| This delicious low-fat salad goes well with summer barbequed food.
2 Large Cucumbers
2 Large Tomatoes (or 8 roma tomatoes)
12 Oz. Feta Cheese
Small bunch of green onions
1/4 cup white Balsamic vinegar
1 T Chopped fresh Basil
1 1/2 t Garlic Salt
Peel cucumbers and chop into small chunks
Chop tomatoes into small chunks
Chop Feta cheese into small chunks
Slice green onions
Mix above ingredients together in a large bowl. Pour vinegar over ingredients, sprinkle with basil and garlic salt. Stir all ingredients, let sit for one hour, in refrigerator, then serve chilled.
| Compare this "Americanized" recipe with the Bulgarian one for Shopska Salad which follows: |
Shopska salad
3-4 tomatoes
1 cucumber
4-5 sweet red peppers
1 onion
150g brined sheep's cheese
Parsley, vinegar, sunflower oil and salt.
Bake, peel and seed the peppers. Cut into small strips and add the diced tomatoes, cucumbers and onion. Add salt, oil and vinegar, and mix. Serve in the shape of a pyramid, top with chopped parsley and grated cheese.
Try these other recipes using Feta Cheese
(Note - only the recipe for banitza is of Bulgarian origin)
Banitza
Fettuccine al Feta
Garlic & Feta Cheese Dip
Warm Figs with Feta and Basil
Salad of vegetables with Feta
Tomato Cucumber Feta Salad
Roasted Pepper Salad with Feta Cheese
Pork wraps with Feta-Cucumber Relish
Lentil salad with Feta Cheese
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