Greek salad and biltong and avocado salad

2 April 2011

Today I learned how to make different kinds of salads.

Greek salad

Lettuce

Tomato

Cucumber

Olives

Feta

Onion

Biltong and Avocado Salad

Is the same type of salad as the greek salad except for an extra dolop of avocado and a sprinkle of finely diced biltong.

Peel and wash the lettuce leaves under a cold running tap using a colander to remove any dirt particles. Break off any brown spots that remain on the lettuce leaves after it has been washed. Put the leaves on a chopping board and roll a few up at a time and chiffonade the leaves to get a stringy shape and keep to one side. Cut the tomatoes into 1/8^th and remove the brown stem part. Cut the cucumbers into jardinière and keep to one side. Cut the onion into rings after you have removed the outer skin. Take a plate and start to layer the lettuce first followed by an arrangement of tomatoes, cucumber and olives. Sprinkle the feta over and arrange a few onion rings on top of the dish. For a more appealing presentation you can use different assortments of salad leaves.