Crunchy Mediterranean Salad

A quick dinner was needed tonight and this was perfect! Next time, I might even cut the vegetables the night before to save more time! Jared and I love salads, and we are trying to include a salad as a meal into our diet each week. We have found another winner!

Ingredients:
1 can chick peas, drained, rinsed
1 cup cucumber, diced
1 1/3 cup small cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup red onion, diced
1 cup green pepper, diced
1/4 cup sliced ripe olives (we used green olives and did not cut in half)
2 green onions, finely chopped
Romaine lettuce (we added this ingredient to the salad)
1/2 cup olive oil
juice of 2 lemons
2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoons freshly ground pepper


Directions:
1) Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl.
2) In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, mint, and garlic. Whisk in salt and pepper, and adjust seasonings as needed.
3) If storing salad for later, do not pour dressing onto salad -- store for later.
3) combine salad and vinaigrette and toss to coat.

Recipe courtesy of Good Things Catered (THANKS!) http://goodthingscatered.blogspot.com/

Husband Rating: A+
Jared loved this salad! If we had more time, he probably would have eaten more! He loved how fresh the salad was overall -- and the homemade salad dressing!

Wife Rating: A+
This salad is great! A perfect salad for the summer (too bad it is almost winter). ;) I loved the dressing too! Next time I will add feta cheese!


There will be a next time for this recipe!!!!