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Greek Salad with Lemon Garlic Dressing

Food, Health, Life, Lunch, Recipe, Uncategorized 4 Responses »

Aug 102011

So, I know I’ve already done a post on a traditional Greek salad, but I thought I’d do another version of it. My original post consisted of the same recipe used when I visited the Greek Islands and Athens about 6 years ago. Recently though, I have encountered numerous restaurants that serve their Greek salads differently. Maybe it’s served this way in other parts of Greece, or maybe it’s just Greek “inspired” but either way, I have not been able to stop eating this salad! It started when I ate a version of it at a local pizza joint. The light, lemony dressing caught my attention, and when it was mixed in with the butter leaf lettuce, kalamata olives and tomato wedges, I really enjoyed the combination. Then, fast forward to a couple of weeks later at another local restaurant named Crepeville: I was there for lunch when my collegue ordered [Continue Reading...]

A Summer Strawberry and Feta Salad

Cooking, Dinner, Food, Life, Recipe 14 Responses »

Jun 202011

It’s hot. I don’t know if it’s hot where you are right now, but this week is starting off way too warm for my liking (it was 80 degrees before 9am today!). Helllloooo, Summer! I am very grateful that I spend most of the day in an office that has air conditioning, but when I get home, it’s terrible. Single pane windows, no central air conditioning, and around 6pm the sun shoots straight into our living room through the sliding glass door and heats up the apartment even more. My roommates and I chose location over the luxury of apartment amenities, so it’s kind of our own fault we live in an apartment that is so bad at keeping the heat out. But no regrets! Hopefully, it will cool down later this week. So when your living room is about 95 degrees, what on Earth do you eat or cook?! [Continue Reading...]

Strawberry, Avocado, and Mango Salad

Dinner, Food, Friendship, Health, Life, Recipe, Self-Exploration, Side Dishes, Travel 11 Responses »

Jun 092011

What a week! From having my last two posts’ pictures featured on Foodgawker (and one on Tastespotting!), to having the honor of working with two great ladies from The Frugal Flambe and The Paleo Project in executing a 3-tiered guest post on all of our blogs, to being featured on the Foodbuzz’s Daily Top 9 two days ago, I am ecstatic! That may not seem like much to some, but for me, it’s beyond what I’ve ever imagined. Welcome, new readers! I hope you will enjoy this blog. And to the devoted readers that have been following me throughout these past six months, I cannot be more grateful that you have put up with my random thoughts and endless rants about life and food. When I started this blog on January 1st this year, I never expected that anyone more than my close friends and family would read it. And I was [Continue Reading...]

A Weekend Filled with Spinach and Snow

Cooking, Dinner, Food, Friendship, Health, Holiday, Life, Recipe, Travel, Uncategorized 7 Responses »

May 312011

Yep, you read correctly…snow at the end of May! For Memorial Day weekend, a group of friends and I headed up to beautiful Lake Tahoe for a weekend getaway. It snowed 2 out of the 3 days we were there! Although unexpected, the snow was beautiful to watch fall and blanket the driveway and trees outside. It truly was a winter wonderland in late Spring. We spent hours playing Taboo, sang along to the live music played by our talented friends, and had a great time catching up next to the warm fire that was roaring all weekend long. On top of all that, we had great food! Our group decided to pitch in and get enough food to make group meals throughout the trip. This time, however, we didn’t realize the idea of “enough food for everyone” also applied to spinach. Our friend, who was doing all the food shopping, got a little too much [Continue Reading...]

Greek Salad

Dinner, Food, Life, Recipe, Side Dishes, Travel 1 Response »

May 222011

About 6 years ago, I was given a wonderful opportunity to travel. The land, people, and history were some of the most remarkable things that I have ever witnessed in my life but the exerpience that resonates most frequently in my head was the food I had the pleasure of eating. One of the places I got to visit was Greece. We traveled among the islands of Santorini, Mykonos, Samos, and also spent some time in Athens. In each of these places, Greek Salad and gyros were abundant, cheap, and delicious. I seriously can’t explain the joy of sitting outdoors on a patio, Greek salad in front of you, a breathtaking view of the ocean, and the most beautiful sunset I have ever set my eyes on. I felt entirely blessed to experience such a perfect moment and will remember it forever. And since I do not foresee myself traveling [Continue Reading...]