Are you ready?!!!!!!!!
Today is the day I’ve been telling you about for two weeks. The day we celebrate SALAD! It’s time to grab those tongs and toss up your best salad recipe.
Why are we celebrating salad? Because the International Olive Council’s Add Some Life campaign would like to remind us that healthy eating does not need to be boring, bland and unsatisfying.
By adding color with fruits, vegetables and heart-healthy olive oils, it’s easy to achieve a satisfying, nutrient-rich diet that’s as appealing to the eye as it is to the palate. Bright red tomatoes. Ripe olives of deep ebony. Vivid red and green peppers. An array of bold cheese varieties and crusty breads. Intensely green olives. The warm, golden hue of olive oil. Aesthetically — and nutritionally — healthy eating is a thing of beauty.
My salad is bright and bursting with flavor from cucumbers, Garlic Basil Cherry tomatoes, feta cheese and my favorite, kalamata olives, marinated in a Homemade Honey Dill Vinaigrette. It’s one of those salads you crave as the weather starts to warm up, especially if you’re tired of leafy salads that just don’t seem to fill you up. It makes for a beautiful and tasty lunch, but it also makes a great dinner when topped with a piece of grilled chicken .
Leftovers, if you have any, will stay good in the fridge for several days. I’m planning to make a big batch to keep in the fridge to eat on all week.
oh, and this would make a GREAT dish to take to a summer BBQ or picnic! Much more fun and flavorful than potato salad or coleslaw. This Cucumber, Tomato, Feta & Olive salad would surely steal the show!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half ( I used Garlic Basil Cherry Tomatoes)
- 1 cucumber sliced, peeled or unpeeled
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and sliced in half
- salt & pepper to taste
- 3/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- Honey Dill Vinaigrette
- Salad Greens
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, olives and cucumber. Salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle Honey Dill Vinaigrette on top. (Best if you let sit at least an hour in refrigerator before serving.)
- Add feta cheese and serve over a bed of greens.
- Enjoy!
Notes
should keep for several days in the refrigerator with out the salad greens. Eat plain, or over salad greens
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So let’s get this party started!
2 TidyMom readers will have the chance to win a fabulous prize pack worth $150!
each prize pack contains: 1 William Sonoma Salad Spinner | 1 William Sonoma Salad Dressing Emulsifer | 1 Crate&Barrel Wood Tongs | 1 Add Some Life reusable tote bag | 1 Add Some Life grocery list notepad | 1 Kitchen Aid Hand Blender and Measuring Cup
* GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED *
Congrats to the winners: Comment #26 Pam and #92 Rachel
Required:
1. Write and post a recipe on your blog featuring a salad recipe. It can be any kind of salad. (you can link an old post…just PLEASE be sure to link back AND follow #2 below)
2. Include “Come join The Salad Social at TidyMom sponsored by The International Olive Council’s Add Some Life” in your blog post. (you MUST include this to be eligible for prizes)
3. Starting today, May 14th thru May 21st add your link to your salad post to the widget in this post.(below) and LEAVE A COMMENT on this POST letting me know you linked up. (you can add up to 2 recipes)
4. Don’t have a blog? no problem…..leave your recipe in the comments on this post during The Salad Social party (May 14 – May 21, 2012) **recipes sent via email will not count as an entry
Extra Entries:
5. We’d love your help spreading the word about The Salad Social through social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter , Pinterest and Instagram using the hashtag #SaladSocial (leave a comment letting me know for each way you share)
- Sample Tweet: Eating healthy is a thing of beauty Join @TidyMom & @AddSomeLife for the #SaladSocial Share your recipes and #WIN at ow.ly/aSN9d
- Instagram photos of your salad using the hashtag #saladsocial
- Follow TidyMom on Pinterest and Pin this post using the hashtag #saladsocial in the description (you can pin my salad or the salad social banner)
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Ok, ready to link up? We will keep the linky open through Monday May 21, 2012. Winners will be announced the following week . All winners with a valid entry will be selected at random using random.org. Winners will be emailed and they will have 48 hours to claim their prize. Giveaways available to U.S. residents only. Thanks for participating!
Hundreds of recipes linked up to Past Parties
Eating salad almost every day may be one of the most healthy eating habits you can adopt! Let’s see what you’ve got!
