Summer Garden Cooking: 7 Mediterranean Recipes with Zucchini, Tomatoes & Herbs

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories while ricotta is often less expensive.

black olives

🥗Healthier: green olives

💰Cheaper: capers

Green olives offer a similar flavor with less sodium, while capers are often cheaper.

Soak barley rusks in water briefly to soften them.

Grate one tomato using a box grater and place the puree on top of the soaked rusk.

Finely chop another tomato and season it with salt, then place it over the rusk.

Finely chop red onion and sprinkle it on top of the salad.

Cut calamata olives in half and add them to the salad.

Add capers to the salad for flavor.

Drizzle white balsamic vinegar over the salad.

Drizzle Greek olive oil over the salad.

Crumble feta cheese on top of the salad.

Let the salad sit to allow the flavors to meld.

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