Name: Salata Horiatiko - Village Salad
Ingredients: 4 md Tomatoes; 2 Slender green cucumbers; 1 Sweet green pepper; 2 md Onions, sliced; 1/2 c Black olives; 1/2 c Olive oil; 1/4 c Wine vinegar; 2 ts Chopped oregano or parsley; 1 Garlic clove, crushed; 1/2 ts Salt; Freshly ground black pepper

Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Greek	Salads, Greek, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	md	Tomatoes
2		Slender green cucumbers
1		Sweet green pepper
2	md	Onions, sliced
1/2	c	Black olives
1/2	c	Olive oil
1/4	c	Wine vinegar
2	ts	Chopped oregano or parsley
1		Garlic clove, crushed
1/2	ts	Salt
		Freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

LATHOXITHO (DRESSING
If peeled tomatoes are desired, pour boiling water over them and leave for
10 seconds.  Drain and peel. Cut tomatoes into wedges. Peel cucumbers
thinly and halve lengthwise. Cut in 1 cm (1/2 inch) slices. Wash, core and
seed pepper and remove white membrane. Halve and cut into thick strips.
Separate onion slices into rings. Place prepared ingredients in a bowl, &
top with the olives. Pour on dressing just before serving. For dressing:
Combine ingredients in a bowl and beat well with a fork or put in a screw
top jar, seal and shake well. Beat or shake again just before serving.

A Message from our Provider:

“You can spurn God’s love for only so long”