A Simple Greek Salmon Salad Sandwich

Say that three times fast....

So this week, I had one of my very favourite things to eat. Broiled salmon covered in dill, s & p, and lemon juice, along with Greek Salad, rice, tzatziki and bread... As often does happen with this meal, I had a good piece of salmon left over.

Now typically what happens is that I stick the leftover salmon into a nice little container, and send it off to the fridge to die, only to be discovered in the back of the fridge a couple of weeks later. However, being that it was Spring Break this week, some spring cleaning did get done, including a good emptying out of my fridge, so I made sure that my salmon stayed at the front of the fridge, and was inspired to make a quick, easy Friday night dinner that took all of ten minutes and was made using things already sitting in my fridge, always a plus.

This is more of an add-as-much-as-you-want kind of recipe, and you can add as much or as little as you want. It's really easy, and maybe nothing genius, but sometimes it's the simple things that people don't think to put together.



So here it is, made for 2, so multiply as you wish:

Have Ready:

Mix together:

• About 2/3 cup chunks leftover or canned salmon
• 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese (I like goat feta)
• 2 -3 Tbsp finely chopped red onion or shallots /green onions/scallions (whatever you call them in your house!)
• 5 Kalamata Olives, chopped **
• 1/2 a tomato, finely chopped
• 1 Tbsp or so of fresh parsley (if you have it)
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4- 1/2 tsp dried dill, depending if you cooked your salmon with dill or not (or a couple tsp fresh, even better if you have it)
• 1-2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice
• s & p to taste

The Assembly Line

• Have bread ready for as many people as you're serving, toasted if you wish*
• Portion out salmon salad mixture onto bread.
• Add FINELY (important!) chopped lettuce onto salmon - Iceberg or Romaine
• Top with a GENEROUS dollop of store bought tzatziki (I could go swimming in the stuff...) ***

You're ready to eat! Great with a glass (or two) or red wine or a  Caesar, and some baked french fries.

* I happened to only have sesame-seed hamburger buns, but I would have equally used something like those great Costco triangular multi-grain buns or a nice fresh baguette (although I wouldn't have toasted that), especially one that came out of the bread-maker - but this was a last minute meal decision!

** I recently discovered that it's SO much easier to take the pits out of olives by using the side of your chopping knife to squish your olives, sort of like you would do when smashing a garlic clove before chopping it, and then you can really just pull the olives in half and take the pits out.. Truthfully, I feel a little foolish for not figuring that one out a long time ago. Ah, the time I spent trying to cut each olive in half to take the pit out like a peach. Oh well. You live, you learn...

*** Now, I'm all for doing things yourself. But these days, I do find that the store bought tzatziki, like Arahova, Skotidakis, or anything that comes from your local Mediterranean grocery store, is pretty much as good as I've personally ever had. Even my Greek in-laws often buy it ready-made these days...