I am by no means a chef or food expert, so I promised myself that during this school year (and beyond), I would do more grocery shopping and learn how to prepare a variety of foods. No more relying solely - solely being a key word -on pasta, sandwiches and eggs to be my main form of sustenance - though there's nothing wrong with those foods. It just gets tiresome eating variations of them every single day.
Now that I finally have my car with me, frequent trips to the grocery store are now possible. I've been to Food 4 Less (among other markets) at least twice a week for the last three weeks. Pretty awesome.
In light of this, I recently asked my cousin to provide me with the ingredients for her mom's strawberry and feta cheese salad. She often makes this salad for family parties and when she does, I eat at least 10 bowls of it.
Not even exaggerating. I mean, look at it -- how can you not want to devour this?
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| Strawberry and feta cheese salad. |
I thought I'd share this really simple recipe in case anyone who wants to try it.
WHAT YOU NEED:
- greens of your choice - I simply used Romaine lettuce and a bit of cilantro
- strawberries
- crumbled feta cheese
- cherry tomatoes (though as you see, there are no tomatoes in the picture because as much as I love them, I do not enjoy eating them in my salads)
- balsamic vinaigrette (or vinegar)
- large bowl
- chopping board
- knife
- tongs/salad mixer
- fork or spoon (optional, if you don't mind touching cheese)
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| Simple ingredients, delicious meal. |
- Gather all your materials. (Obviously.)
- Thoroughly rinse your fruits and vegetables.
- Cut the lettuce into smaller pieces. I simply ripped the pieces with my clean hands but you can cut them on a chopping board if you're fancy. Place into salad bowl.
- Cut other vegetables you plan on using in your salad. For me, that meant a few leaves of cilantro. Place into bowl.
- Slice strawberries and place into bowl.
- Toss salad with tongs and attempt to evenly distribute fruits and vegetables. I say "attempt" because my poor strawberries kept sinking to the bottom of my bowl.
- Afterwards, use a fork, spoon or your hand to sprinkle crumbled feta cheese on the salad.
- Toss the salad again before repeating step 6.
- Repeat step 7.
- Wa-la!
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| A quick and easy-to-make meal! |
I know I didn't have to actually touch the stove or oven, but I'm happy I took the time to make a salad from scratch instead of buying one or purchasing a prepared bag.
What are your favorite simple meals? Any other salad recipe suggestions? Perhaps I will attempt a recommendation in the future!
