Chopped Salad with Tehina Zaatar Recipe

Adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

My favorite Chopped Salad is based on the classic Israeli Salad

I enrich with lots of good herbs, and dress it with a terrific Tehina Zaatar Dressing. More chopping than I like to do, but the good news is, my chopped salad can be easily elevated to main course status.

This chopped salad recipe is quite elastic, but here are some pointers if you are trying to make it in advance:

Do not use any fragile salad greens (romaine, Boston lettuce) until serving time. Add the tomatoes and avocados just before serving.
As long as the pre-made salad does not include salad greens, avocados or tomatoes, it is perfectly all right to make it and even dress it a few hours before serving.

Chopped salad as main course?

Here’s your chance to throw in whatever interesting leftovers you might have handy. Throw in a choice of:
Small dice Feta or Haloumi cheese (in this case no added salt) for a dairy salad
Cooked (good quality canned OK) chickpeas
Sliced seared tuna slices, or canned tuna or sardines
Diced cooked chicken or smoked chicken
Sliced seared steak