Ed's Salad

Baby Kato's Note:

My son and I came up with this dish. It's quick, easy and tastes great...we have it at least once a week as a side dish.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 pint cherry tomatoes , washed, cut in half
• 1 cup spicy marinated green olives , sliced
• 1 small cucumber , peeled and chopped
• 1 vidalia onion , thinly sliced and diced
• ¼ cup parmesan cheese , shredded
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup zesty Italian salad dressing (optional)
• 4 leaves lettuce

Directions:

1. *You may substitute Italian salad dressing for Tomato & Basil, Tomato & Oregano, Greek or Balsamic Vinegar dressings).
2. Dish also tastes great without any salad dressing.
3. Wash tomatoes and cut in half.
4. Slice olives coarsely, do not wash.
5. Peel and chop cucumber.
6. Thinly slice and dice onion.
7. Shred parmesan cheese into large shreds.
8. Shake salad dressing well.
9. Combine all ingredients, stir and cover, refrigerate for about 2 hours.
10. Serve on a bed of lettuce and enjoy.

Reviews

[Chef Jean]

All the reviews of this salad are correct, it is yummy! It was a huge hit at the BBQ we had. I used just a little italian dressing to bring everything together which turned out perfectly. Made for PAC spring '11.

[Cooks4_6]

This was a nice change from a standard mixed salad. I served this with Greek Grilled Chicken Breast and Baked Buttery Potato Slices. I used blue-cheese stuffed olives and greek viniagrette dressing. I let this sit on the counter for an hour and did not refrigerate for the time alloted in the recipe and it turned out great!

[mersaydees]

Finally, a salad with cherry tomatoes, which I love, that my DH will eat. It's a little different, so it takes us out of our usual weekday salad rut. We both loved this salad made as directed. Thanks, Baby Kato! Made for Best of 2011 Cookbook tag game as recommended by Loof.