Cooking with Nick : A Marinated Vegetable Salad | Loulou

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp each dried basil and oregano
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 pound or so green beans, broccoli or asparagus
• 1 roasted red pepper, cut up
• 1/3 red onion, thinly sliced
• About 1/2 cup crumbled or cubed Feta Cheese
• About 30 sun-dried or Kalamata olives, pitted and cut in two (To pit olives make a cut lengthwise and smash with the side of a knife blade. The pit should come out easily.)
• About 1 tablespoon each of fresh basil and oregano (optional)