Tapas Salad with Grilled Bell Peppers, Olives, and Capers (Low-Carb, Paleo, Gluten Free)

This Tapas Salad with Grilled Bell Peppers, Olives, and Capers is a great summer side dish.

Even if you're not that familiar with Spanish cuisine, chances are good that you've heard of tapas, a wide variety of small-plate appetizers that are served as snacks in bars in Spain.  In 2008 I visited Boston and ate at a wonderful tapas bar called Estragon with my blogging friend Lydia and her husband Ted.  The next day we passed a bookstore where I spotted The Tapas Cookbook on a bargain table for $5.99 and bought it as a fun souvenir of the trip.  This Grilled Bell Pepper Tapas Salad with Olives and Capers was adapted from a recipe that book, and it's a perfect little small-plate salad to accompany light summer meals.  Another plus for this as a late-summer salad is that bell peppers of all colors are usually plentiful and inexpensive at farmers markets this time of year.  And please don't be intimidated by the idea of grilling bell peppers; roasting red bell peppers on a barbecue grill couldn't be easier! 

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