Dave's Favorite Artichoke Salad

Dave with Katelyn

Dave loves artichokes, in brine, olive oil, fresh, canned, frozen...whatever. We would go to King Soopers after church on Sundays with the specific purpose of buying fried chicken pieces, their artichoke salad and hot french bread! He especially liked these foods together during football season. Dessert is if the Broncos win!!

I asked a lot of questions of those at the deli counter and I also look closely at the ingredients and put this recipe together. After several attempts, Dave said that this was his favorite one.

Dave's Favorite Artichoke Salad:

1 can of artichoke pieces
1 can of black olives
1/4 lb of feta cheese or the feta cheese crumbles already in package - can be seasoned
1 large cucumber - peeled, seeded and cubed
1/2 cup of spanish onion - diced
1 cup cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup of Italian Dressing

Drain the can of artichokes and black olives and pour into bowl. Prepare cucumber and add to the bowl. Dice the spanish onion add to bowl as well. Crumble the seasoned or unseasoned feta cheese into the bowl and finally mix all together with the Italian Dressing. If you used unseasoned feta cheese, you can add 1 tbsp of Italian Seasoning to the mixture too.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours and serve as a salad.

PS You can also add 2 cups of penne pasta or bow tie pasta to the salad to actually make it a robust lunch or dinner. You may need to increase the seasoning and the dressing. Definitely let sit at least 2 hours for the pasta to drink up the flavor of the seasoning and dressing.