Italian Chopped Salad

1 pint grape tomatoes
6 green onions
1 cucumber
1 can garbanzos
3 oz. red olives
3 oz. capers
¾c. dry sm.-med. pasta - (optional)
Italian dressing
fresh crumbled Feta cheese

Quarter the tomatoes, diagonally thin-slice the onions, cube the rough-peeled cucumber into a medium bowl. Skinny-bumpy cucumbers, or several pickling cucumbers are best since their seeds are small and the cucumber's water content is lower Add drained garbanzos, sliced olives and capers. Stir in the cooked, drained, cold-rinsed pasta, if you're using it. Toss and let all these ingredients 'chill out' together for an hour or so. An hour before serving, add cheese and just a little bit of a really good quality Italian dressing. (The one I used is a little salty, so I also added a splash of a sweet white balsamic vinegar.) You could also, in place of Italian dressing, just use extra-virgin olive oil and a balsamic vinegar or fresh lemon zest and juice. . .Lin

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