{"id":135,"date":"2009-02-24T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/?p=135"},"modified":"2009-02-24T01:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T01:26:00","slug":"mediterranean-meditation-greek-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greginnd.com\/gregcooks\/2009\/02\/mediterranean-meditation-greek-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean Meditation &#8211; Greek Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNUKWbpgI\/AAAAAAAABvw\/57xUMeDDAXA\/s1600-h\/IMG_7051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 382px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNUKWbpgI\/AAAAAAAABvw\/57xUMeDDAXA\/s400\/IMG_7051.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306169794743739906\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>In the middle of winter when the temperatures are hovering near 0 \u00b0F a little bit of Mediterranean can make a salad appetizing. Hence the inspiration for my Greek salad with tuna. Glistening with a lemon\/olive oil dressing, this salad really hit the spot tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNUKUh0uI\/AAAAAAAABvo\/9XApFi1__A4\/s1600-h\/IMG_7052.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNUKUh0uI\/AAAAAAAABvo\/9XApFi1__A4\/s400\/IMG_7052.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306169794735756002\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>On the bottom is a bed of chopped romaine lettuce. This was seasoned with the dressing and some dried oregano. I also mixed some carrots, cucumber and tuna together and dressed that. An onion was sliced into rings and the bite was taken down by soaking for a few minutes in ice water. This also does a great job of crisping up the onions. These were tossed in the dressing and placed on the lettuce. The carrot\/tuna mixture was added on top of that. Finally I added feta cheese and kalamata olives. The whole dish was seasoned with some salt, pepper and more dried oregano.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNTgMuWFI\/AAAAAAAABvg\/XwzrJjLMs4k\/s1600-h\/IMG_7056.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNTgMuWFI\/AAAAAAAABvg\/XwzrJjLMs4k\/s400\/IMG_7056.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306169783428733010\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It matched perfectly with a crisp, citrusy New Zealand sauvignon blanc.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNSn49GDI\/AAAAAAAABvY\/FV_XggSTUOs\/s1600-h\/IMG_7057.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_kufElHa-EkM\/SaNNSn49GDI\/AAAAAAAABvY\/FV_XggSTUOs\/s400\/IMG_7057.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306169768313428018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of winter when the temperatures are hovering near 0 \u00b0F a little bit of Mediterranean can make a salad appetizing. Hence the inspiration for my Greek salad with tuna. Glistening with a lemon\/olive oil dressing, this salad really hit the spot tonight. On the bottom is a bed of chopped romaine lettuce. 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