Here’s an interesting alternative to your everyday garden salad with bottled ranch dressing.  It’s easy to prepare, but not quite as simple as opening that bottled dressing. Like most things in the kitchen, a little bit of effort will be well worth it…which you’ll only realize in the eating.

With the kalamata olives and feta cheese, it’s Greek-inspired you could say.  Truthfully, it’s just something I threw together which I hoped would go with some grilled lamb sausages from Wild Oats Natural Market.  What a lovely combination the two made.

Easy, Everday Salad

Dressing:

juice of 1 small lemon

1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

2-3 tbsps. crumbled feta cheese

Whisk the first three indgredients together until thick. Add cheese and marinate a few minutes.

Salad Mix:

romaine lettuce

diced tomatoes

fresh button mushrooms, sliced

thinly sliced red raddish

thinly sliced baby carrots

kalamata olives

more crumbled feta cheese and more to top each salad plate – Can you tell I like feta cheese?