Frugal In Florida

A while ago, a had a post about Just Veggies Greek Style ... and actually, it was to have been a spin off from Whole Foods Greek Veggie Salad ... they had feta cheese and olives in the mix, along with some artichokes, etc. ... but me, I just wanted to use Straight Veggies ... hence the name. As we have moved into the first week of our Pantry Challenge, I figured I might as well start off with some stuff that's in the FRIDGE and try and even out some of the other stuff we hope to be using up ... so out came these items: It's not a very good picture but that is a cucumber, green pepper, red pepper, 2 Roma tomatoes and a sweet onion ... all from Whole Foods this past week ... I'll be damned if I'm going to let these go to waste for the price I paid! So, all you gotta do is just chop everything up in to bite size pieces, toss all in a non-reactive bowl ... then mix up the following in a small bowl: 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar genero...

A few weeks ago I had picked up a small amount of the greek salad from Whole Foods ... it was so dang good, I was really upset to finish it ... I was adding cooked, diced chicken to it to make it a meal and make it last a little longer ... I know the dressing they used has sugar ... how could it not? They also put feta cheese in, which is fine in the small amount that was used. AND they added olives, which in MY book, is NOT fine. I really do not like olives. To the point where they can pretty much 'contaminate' the food mixed with them ... ::shudder:: sorry .... can't help it. So anyways. The base of the salad was just green peppers, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta cheese and the dressing. And it should be noted, the veggies weren't swimming ... which is the way I prefer things! I really wanted to make my own. Heck, it's $7.99 a pound at Whole Foods. Isn't that enough motivation to make you want to make your own? Oh, yeah, that and the p...