Marinated Vegetable Salad

evelyn/athens's Note:

This salad has to be made the day before serving as it needs to marinate overnight. What better for the hostess who has minimum time on her hands?

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 5 cups broccoli florets
• 2 cucumbers, peeled, sliced
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 3 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced
• 5 ounces sliced black olives
• 3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon minced parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian dressing
• 12 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients, except tomatoes, in large bowl.
2. Cover and refrigerate overnight, stirring occasionally.
3. Add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and toss.

Reviews

[Derf]

Nice mix of veggies and the dressing was wonderful! We really enjoyed the black olives, nice addition, especially with the Italian dressing. Being near the end of summer, I have lots of regular tomatoes, so I used them quartered instead of cherry tomatoes. I didn't season the tomatoes becauce of the black olives, didn't think the extra salt was necessary but did use the pepper.Very good, thanks for sharing.

[Gerry]

Great salad. Made this for our July first holiday. Made as posted, marinated over night making for a very flavorful salad. Looks wonderful in a glass serving bowl and very impressive on the table. Thank you Evelyn.

[Zurie]

MADE FOR ZWT 4. Wow, Evelyn, this is a banquet of a salad!! I'm sure it will feed more than 6 - 8, and it will be perfect as part of a buffet. We loved the healthy mix of raw veggies! I had to keep my husband away while it was marinating! He loves salads! I do think it needs coarse black pepper, and next time I'll use more Parmesan -- a lovely taste in salads. I added extra virgin olive oil, as the Italian salad dressing I bought didn't have much oil in it. Thanks for a very colourful and healthy salad. Can be a vegetarian meal, with bread.