Little Lambsie Divey - Lamb Meatballs and Chopped Greek Salad

Mares Eat Oats, And Does Eat Oats and Little Lambs Eat Ivy....

Eating the lamb and eating the Greek salad. Very little to do with the novelty song from the 40s. But it's a cute song and one of ma mere's favorites growing up.

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

The inspiration for this one is a take on a Rachel Ray recipe of lamb meatballs on chopped Greek salad. I don't even use a recipe anymore. It's a Wing It!



Oh, man! Pitas and tzatziki next!



Ground lamb combined with a couple of cloves of garlic per pound of ground lamb, chopped, a good

handful of chopped mint leaves, a tablespoon or to taste of cumin. I sometimes throw in chopped Italian parsley and if I have fresh oregano, I'll strip a couple of stems of leaves and chop those too (easy on the fresh oregano...it's powerful stuff fresh). S and P. Form little patties and brown in a skillet.



Mine almost looks this good!

 
The salad is lettuce-less. Cube a cucumber, a green pepper, a red pepper, a small red onion, add a good handful each of yellow and red cherry or grape tomatoes, a scant handful of sliced deli Greek pepperoncinis, and a good handful of Kalamata olives sliced in half. Toss in a handful of chopped Italian parsley, dress with red wine viegar and good olive oil, S and P. If I'm making batches for work, I leave out the cheese, but for feasting at home, I toss in some nice chunks of non-low-fat feta.

Plate the salad and place some lamb patties on top. Mangia!