Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2009

As stated, this is just a basic salad. Nothing exciting about it. Nothing new about it. Just good eating. No time? Buy pre-toasted almonds and sesame seeds. Sesame seeds are usually located with the Asian foods section.

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mermaid

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Home Town: Coupeville, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2008

Great recipe, Nice color, great taste, perfect for dinner parties.

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ANGELINA

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Naperville, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2008

You have to add the sesame seeds or it is just not the same. I forgot how easy a regular tossed salad was. My hubby loved it!

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Moe

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2008

I have made this salad about 15 times now and everyone always LOVES it. I do not use any sesame seeds and only about 1/2 the olives. If you use bagged lettuce it is super quick to prepare. Kraft makes a dressing called "Zesty Italian" that tastes perfect with it. Not sure why the recipe states an 8oz bottle of dressing. Just dress it to taste; that ends up being nowhere near 8oz.

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2008

Everyone, including I, liked/ likes this. Assembly is easy.

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Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2008

I served this to a family of about 20. This included young children. I didn't put the dressing on it; instead I bought a few different dressings and let everyone pick their favorite. Everyone loved it. It was so good that three people took home leftovers. It's not often in my family that salad is kept as a leftover.

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Melissa

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Living In: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2008

Had to substitute a few items. Only had Roma tomatoes,whole almonds on hand and parmesan cheese(no mushrooms).I finely chopped the almonds and adjusted the amount, thinly sliced the tomatoes and used parmesan cheese. Turned out great. Can't wait to make this again when I have all of the ingredients.

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Trish

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

We took this to a dinner last night and everyone said that it was great. We agreed. It was so good last night we are making it again tonight!!! Thanks for a great recipe.

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JONIRENE

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

This was a very good salad. Easy and everyone loved it. I used Paul Newman's Balsamic and parmesan instead of romano cheese, Would make it again and again.

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Annie

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2007

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!! I have taken this salad to so many parties and it is always a big hit. There is never any left!! I have made this exactly the way the recipe reads except for I use all romaine lettuce and Paul Newman's Italian Dressing.

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Laura

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2007

I really enjoyed this the first time I made it and my family like the change to the every day salad. It's become a regular at our weekend table and whenever we have guests over for dinner

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Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2007

This was a pretty good recipe though it takes some time considering you have to cook the almonds and sesame seeds. I used regular (larger sized (tomatoes) & omitted the red leaf lettuce because I didn't have on hand, also I used regular white onions that had been previously frozen & they worked out just fine. I served with a Reuben Brat recipe not on this site.

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2007

The only things I changed were: I added alvacado and I left out sesame seeds because I didn't have any. I served it at a church dinner and it was a huge it.

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Reviewed: May 20, 2007

This was good, but I don't know if I'll ever make it again. If I do, I'll probably leave out the olives (I followed another review and bought kalamata olives from the olive bar at the store) and they were far too salty...guess they must be an acquired taste, one that I don't have. Save the olives, I actually thought this was really good. I bought flavored "Italian Parmesan" almonds from the store, couldn't find sesame seeds so I left them out, and served it with Litehouse balsamic vinaigrette. Nothing to sing about, but definitely not a terrible salad, either.

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RESSAS

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2007

I made this for a dinner party, and I am not a cook. I made this exactly how the recipe stated (except, I excluded the almonds, but I think I will add them next time), and it was extremely easy to make and a huge hit. It was the first dish to disappear.

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korieya

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Home Town: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2007

I've made this salad for my family and friends many times. It always gets rave reviews.

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Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2006

The combination of the feta and tomatoes was great. Great side salad, but for me, also a bit too rich.

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2006

the toasted almonds add a surprising crunch and flavor to the salad. Fabulous!

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Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2006

The ingredients in this recipe certainly make for a terrific salad. However, if I'm preparing salad for company, I always serve the olives, cheese and dressing on the side so that people can fix their salad exactly how they want it. Thanks!

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