Lebanese: Fattoush Salad

Recipe by Fairouz AbuGhazaleh <airouzabughazaleh@gmail.com>

(serves 6)

Ingredients:

• 3 pita bread rounds, cut into pieces and baked
• 2 heads of romaine lettuce (or 1 head of romaine and another of any other kind of lettuce that you like)
• 1 tomato, cut into bite-sized pieces (or a bunch of cherry tomatoes, whole or sliced in half)
• 1 cucumber
• ½ green bell pepper
• ½ red bell pepper
• small bunch of fresh parsley, chopped
• small bunch of fresh mint, chopped
• 1 bunch of radishes, sliced (optional)
• 1 pomegranate, seeded (optional)
• 1 teaspoon of sumac

For the dressing:

• Juice of 1 lemon
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar (or white vinegar)

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• 1 teaspoon salt

Procedure:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 F, put the bread pieces on a baking tray and bake for about 7 minutes (until lightly golden brown)
2. Make the dressing: Mix all ingredients well
3. Cut the lettuce and all the vegetables into small even-sized pieces
4. Pour dressing over salad, mix in the toasted bread and toss well
5. Garnish with sumac and pomegranate seeds