Mediterranean Chopped Salad Recipe

Ingredients For Mediterranean Chopped Salad Recipe

• Ingredients for the dressing
• 0.25 cup Olive oil
• 2 teaspoon Honey
• 2 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
• 1 Zest of lemon
• 2 tablespoon Red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Dried oregano
• 1 Medium clove garlic finely minced
• Ingredients for the salad
• 5 cup Water
• 1 cup Israeli Couscous
• 1 teaspoon Olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Salt this seems like a lot, but very little will actually be absorbed into the pasta. add it now to season the pasta as it cooks, giving deeper flavor
• 2.5 cup Cherry or grape tomatoes halved or quartered
• 1 pound Large seedless cucumber usually plastic wrapped; about 1 diced
• 1 Medium Red Onion Diced
• 0.5 cup Kalamata olives halved or quartered
• 0.75 cup Feta cheese crumbled. we love french feta, but any kind will do
• 2 teaspoon Fresh Rosemary Finely Chopped
• 2 tablespoon Fresh basil finely chopped
• 1.5 tablespoon Fresh oregano or parsley finely chopped
• 2 teaspoon Fresh thyme leaves don't worry about chopping these
• 0.25 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper