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Panzanella salad from Greece | Quick Warm Salads

Ulysses, Troy, Pygmalion, Greek Ancient History, Parthenon, GB
Shaw…. the list is endless when one refers to Greece. The cuisine too, with
heavy influence from Mediterrranean cuisine, is fresh, warm and inviting.
Moussaka, Greek Salads, Spanakopita, Baklava, Loukomades,Bourou-bourou ,Macedonia salad .. the entire world’s
best and freshest cuisine seems to stem from Greece. 

I have a cousin who is
currently honeymooning in Greece, and she seems to be enjoying the local veggie
cuisine to the hilt. Unlike other Europenan / Mediterranean countries, veggies
and olive oil are favourite ingredients with both tourists and local alike..

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Speaking
of tourists, after a short break, we return to the World Blogging Marathon this
week with Alphabet G. G for Greece, and presenting Greek Panzanella
Salad. 

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Before
that a short recap of what countries we traversed last week and what we
savoured.


A Armenia Baba Ghanoush from Armenia
B Brazil Brazilian Coffee Banana shots
C Colombia Colombian Quinoa Salad with Mango and Avocado
D Denmark Danish Buttered Ginger Beets – Rødbeder I Ingefærsauce
E Egypt Umm Ali -Egyptian Dessert
F France French Fruity Parfait

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Country
: Greece

Dish
: Panzanella Salad

Serving
suggestions : Warm toasted bread, or even grilled fish / Fasolada(a white-bean
soup defined in many cookery books as the traditional Greek dish, sometimes
even called “the national food of the Greeks”)

Prep
time : 15 mins | Zero cook | Serves : 2

Adapted
from : Here

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Ingredients:

  • Bread
    slices (slightly roasted and cubed) – 1 cup
  • Veggies
    – peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, Zucchini (use any combo)
  • Onions – 1/2 (Cut lengthwise or cubed)
  • Feta
    Cheese -1/4 cup (I opted out)
  • Raw
    mango cubes – 1/4 cup (optional)

Dressing:

  • Salt
  • Dried herbs – 1 tsp
  • Pepper
  • Vinegar
    – 1 TBSP
  • Honey
    – 1 TBSP
  • Olive
    Oil – 1/4 cup
  • Garlic
    minced – 1/2 tsp
  • Mustard
    – 1 tsp (optional – I skipped)

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Method:

  1. Combine
    all the veggies, cheese and raw mango. Whisk the ingredients of the dressing
    together, except olive oil. Warm the olive oil a bit and drizzle on the veggies
    mix. Add the rest of the dressing together. 
  2. Just
    before serving, add the cubed bread slices. Toss. and serve immediately.

Lets see what other marathoners are dishing out today…

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15 Comments

  1. I have this on my to do list for a long time Kalyani..very nicely done..

  2. Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen

    Very colorful and refreshing salad kalyani! !

  3. Varada's Kitchen

    I had bookmarked this salad when I considered Greece but dropped it because I did not want to bake bread. Nice one. The cherry tomatoes give it such vibrant color

  4. vaishali sabnani

    This is a lovely salad..even on my To Do list..I do have all the ingredients may be will try it today itself.

  5. MySpicyKitchen

    Nice quick salad recipe. Salad is colorful and inviting. Lovely click!

  6. cookingwithsapana

    This is one healthy and delicious salad that I want to make since long,yours looks wonderful.

  7. Suma Gandlur

    Simple and quick to put together. A great one during Summer weather.

  8. Simple, quick n healthy salad!

  9. This salad looks very colourful,simple and definitely a quick fix.

  10. I love this bread salad, best way to use up stale bread. Your salad looks very colorful and delicious.

  11. wow thats an colorful salad there 🙂 super quick to make yet looks so yummy and inviting 🙂

  12. Gayathri Kumar

    What a nice mix of beautiful and fresh ingredients. Love it…

  13. Super salad Kalyani.The colors looks so good and very tasty as well.Inviting pics 🙂

  14. Chef Mireille

    I have always assoicated Panzanella but with feta, the Greek version looks just as good

  15. My favourite salad. This one make me drool Kalyani. Beautiful pics.

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