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Colorful Carrot Salad with Lemon Dressing

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Hello!!!  Did everyone have a good weekend?  I hope so and I do hope that all is well…We had a very nice weekend it was the first one that we went out in a long long long time, we went and visited some friends who have moved to Germany from Greece.   Our friend actually is a base player in a group and they were having a live concert on Saturday night so this gave us the opportunity to hear him live again!! I think its been 10 years since the last time I have been to a live concert.  Germany had wonderful weather this weekend, Saturday night was just lovely, warm, stars were out, people dancing, and having a great time. 🙂 

Sunday we were invited over to some other friends house for lunch, the food was delicious BBQ, 🙂 we got a chance to catch up on everything  and well  we just had a lovely time. 😉 Just a small shout out  thanking Katerina and hubby so much for inviting us to their home and their wonderful hospitality.   (Before I forget Charlie had a great time too!!!)  🙂

Since food was way to much this weekend, today’s lunch is light and salad is the only option.  I ate Carrot Salad for the first time at my mother-in-laws :)…I remember that she placed it on the table and I made some sort of facial expression because she caught it hahahahahahah…and she remarked..:)  Don’t get me wrong I love my mother-in-law, I have been very lucky she is like a second mom to me, anyway because I love salad I was absolutely going to try it, and have been making it myself since then.  🙂

COLORFUL CARROT SALAD WITH LEMON DRESSING

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 Carrots grated
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice
  • 4 Dried Tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  • 40 grams Feta Cheese cubed
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Oregano
  • 5 Olives
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Place grated Carrots into a bowl.
  • Either add whole dried tomatoes into the bowl or chop into smaller pieces like I did.
  • Then continue by adding Feta cheese cut into cubes.
  • Squeeze 1/2 a lemon into a jar, add olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper and shake until nicely combined. Pour Lemon dressing over salad and enjoy!!

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

10 Comments

  1. Lisa@LismorePaperCo.
    June 4, 2018 at 9:48 am  ·  Reply
    This looks delicious! I love feta. Definitely going to give this a try 🌞😊
  2. dtills
    June 5, 2018 at 3:46 am  ·  Reply
    Looks awesome Sophie😊💕
    • foodzesty
      June 6, 2018 at 11:46 am  ·  Reply
      Thanks so much Dee!!! Rafa is playing today will you have a chance to watch it? :)
      • dtills
        June 7, 2018 at 2:49 pm
        No 😞Of course, I am still routing for him!
      • foodzesty
        June 7, 2018 at 2:55 pm
        He won :) He is playing Del Porto tomorrow. Curious to see that match Juan is a great player...I watched the women's match today Halep..I like the way she plays tennis. Yesterday, I watch Sharapova OMG that screaming Dee. I do understand that they hit with all their strength and you need to get some noise out there we all do....even I do sometimes when I am able to play tennis...but her screaming is just a bit to much. :)
  3. Karin, theaustriandish
    June 5, 2018 at 8:59 am  ·  Reply
    Looks scrumptious, Sophie :)
  4. Liz
    June 5, 2018 at 1:05 pm  ·  Reply
    Lovely salad. I love the ingredients!

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