Feta Cheese and Fresh Tomato Salad

Once again this recipe is a basic concept - it is quick and easy to prepare. You can vary the amounts of the ingredients to your liking. The ingredients are for 2 generous servings - this recipe doubles and triples nicely.
[Rating – easy]

[Preparation time: 10 minutes to cut up ingredients + 10-20 minutes toasting pita in oven or toaster oven + 5 minutes to combine ingredients and serve]

top: Cubed red onion & cubed tomatoes
bottom: mashed feta cheese & garlic

Ingredients:

For the Pita:

1 pita – cut in cubes then separate each piece into two (see picture)

1 tablespoon chopped garlic (or more or less if you like)

Olive oil (2 tablespoons)

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For the Salad:

150 grams Feta cheese mashed

1 medium size onion cut into small cubes

2 medium size tomatoes cubed (with the juices)

4 tbls lemon juice

Olive oil (2 tablespoons)

Black pepper to taste

The red onion actually gives the dish a bit of a sweet flavor, but if you don’t like the taste of onion, you can leave it out. There are many ways you can “bump it up” - add sliced olives, little cubes of pickled peppers, fresh basil or slices of sun-dried tomato for example.

Preparation:

Pita croutons [while this is browning prepare the salad ingredients]

• Place cubed pita in a hot oven for about 10 minutes.
• When the pita starts to brown sprinkle with olive oil and add the garlic, STIR. 
• Continue baking until pita looks toasty and a bit crunchy, STIR every so often. 
• Remove from the oven. 

Pita cut in cubes with the layers separated

Pita after browning (with olive oil & garlic)

Salad Mix 

• In a large bowl mix the cubed onion with the mashed feta cheese.
• Add lemon juice, olive oil, pepper  - mix.
• Pour the baked pita pieces into the bowl - mix.

 Mashed feta cheese with red onions,
 olive oil and black pepper before mixing

With oven roasted pita before mixing

• Add the cubed tomatoes - mix [don't forget to add the juice from the tomatoes]
• Serving suggestions follow.

Salad in a bowl

On lettuce 

Same salad bumped up

Looking forward to your suggestions and questions.