Ali's Diet

[Josie]

There's nothing to beat a Greek style tomato salad with feta onions and olives with gorgeous extra virgin olive oil drizzled over the top though. 

[John B]

If you do our low carb diet, that is just right.

[✈ Elle ☀]

There's nothing to beat a Greek style tomato salad with feta onions and olives with gorgeous extra virgin olive oil drizzled over the top though. 

Lovely!

[Teeamo]

There's nothing to beat a Greek style tomato salad with feta onions and olives with gorgeous extra virgin olive oil drizzled over the top though.  

Lovely!

Yum ! I usually prefer to also add cucumber and green bell pepper though (well,... not really a tomato salad anymore, but a Choriatiki.)

As to olive oil: Unfortunately, "extra virgin" isn't a guarantee of quality anymore these days - that is here in Germany.

Do you guys have any favourite olive oils ?

[Celtygirl]

Lidl's one is fab, and 1/4 of other's price..........but it's the cucumber thing that I worry about - because they are EVIL

[Teeamo]

You hate cucumbers ?

[smokie]

Freud would say it was something to do with a fear of a malicious "Jolly Green Giant".

[Celtygirl]

You hate cucumbers ?

Sweetcorn i can give or take - but cucumbers - YUK YUK YUK!!!!!!

[Josie]

Teeamo I only described the salad like that as I also hate cucumber so in Greece if I order a horiatiki salad I always leave the cucumber and if I make it myself I don't put any in.

[Teeamo]

Lidl's one is fab, and 1/4 of other's price.

It's been ~1 year since I bought olive oil from Lidl. I think the name was "Italiamo" back then - if I remember correctly. Is it still the same ? Probably not, since it was around 6€, which is rather expensive for a discount supermarket, right ? I'm not even sure if the product range in Germany and the UK are the same... ?

Teeamo I only described the salad like that as I also hate cucumber so in Greece if I order a horiatiki salad I always leave the cucumber and if I make it myself I don't put any in.

Nothing wrong with your description, Josie. The part in brackets was self-addressed since I ran slightly off the topic. I mean... it was about TOMATO salad !

What's the reason behind the cucumber hate ? The taste, the consisency/texture  - or even both ?

[Josie]

Too slimey.  But gives a nice flavour in Pimms!

[✈ Elle ☀]

I LOVE cucumber!

[John B]

I like cucumber finely chpped in yoghurt with mint and, perhaps garlic and or cumin.  It crops up named differently in various national cuisines.

[Celtygirl]

Too slimey.  But gives a nice flavour in Pimms!

Agree

The olive oil is Primadonna

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/5871181/Lidl-and-Aldi-olive-oil-beats-MandS-expert-testers-find.html