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A salad that can be eaten hot or cold made with bell peppers, chili flakes and the added touch of a bay leaf.

Spicy Bell Pepper Salad

Written by Published on Updated on October 10, 2022 in Mediterranean cuisine

I just poured myself a cup of java and headed into my office to get started on writing this post.  I sat at my small desk, (laptop and mug that’s how small it is) 🙂  looked out the window to see a dark and dingy sky.   Waittt ohhh and here comes the sun, and going, going, and goneeee.  (literally just two seconds of sunshine, pffff)  back to writing.  I made this Spicy Bell Pepper Salad recipe twice last week because I absolutely loved it!  That sweet and spicy taste of peppers mixed with the chili flakes just made me want more.  It’s funny I was never the kind of person who enjoyed eating spicy food.  The older I become my taste for food seems to be changing.

I wish I could say that the Bell Peppers I used for both of these recipes were from my mini garden.  The Cherry Tomatoes and Green Beans I planted actually did quite good! 🙂 Don’t you love the colors in this Spicy Bell Pepper Salad it has all the Autumn colors in one bowl?  The inspiration to prepare this colorful bowl actually came from the colors of the leaves while walking with Charlie.  I did notice that each year the colors are a lighter shade than the previous year.  hmmm

Isn’t it interesting how many wonderful recipes we can prepare with Bell Peppers?  I try to add them to as many recipes as I can just to get that color and sweetness. What’s great about this salad is that it can be eaten hot or cold. Any which way you choose to eat it still tastes good!!

Spicy Bell Pepper Salad

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A bowl of colorful and full of taste Bell Peppers with a pinch of chili flakes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Leek Chop all the vegetables into small cubed pieces
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper
  • 2 Scallions
  • 1 Yellow Bell Pepper
  • 1 Zucchini
  • 1 Orange Bell Pepper
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 3 Fresh Tomatoes grated
  • 1 tbsp Tomato Paste
  • Feta Cheese (optional)
  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 tsp Chili Flakes

Instructions
 

  • Wash all vegetables thoroughly before cooking. Add olive oil into a frying pan along with the chopped vegetables. Saut;e until tender.
    a variety of different vegetables chopped into smaller pieces
  • Add-in fresh grated tomatoes and tomato paste and bay leaf. Stir and add 2 cups of water.
    Chopped vegetables with chopped Tomatoes
  • Cook for 20 minutes. Served hot or cold and garnished with Feta Cheese
    Spicy Bell Pepper Salad
Keyword salads, spicy

Have a great and safe day everyone!!

KALI MAS OREXI!!! 🙂

 

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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

3 Comments

  1. dtills
    October 13, 2020 at 5:01 pm  ·  Reply
    Yummy Sophie❤️
  2. popsiclesociety
    October 22, 2020 at 6:10 am  ·  Reply
    I love it! I love peppers and everything with peppers 😋😋 Matching perfectly the autumn’s colors 🍂

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