Recipe for Mediterranean Salad with Hummus Dressing, Olives, Capers, and Feta

Mediterranean Salad with Hummus Dressing
A great salad with Mediterranean flavors, made from ingredients I had in the fridge!

(Updated with step-by-step directions and better photos, April 2012.)   I first made this salad five years ago on a Saturday when I hadn't gone to the grocery store all week, and wanted to find something more interesting to eat than plain romaine lettuce salad. Luckily I found the big tub of Meza Hummus from Costco and remembered a recipe where hummus is blended with lemon juice and olive oil to make a unique dressing.  This recipe turned out to be a salad that tastes of everything that's complex and interesting about Mediterranean flavors, and it's been repeated many times since then.

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