Albanian Tossed Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 head romaine lettuce, rinsed, dried and chopped (can substitute with red leaf lettuce or use mix of both)
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced (( like to chop small)
• 1 (6 ounce) can pitted black olives, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 2 large tomatoes, chopped
• 1/4 cup sliced cremini mushroom, sliced (optional)
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted (or or and sesame seeds, toasted)
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika (optional)
• 1 lemon, juiced
• ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 toast almonds or sesame seeds in a dry skillet for 3 minutes or so, stirring and watching carefully so as not to burn. set aside.
• 2 add lettuce, red onion, black olives, green bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms(if using) and feta cheese to large serving bowl.
• 3 in a small bowl, whisk together olive oil, dried oregano, paprika, fresh lemon juice, and ground black pepper.
• 4 pour vinaigrette over vegetables and serve immediately.