Grilled Zucchini and Halloumi Salad

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Here's a crockery that's beauteous to look astatine and a drawback to compose. Halloumi food is present wide disposable astatine larger market stores; existent halloumi is made of sheep's and goat's beverage connected the Mediterranean land of Cyprus. Its pasta filata benignant (molded, compressed curds) makes it a bully prime for grilling and/or broiling.

The crockery is amazingly hearty, but consciousness escaped to adhd protein, specified arsenic smoked whitefish oregon chopped pieces of grilled chicken.

We added the optional garnishes, which mightiness not beryllium truthful Greek. But they are truthful summer.

Serve with grilled peaches oregon figs.

Adapted from "Vefa's Kitchen," by Vefa Alexiadou (Phaidon Press, 2009; www.phaidon.com).

Ingredients

For the dressing

3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 spoon honey
1 spoon Dijon-style mustard
Salt, preferably Maldon flaked oversea salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For the salad

1 mean oregon 2 tiny zucchinis (9 ounces total)
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Olive oil, for brushing
5 ounces halloumi food (may substitute a 5-ounce chunk of provolone cheese)
1 caput romaine lettuce (torn oregon discolored outer leaves discarded; 1 lb earlier trimming)
2 tiny heads radicchio (torn oregon withered outer leaves discarded; 9 ounces total)
About 20 mint leaves
Dill flowers oregon edible angiosperm petals, for garnish (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
251
Fat
19 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
11 g
Sodium
493 mg
Cholesterol
20 mg
Protein
11 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Vefa's Kitchen," by Vefa Alexiadou (Phaidon Press, 2009; www.phaidon.com).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 13, 2026