Salad
- 1 small lettuce head [Romaine if possible], rinsed and torned
- 2 green onions, cut into 1-inch [2.5-cm] sections
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 cucumber, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded, into strips
- Crumbled Feta cheese, to taste
- Large Greek 'calamata' olives
Salad Dressing
- 1/2 cup [125 mL] olive oil
- 1/4 cup [60 mL] vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup [80 mL] freshly squeezed lemon juice [approximately 3 lemons]
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
- 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] freshly ground black pepper
- 1 clove garlic, minced or crushed
- 3/4 teaspoon [3.75 mL] dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon [1 g] sugar
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- Prepare salad dressing.
- Mix together all salad ingredients except cheese and olives into a large salad bowl.
- Pour then thoroughly mix in salad dressing.
- Divide among individual salad bowls.
- Serve, each serving garnished with crumbled Feta cheese and 1 large Greek olive.
Salad Dressing
- Into a jar with a lid, well mix together all salad dressing ingredients shaking jar vigorously.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
- Shake before seriving, at room temperature.
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