Marmie's Creamy Greek Salad and Dressing

Marmie's's Note:

A wonderful fusion of flavors! I have tried dozens of Greek salad recipes, and so often they taste overly oily or plain. I have put together what I feel is the best of what I have made before and this is what I have come up with. (I need to write it down before I lose the scrap of paper I scribbled it on). I make a triple batch and keep it in the fridge... in a recycled store bought salad dressing bottle! I won't be buying Greek dressing ever again. Note: (I believe that recipezaar's nutritional information for this recipe is WAY out of wack... will investigate)

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 4.0 salads

Dressing ingredients

• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (I like Balsamic)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh (1/2 large lemon squeezed)
• 2 garlic cloves (large crushed)
• 2 teaspoons mustard (dijon)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Salad ingredients

• 12 leaves lettuce (torn into bite size pieces)
• 1 cup tomato, grape (halved)
• 1/2 green pepper (bite size)
• 1/3 cucumber, english (sliced)
• 1/4 onion, red (thinly sliced)
• 24 black olives (pitted and sliced)
• 1/2 red pepper, roasted (diced)
• 1/3 cup feta cheese (crumbled)
• 3 tablespoons mint leaves (torn)
• parmesan cheese (optional garnish)

Directions:

1. Combine first 10 dressing ingredients.
2. Blend lightly with wand blender or use food processor.
3. Slowly add E.V.O.O. while blending until dressing appears 'creamy'. Add Parmesan cheese and stir. Refrigerate.
4. Combine the 9 salad ingredients, toss with a bit of the dressing, refrigerate until ready to serve.
5. Serve in individual salad bowls or in a large salad bowl, Layer lettuce on the bottom of the bowl and top with rest of vegetables and dressing mixture. Drizzle more dressing on top if desired and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
6. Reserve remaining dressing for another day.
7. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

Reviews

[Soccermomkicks]

I made this for my family tonight and it was very good! I love serving a salad with home made salad dressings! I forgot to put the lemon juice in the salad dressing so I left it out.