Peasant Salad Recipes

GREEK PEASANT SALAD

Steps:

• With vegetable peeler, remove 3 or 4 evenly spaced strips of peel lengthwise from cucumber Cut cucumber lengthwise into quarters and then crosswise into 1/2 inch pieces.
• In bowl with wire whisk or fork, mix lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper.
• Add cucumbers, tomatoes, mint, olives, and dill.
• Toss until evenly mixed and top with feta.

PEASANT SALAD

Steps:

• For dressing: whisk together yogurt, vinegar, oil and lemon until smooth. Season with garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Refrigerate until needed.
• On a large platter, layer tomatoes, onion and cucumbers. Top with capers, mint and grape leaves. Drizzle with yogurt dressing before serving.

PEASANT SALAD

Steps:

• tear up the bread and lay in a dish or container.
• add all the veggies and the oil and vinegar and toss well. levae to marinate for an hour or two in fridge.
• take out and eat, yummy and filling experiment with anything you need to use up in fridge.

PEASANT SALAD FROM CYPRUS (CHORIATIKI)

Steps:

• Slice the onion very thinly.
• Mix with one tablespoon (sic!) salt and set aside for 10 minutes.
• Knead the onion until it becomes transparent.
• Then rinse in lots of water and drain.
• Peel the cucumber.
• Cut it and the tomatoes into large chunks.
• Cut the celery and eggplant into smaller pieces.
• Arrange nicely on four plates.
• Grate the beetroots and put on top (mixing them with the rest would make the salad red).
• Divide the cheese into four pieces and put on top of the beetroots.
• Garnish with olives, capers and oregano.
• Serve salt, pepper, vinegar and oil à part, so that everyone makes his own dressing.