Saturday, September 23, 2017

Greek Salad with Walnuts & Grapes


During my weekend of frenzied salad making (seriously, my salad spinner got the workout of its life), one of the taste-tempting salads that I made was this Greek Salad. I am a big fan of the Greek Salad and, even though traditionally Greek Salad does not have lettuce, mine always do. This time, for a change of pace, I added a couple of nontraditional ingredients in walnuts and grapes. I love the Muscato grapes this season, so used a trio of colors in the salad. I enjoyed it so much that I don't think I will ever make a Greek Salad again without including grapes.

I served it on these darling glass leaf plates that, sadly didn’t show up against the colorful fall fabric. You can find them here. They come in green, gold, and orange; I bought two of each. Try this delicious salad, and let me know what you think.
Greek Salad with Walnuts & Grapes

1 head Romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
1 cup cubed English cucumber
1 cup chopped tomato
1/2 cup Kalamata olives, halved
1/2 cup broken walnuts
1/2 cup sliced red onion
1/2 cup
Melissa's Muscato grapes, quartered
1 teaspoon capers
1/2 cup feta

Dressing:
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove

1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Combine salad ingredients in a bowl and toss with dressing.

To make dressing put all ingredients into a bullet blender, and process until emulsified.


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7 comments:

mjny said...

I had to look up the Muscato grapes, as I didn't know anything about them.
This salty (feta, capers)sweet (grapes)thing going on in this salad sounds good.

gluten Free A_Z Blog said...

Interesting twist to Greek Salad with the grapes...Looks delicious

Alycia Nichols said...

Dang, woman! You are really on a roll!

The Lazy Gastronome said...

I love the idea of adding the walnuts and grapes - Thanks for sharing on the What's for Dinner link up!

Unknown said...

Looks so fresh and tasty!! :)

I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

Julie's Creative Lifestyle said...

I love greek salad and this recipe looks so good. Thanks for sharing it at C&C with J&J!

Henry Price said...

The salad in your images looks really yummy. Wish that I could cook and prepare these dishes like you. For now, I have to keep ordering from a Greek restaurant here in my place - El Greco. They have an awesome and healthy Greek Salad like the one in your blog.