Disclaimer: Thank you to The Olive Council’s Add Some Life for providing compensation and prizes for The Salad Social. The views and opinions expressed on TidyMom are purely my own.
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oh I wish I could still eat salad, the best I can do it a tomato salad now, I miss greens in my diet LOL. That just sound wrong coming from a sugar lover like me.
Loving all of these salads!
Linked up my Creamy Cilantro Lime salad.
Tweeted.
Long time follower on Pinterest. Repinned with hashtag.
I linked up my Quinoa Chickpea Salad with avocado dressing and my Citrus Fennel Salad. I love you cucumber feta salad, I make a similar one myself!
I linked up a strawberry salad! Mmm, I’m eating salads for lunch every day now, and why not? ‘Tis the season.
What a yummy and healthy salad! I love the colors and the flavors in this. I especially like that it has a bit of a Greek salad flavor profile from the olives, tomato and feta. Mmm!
Love that combination of Greek salad ingredients – it’s one of my favorites! I linked up my Avocado and Grapefruit salad which uses the food combining philosophy.
I tweeted this!
I follow you on Pinterest
Linked my Buffalo Chicken Salad with Parmesan-Dill Vinaigrette. Thanks for hosting, Cheryl!
I tweeted about the #SaladSocial.
I shared this on my facebook page (and I did pin this post too – sorry forgot to mention that in my last comment)
I shared on Pinterest.
I linked up my favorite beef tenderloin salad! Can’t wait to browse through all of the great recipes.
Good Morning, I just linked up “This Aint Your Mama’s Slaw”, there are some wonderful salads being posted. Yummy! Also Pinning too
I’ve been craving a good salad lately… there are SO many wonderful ones out there. I hope you’ll give my quinoa vegetable salad a try. It’s YUMMILICIOUS!
I added my turkey taco salad
I Tweeted about the giveaway here: https://twitter.com/#!/ItsYummi/status/202043246094979073
I Pinned this post here: http://pinterest.com/pin/240801911296295612/
I tweeted and linked up another favorite… easy avocado chicken salad. Yum!
I added the #SaladSocial badge to my post.
Love your salad — I love Green salads — I adore feta cheese and olives!
Love this idea. I love salads. I have pinned this post!
I posted my broccoli salad recipe, a family favorite. I look forward to viewing all the entries, I love salad and always enjoy finding new ones. Thank you.
I linked up with a spectacular Burmese Tea Leaf Salad that our son made for Mother’s Day.
I linked up my Italian Bean Salad! Thanks for hosting this link party and contest!
I just linked up two of my salads – Southwest Salad and Waffle Cone Fruit Salad. What a fun link party!
I already follow you on Pinterest, and I just now pinned your beautiful salad.
And, I tweeted!
I cannot wait to look through all of the salad recipes. How fun!
This is so fun Cheryl ~ great giveaway! I’ll link up some recipes now!
Loving the Salad Social! Thank you for the opportunity to link up!
Cheryl, what a fun party. I’m so excited to explore all the salads. I linked up my favorite balsamic glazed cherry tomato salad. Enjoy!
This is great. Can’t wait to make it!
Love this link up. So many great salads to try. I added a photo on Instagram too.
thanks!
I linked up my grilled veggie and feta salad.
Thanks for hosting, Cheryl. I linked up my husband’s favorite salad, a simple Grilled Chicken Ceasar!
I also follow you on Pinterest @simplysweethome.
I linked up!
What great salads!! I am loving all of these!
I adore feta and olives so any recipe featuring them is a winner in my book!
I linked up two of my salad recipes, my Shaved Carrot and Ginger salad and my Simple Cherry Tomato Salad … hope everyone likes them!
Getting ready to spread the word!
Loving all the salads. Perfect for National Salad Month!
YUM! I linked up my Cool Cucumber Pasta Salad. Thanks for hosting!
I tweeted about the salad partay! Thanks!
I linked up my Zesty Pasta Salad. Thanks for hosting.
I linked up.
I added #2 to my salad blog post
I like combining about 1/4cup cooked cold pasta with 3 Tbsp pesto, 1/4 cup chopped tomato 1/2 cup mixed greens, and 1/4 cup pearl Mozzarella. Yummy!
I linked up Bacon Coleslaw!