Broccoli olive salad
For a vegetable to go with either meat dish you could do no better than a fine broccoli and olive salad with a fine lemon herb dressing.
Ingredients
Instructions
Boil the broccoli in a large covered saucepan with a quart of water for about 2 minutes. Then drain and rinse. Combine the broccoli and olives in a large salad bowl.
In a lidded container, combine all the ingredients for the dressing (olive oil, lemon juice and zest, dill, minced garlic, red pepper or cayenne pepper, and salt) and shake well. Pour it over the salad and toss lightly.
Then sprinkle the result with the feta cheese. you are ready to serve.
Notes
Serve over a bed of salad leaves or cooked pasta.
Variations
Add capers, herbs and spices to the dressing to your taste.
Add other vegetables such as lightly roasted red bell pepper.