Greek-Style Salad (With mostly local ingredients)

The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes locavore this way:

lo·ca·vore noun \ˈlō-kə-ˌvȯr\

LOCAVORE: one who eats foods grown locally whenever possible

Origin of LOCAVORE

local + -vore (as in carnivore)

First Known Use: 2005


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I try to challenge myself to prepare local ingredients for our meals whenever I can, other times I incorporate local produce and products into a meal. This is infinitely easier to do during summer when the herbs and veggies can be plucked from the garden, or purchased from local vendors at the Farmers Markets.

One evening recently it was too hot to cook ~ a Greek-style salad seemed like just the thing, and I was able to make it with almost everything grown/produced locally. Yay! 




Home grown/made:


Basil & Herbs (for the vinaigrette) from my garden
Homemade red wine vinegar


 Locally grown/made:


Feta cheese from the local goat dairy





Sourdough bread baked by a local artisan bakery (using locally grown wheat, too.) 


Tomatoes, Cucumber and red onion from the Farmers Market







And a good bottle of red wine from one of our local wineries.

 (Bet you can guess which elements I couldn't source locally...)

 Yes, the Kalamata olives, olive oil, salt/pepper, and of course the imported water. :)

How about you? Are you a locavore, or do you try to eat that way once in a while? 

I'd love to hear from you!

Have a great day everybody. ~m.