feta

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All in all, a good meal; the feta was an interesting addition and I really liked the fresh slaw on top of the taco.

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  • This menu: Spinach salad with strawberries, feta, and macadamia nuts.
  • Stir the feta, the remaining 1 / 2 teaspoon salt and 1 / 8 teaspoon pepper, the marjoram, and the capers into the pan juices. —  All MayoClinic.com Topics
  • Mummy would be proud of me for this, dating back to our freshman soccer days eating spinach feta pizza, but I cooked up spinach, feta, and speck (bacon) spaghetti at home and watched Spiderman. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Who knew chilis and feta are the perfect foil for cool fluke?
  • All in all, a good meal; the feta was an interesting addition and I really liked the fresh slaw on top of the taco. —  BC Bloggers
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  1. Modern Greek (turi) pheta, (cheese) slice, from Italian fetta, slice, from *offetta, diminutive of *offa, from Latin offa, morsel of food.
 

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