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Vege-Bread Salad

To get more mileage out of this recipe, leave the vegetable mixture to marinate in the refrigerator and use it for another dish later in the week.
Mad Hungry, February 2011
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 loaf Pugliese, sliced lengthwise, and again into 1 1/2-inch strips; cross-cut into 2-inch bread chunks, about 4 cups
  • 1 red pepper, quartered and thinly sliced crosswise
  • 1 seedless cucumber, chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1/3 red onion, thinly sliced
  • 2/3 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup red-wine vinegar
  • Pinch of sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 ounces Greek feta, cut in chunks

Directions

  1. Spread bread on pan to dry out for a couple hours or overnight.

  2. Place pepper, cucumber, tomato, and onion in a bowl. Mix together olive oil, red-wine vinegar, sugar, and salt, and pour over vegetables; toss to coat. Add the bread and toss to combine. Allow the bread to sit for a bit to soak up the dressing. Crumble feta cheese on top. Cover and refrigerate up to overnight.

Recipe Reviews

Reviews (1)

  • naynay145
    21 Mar, 2011

    Really enjoyed this "twist" on salad. Swaped the feta cheese for gouda. My husband who is not a veggie eater, had seconds of this. Wow!