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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. If not using specialty cukes with thin, tender peels, partially peel a regular cuke from the supermarket because the skin will be waxed. | 2. Leave a few very thin lengthwise strips of dark green peel intact. | 3. Cut lengthwise, scoop out and discard seeded portion. | 4. Cut crosswise into crescents. | 5. Add mild chili peppers and small chunks of the bell pepper and onion to refrigerator container. | 6. Halve tomatoes and shake out seed. | 7. Cut into 1/2 inch chunks and add to the cuke mixture, cover container and refrigerate. | 8. Meanwhile, wash and dry spinach leaves and any other greens you're using, chill until ready to toss the salad. | 9. Prepare French bread cubes or, for a more rustic effect, tear the bread pieces. | 10. Place rosemary, oregano and garlic in the olive oil and set aside to steep for several hours. | 11. Add dried tomato pieces to the vinegar and let stand the same period of time. | 12. Place room-temperature veggies in a very large salad bowl. | 13. Add spinach, bread pieces and toss with as much of the olive oil mixture as desired. | 14. Add to all the sun-dried tomato pieces as much of the vinegar as desired. | 15. Grind pepper over all and taste, sprinkle with sea salt or use a salt grinder. | 16. Taste again and adjust. | 17. Garnish the top of the salad with kalamata olive pieces and the crumbled feta and serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cucumber	4			62.4	15.1008	2.7039999999999997	0.4576
banana pepper	2		seeded sliced	66.96	13.267999999999999	4.1168	1.1159999999999999
bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
red onion	1			-	-	-	-
tomato	8	onces		-	-	-	-
coarsely torn spinach leaf	2 -3	cups		-	-	-	-
sorrel				-	-	-	-
cube french bread	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
rosemary leaf	1	teaspoon	chopped	-	-	-	-
oregano	2	tablespoons		15.9	4.1352	0.54	0.2568
garlic clove	2		smashed	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/3	cup		636.48	0.0	0.0	72.0
sun tomato	2		sun-dried chopped	-	-	-	-
balsamic vinegar	1/4	cup		56.1	10.8566	0.3124	0.0
sea salt				-	-	-	-
pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
kalamata olive	12		pitted cut	-	-	-	-
feta cheese	1/4	cup	crumbled	99.0	1.5338	5.3288	7.98

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.