Greek Tortellini Salad

It's Summer time again! As it begins to warm up, we each look for something summery like a salad. If you love eating Greek salads this recipe might be just the one you are looking for. Here is Greek Tortellini Salad. Same old goodness of the Greek salad plus tortellini pasta.

Salad is a dish containing small pieces of food that is usually mixed with a sauce or salad dressing. It can incorporate a variety of ingredients which includes vegetables, fruits, cooked meat, eggs and grains. Salads can come in different shapes and sizes. Your kind of salad will depend on your personal preference for example, if you love vegetables then the garden salad is the one for you. Potato salads, macaroni salads and fruit salads are some of the most common salads served either as an appetizer or a dessert. We all know that there are three most commonly used salad dressings such as Ranch, Thousand island and vinaigrette. If you love eating salads, I am sure you will love the Greek salad.

A Greek salad is made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, feta cheese and andolives which are seasoned with salt and oregano and dressed with olive oil. Pickled leaves, buds or caper berries are the common additions to the salad. In some countries such as Australia, South Africa and UK, the term �Greek salad� may refer to a salad with lettuce and Greek inspired ingredients which are dressed with oil and vinegar.

What makes a Greek salad unique is because of the feta cheese, oregano seasoning and the olive oil dressing. In Mediterranean countries, olive oil is the main cooking oil. Aside from its cooking uses, do you know that the olive oil has also its beauty and medical uses? Wow! Olive oil is very useful indeed. Based from my cooking experience, Olive oil is the best oil to use especially when you are saut�ing ingredients to be used for your Italian pasta dish. Oregano is an important culinary herb. Its leaves are used for flavor which can be more flavorful when dried than fresh. This herb has a warm, aromatic and slightly bitter taste characteristics. Do you love cheese? Me too! I love all kinds of cheeses. A Greek salad uses a feta cheese. This is a brined curd white cheese which is made in Greece from the sheep's milk or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. Feta cheese is a crumbly aged cheese that is commonly produced in blocks and has a slightly grainy texture.

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