Bills Greek Salad With Pan-fried Halloumi

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 4 ripe tomatoes, halved and cut into thirds
• 2 short lebanese cucumbers, quartered lengthways and cut into chunks
• 1 red onion, finely sliced
• 20 g mint leaves
• 20 g flat leaf parsley (italian)
• 95 g kalamata olives or 95 g other black olives
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 250 g halloumi cheese, cut lengthways into 1 cm (1/2 inch)

Recipe

• 1 place the extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice in a bowl and mix to combine. season with salt and pepper. add the tomato, cucumber, onion, mint, parsley and olives. toss until the salad is evenly coated with the dressing.
• 2 place a large frying pan over a medium to high heat and add the olive oil. cook the haloumi slices for 1 minute on each side, or until golden. remove and place on paper towels to drain. divide the salad among four serving plates and top with the haloumi slices.