Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mike's healthy zesty greek salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mike's Healthy Zesty Greek Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Mike's Healthy Zesty Greek Salad is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mike's healthy zesty greek salad using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mike's Healthy Zesty Greek Salad:
- Take as needed English Or Garden Cucumbers [thick sliced]
- Make ready 2 buckets Athenos Feta Cheese [crumbled]
- Make ready as needed Shaved Parmasean
- Make ready as needed Vidalia Onions [sliced]
- Make ready as needed Red Onions [sliced]
- Get as needed Fresh Radishes [sliced]
- Take as needed Fresh Cherry Tomatoes [sliced]
- Make ready as needed Fresh Basil Leaves [chopped]
- Prepare as needed Fresh Chives
- Make ready as needed Green Olives [halved]
- Get as needed Black Olives [halved]
- Get as needed Fresh Ground Black Pepper
- Take as needed Fresh Spinach
- Prepare as needed Fresh Parsley
- Get as needed Red Pepper Flakes
- Make ready Homemade Italian Dressing Or Low Fat Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing well shaken
Instructions to make Mike's Healthy Zesty Greek Salad:
- Easy peasy! We made our own Italian Dressing. But, Kraft puts out a great zesty Italian!
- Rinse, dry and chop all vegetables. Crumble Feta Cheese if needed and add Parmasean.
- A quick tip on chopping fresh herbs? Stack your leaves and roll into a cigar shape. Then, gently chop. Do the same with your spinach.
- Don't over chop or you'll cause your fresh herbs to bruise and brown.
- Feta Cheese.
- Fresh shaved Parmasean Cheese.
- Gently mix everything together, including dressing, and chill well. Stir occasionally.
- Seal tightly. Gently flip sealed bowl over a few times prior to eating. Enjoy your little taste of Greece!
- Excelent for healthy, "on the go," work lunches! My students love taking these in to school with them!
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