The Hearty Salad: Pork, Olives, and a Creamy Balsamic Dressing

by Karen Ekstrom

This filling and healthy dish only takes 20 minutes! 

Mary Claire Ekstrom

Ingredients

For Salad:

3 tbsp. vegetable oil

2 large boneless pork chops, chopped into small chunks

½ cup black olives, quartered (reserve 1 tsp. olive juice if from can)

½ cup chopped onions

2 romaine hearts, chopped

½ cucumber slices, quartered

6 stalks of celery, sliced

For Dressing:

¼ cup greek yogurt (I used some with honey in it to add some sweetness)

1 tsp. black olive juice

1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

Directions

In a large skillet, heat vegetable oil until simmering. With tongs, place each chunk of pork on the skillet. Salt and pepper. 

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Brown all sides of the pork. Once cooked all the way through, remove chunks of pork to a plate and pour onions in the skillet.

Continue to cook on medium until soft, then, off heat, add the pork back into the skillet with black olives. Set aside. 

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Toss romaine, cucumber, and celery into a large salad bowl.

Turn heat on medium-low under skillet and cook until warm. Pour pork mixture over salad bowl.

For the dressing, whisk yogurt, black olive juice, and balsamic vinegar together with a fork.

Drizzle over salad and serve.

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