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Surprise your Valentine with this adorable Love Letter Salad featuring a block of feta carved like a letter and topped with a red pepper heart.
Surrounded by cherry tomatoes, red onion, and fresh basil, this tasty combination is sure to impress!
Serve the showstopping platter as a starter with crostini slices, or enjoy it as a side salad at Galentine’s Day parties, anniversaries, or other special occasions.
Serving Suggestion
Swap tomatoes and basil with watermelon and mint for a summery twist.
More Valentine’s Day Salads
Love Letter Salad
Valentine's Day salad made with cherry tomatoes and red onion, topped with feta shaped like a love letter.
Equipment
Ingredients
Salad
- 200 grams feta
- 250 grams cherry tomatoes
- 1 red pepper, small
- 1 red onion, small
- fresh basil leaves, to garnish
Dressing
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- sea salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place the block of feta in the center of your serving plate.
- Cut out the feta at a slant using a sharp knife to resemble an envelope.
- Halve the tomatoes.
- Arrange the tomatoes around the cheese.
- Cover with finely chopped red onion.
- Mix together the ingredients for the dressing: olive oil, white wine vinegar, honey, sea salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing on top of the tomatoes and red onion.
- Slice the red pepper and use the heart cutter to make a heart.
- Place the heart on the center of the feta envelope.
- Top with basil leaves and serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 268kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 23g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Sodium: 465mg, Potassium: 222mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 1159IU, Vitamin C: 44mg, Calcium: 210mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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