I love using fruit in my salad. Having so many cherries around I took the opportunity to use them in a salad. They can be very well combined with beetroot and a bit of mint. I serve this salad chilled. A treat for a hot summer day. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]

This salad is served in one of my favorite taverns here in Athens called Canela. There they serve simple but tasty Mediterranean food. The important thing about this salad is the Graviera cheese. It should not be too salty and not too hard. One might try it with a piece of young Pecorino. Bookmark on [...]

This salad is easy to do if you can get a hold of pre-boiled beets. I do not mean the pickled ones, just boiled. I can get those beetroots here in 500 gram vacuum bags in the bio store. They taste great and turn this into a fantastically fast salad to do. Bookmark on Delicious [...]

One can find a lot of Almira these days in Greece. The plant grows along the Mediterranean coast. Almira is found a lot in France as well. The bush or small tree grows near the shore. It can handle salt water well. This is obvious out of the Greek name which means “salty”. Bookmark on [...]

A classic Cretan dish is the Dakos Salad. What makes the salad a Dakos salad is the use of Paximadi – a dried bread. Paximadi can be found in different sizes and shapes, mostly made from all sorts of full wheat flour. Sometimes you find it seasoned with herbs like rosemary or oregano. On top [...]

I love green asparagus, especially served as salad. In this case I tried a slightly Asian version. The dish can be eaten cold as a salad or warm with rice. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about [...]

My local vegetable store had fresh mint on sale. It smelled so nice and looked so good that I took a whole bag with me. A good way of using mint, I figured, is to make a dressing with it. the dressing goes well with salads as well as with fried vegetables. A refreshing taste [...]

Not only the spelling differs with this dish, also the ingredients depend on where you are. I have made a version of Tabbouleh with couscous, which I prefer. It can be also found with bulgur.Some add Feta cheese some olives, others add some butter others only use oil. Tabbouleh, Tabouli or  تبولة‎ originates from the [...]

This salad awakens childhood memories in me. My mother used to make this salad for my father who came home for lunch. He always was into salads a lot and this one was one of his favourite ones. Though it has lots of apple in it and also some honey in the dressing it is [...]

A simple fruity salad that gives a hint of summer. I like salads that are a bit different. This one certainly is. Fennel, prawns, orange, lime and coriander make a colourful and exotic mix. The prawns make the salad almost a main course, at least for lunch. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]