Greek Salad from @MaddieDayAuthor #giveaway

MADDIE DAY here. Last Sunday as we chatted around the kitchen table, I mentioned the salad my Greek friend Marios used to make. 

I was surprised I'd never presented the recipe here on the blog, and I made it later that day for my family at a lake house where we are staying all week. It seemed like the perfect thing to share with you all today!

Twelve years ago in a mini-reunion of best grad school friends: Jennifer, Marios, and me, in Bloomington, Indiana

The salad is simple and benefits from locally grown ingredients in season. I always make it when my yummy gold cherry tomatoes and cucumbers are ripe, but you don't have to grow them yourselves. My amounts vary, depending on what I have.

Marios's Greek Salad

The following amounts are entirely variable. You can add a little, subtract a little, substitute a little. It will still be be yummy.

Ingredients

Cherry tomatoes, about a pint

Two or three cucumbers

1 10-ounce block feta, cut into half-inch cubes

1 cup pitted Kalamata olives, sliced in half

Fresh oregano leaves (or slivered basil)

Good olive oil (maybe a quarter cup)

Directions

Halve the tomatoes. Half peel the cucumbers and cut into cubes more or less the same size as the tomato halves. 

Add veggies to attractive shallow dish. Add olives and feta cubes. Sprinkle oregano leaves over top and drizzle with olive oil. 

See, wasn't that simple? Toss gently and enjoy with crusty bread to sop up the juices!

Readers: Would you modify this salad or eat it as is? I'll send one lucky commenter an ebook version of Murder on the Bluffs by my alter-ego Edith Maxwell. It features a character inspired by Marios!

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Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) is a talented amateur chef and holds a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University. An Agatha Award-winning and bestselling author, she is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and also writes award-winning short crime fiction. She lives with her beau and sweet cat Martin north of Boston, where she’s currently working on her next mystery when she isn’t cooking up something delectable in the kitchen.