to have dinner at my home with some of my neighbor friends.  There would be six of us.  So this was an opportunity to create a new salad to share with my friends.

We paired the salad with baked pork loins and salmon and vegetables with garlic bread.

Then I realized that one couple thought it was a different day, so I had them over the next day with meatloaf, veggies and left over Olive Salad and Dressing.  It was still great!

All my guests really enjoyed the salad and dressing.

Ingredients

• Baby Spinach Leaves -about 3 cups
• Yellow Squash – 1 cleaned and diced
• Green Pitted Olives – 1 can, drained
• Black Pitted Olives – 1 can, drained
• Cucumber – 1 medium, peeled and diced into small pieces
• Grape/Plum tomatoes – washed, cut into halves or thirds  1 container (about 1 cup)
• Onion, White – 1/2, diced
• Alvacodas – 3, peeled and cut into small bite size pieces
• Dried cranberries and glazed walnut pieces – I used one purchased package

Tools

• Cutting board
• Cutting knife – (I use my Cutco 6-3/4″ Petite Carver)
• Salad chopper – I use my Pampered Chef Salad Chopper
• A medium size mixing Bowl
• A dinner spoon

Serves 4-6.

Directions

1. Place all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl with a seal able lid.  You can refrigerate this until read to serve.
2. Right before time to serve, add the other ingredients, seal lid and shake well to mix.
3. Place in salad bowls and drizzle creamy dressing

 

Mediterranean Creamy Dressing

Ingredients

• Sour Cream, 1 cup
• Greek Yogurt, plain 1 cup
• Feta Cheese crumbles – 1/2-1 culp (to taste
• Red Wine Vinegar – 1 Tablespoon
• Olive Oil – 1 Tablespoon
• Garlic Powder – 1 teaspoon
• Black Pepper – dash
• Oregano – dash
• Dill – dash

Tools

• Cutting board
• Cutting knife – (I use my Cutco 6-3/4″ Petite Carver)
• Glass Mixing bowl with lid
• Rubber spatula
• Small handheld mixer
• Spoon to mix.
• 1 cup measuring tool
• 1 Tablespoon measuring tool

Directions

 

• Place all ingredients in bowl and stir
• Use small hand held mixer to blend ingredients together
• Seal with lid and refrigerate until time to serve

Serves 6-8

Use

I offer this salad and dressing recipe free to those in need.

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