Showing posts with label feta cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feta cheese. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Watermelon - That's What We're Having Today!

  Whew! It's HOT outside, humid, and the temperature is approaching closer to 100 these last few weeks.  And a tasty way to cool down when the weather is oppressive, WATERMELON. Watermelons this time of year are so sweet and refreshing.  I bought two big, juicy, seedless watermelons this past week.  I cut both of them up and ate it for snacks or dessert, and I used part of  them in a salad, that's right a salad!  I am  trying to eat lighter with less calories everyday, but who even feels like eating, or cooking in this hot weather for that matter. So to cool off a bit, I made a Watermelon and Mixed Spring Greens Salad With Feta and Balsamic Glaze. I know it sounds crazy, but it was delicious. Easy to put together and served with grilled, herb marinated, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (grilled in the house, in the air conditioning of course!).  That was it, no potatoes, no rice, no other side dishes.  The hubby was very happy, in fact he ate three of those chicken breasts and polished off the salad, I couldn't stop him from eating!

In a salad bowl - 3 cups Mixed Spring Greens, 2 cups cubed seedless Watermelon, 1/2 cup of Feta Cheese, drizzle on 3 tablespoons Balsamic Glaze.  Toss and serve.  As always, if you like more of any ingredient, be my guest, add more.  Sliced almonds are also very good in this, to add more texture to the salad.
 Great looking meal!
 And pretty darn good looking on a plate.  I had my greens and my protein, it was awesome!



Saturday, August 16, 2014

I Live For Olives

Love, love, love olives!  Any kind, anywhere, in anything.  What I like about them is their fruitiness (they are considered a fruit), saltiness, meatiness, and they hold up well in cooking.  One of my favorite things to do is visit my local Wegman's every week, yes I do, just to get a container of this olive mix that they have on their olive bar.   It's a mix of all types of olives, cubed feta cheese and a dressing that they marinated them in.  When I get them home I add English cucumber and sliced grape tomatoes.  I will snack on this all day long, it's my new favorite salad and I can not get enough of it, I am sad to say I am addicted! Olives also contain a good amount of vitamin E, calcium, copper, iron, manganese and zinc, so they are good for you.  They also have mono-unsaturated fat acids - healthy fat.