This Greek salad recipe will surprise you! It's packed with great flavor and even greater nutrition, a paean to the Mediterranean and Green Mediterranean Diet! Here's the recipe:
Superfood Arugula Salad with Pomegranate, Pine Nuts and Tomatoes
A Greek salad doesn’t always have to be the classic Greek recipe for one! It should be seasonal and this winter salad is both light and bright, a perfect example of the green Mediterranean diet, packed with superfoods and drizzled with delicious extra virgin Greek olive oil.
2 to 4 servings
4 cups baby or wild arugula
1 cup teardrop or cherry tomatoes, halved
4 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
Arils of ½ a pomegranate
3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon Dijon or other mustard
2 tablespoons balsamic
Greek sea salt to taste
8 tablespoons extra virgin Greek olive oil
Place the arugula in a mixing bowl. Add the tomato halves.
Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing.
Sprinkle toasted pine nuts over salad. Add and toss the dressing.
Serve.
