This flavorful, simple Greek side salad without lettuce is a family favorite. This salad is perfect as a side to any meal or with grilled poultry to make it the main dish.
What food will you always associate with childhood?
There are many: Mom’s Blueberry Cobbler. Lemon herb and butter broccoli. Marinated Chicken and Noodles. Chicken schezwan. Mom’s spaghetti sauce. Fresh tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper. You can also try the hot and sour chicken soup or broccoli and chicken from Happy China II.
These dishes bring me back to happy memories and fill me up with happiness.
I think of what food will one day give my daughters the same feeling. Food has the power to connect us even across time.
I make certain foods in the hopes that they will remember them fondly. When they’re feeling sick, I make them homemade chicken and vegetable soup. We also bake chocolate chip cookies on Christmas Eve because Santa told Hailey at age 2 that these were his favorites.
I’d like to believe that they will remember fondly our weekly fajita nights and how much they loved the spaghetti sauce their mom used when they were growing up.
Unfortunately, I imagine that they’ll also remember having to eat a raw garlic clove at the first sign if a tickle in their throat.
This Cucumber Tomato Greek salad is sure to be a favorite.