Tomato Bread Salad, Greek-style

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As part our of "healthier lifestyle" -- not that our lifestyle was grossly unhealthy before -- I made this salad to accompany our lean pork souvlaki and our lean chicken souvlaki.

Whole Wheat Herb Foccacia Croutons

odd bits and ends

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Don't ask how, but we had a ton of odd bits and ends of whole wheat herb foccacia bread (from Calabria Bakery, mentioned here and here). So, I simply toasted them until they were crisp.

Tomato Salad, Greek-style


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I made this "Greek-inspired" tomato salad by combining halved cherry tomatoes, red onion, orange and green bell peppers, and kalamata olives.

The dressing is almost exactly like the marinade for our souvlaki: lemon juice, olive oil, dried oregano and salt and pepper.



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To finish the bread salad, we added the bread! The toasted whole wheat herb foccacia pieces got tossed with the tomato salad.



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This tomato bread salad was very flavorful and satisfying. The toasted foccacia pieces, great by themselves, were made even better by the tomato salad juices.


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Recipe
Tomato Bread Salad, Greek-style

This is more a non-recipe than a recipe.

stale bread

tomatoes, diced
red onion, diced
bell peppers, diced
kalamata olives

lemon juice
extra virgin olive oil
dried oregano
salt
pepper

Determine the quantities of each ingredient according to your personal tastes.

Tear or cut stale bread into piece. Toast stale bread pieces until crispy (like croutons). Set aside.

Combine the rest of the ingredients together and adjust according to taste. Toss tomato salad with toasted bread. Serve.