This Olive Salad with Sauteed Leeks is a Total Keeper

This olive and leek salad provides that perfect, special burst of flavor to your Yom Tov table.

Just about every Friday, Yussi Weisz of Snaps in Lakewood shares some of his Shabbos food prep in his “L’kovod Shabbos Kodesh” series. Each dish he makes is with that intention. Last week, I watched him dicing up some leeks for this olive salad and thought it would be a great way to incorporate that “siman” in the Rosh Hashana seudah. THIS OLIVE SALAD WITH SAUTEED LEEKS IS A TOTAL KEEPER

Olive Salad I asked him to share the recipe and he graciously agreed – with the stipulation that I make sure it’s “l’kovod Shabbos kodesh.” Well, I’m adding that it’s also l’kovod Yom Tov!

Olive Salad

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Ingredients

1 leek
3 jalapeños and another ½ jalapeno
8 garlic cloves
½ cup olive oil
Jar or can of your favorite olives
½ tsp smoked paprika
Pinch cumin
Pinch black pepper
Crushed red pepper, optional

Instructions

Mini dice the leek, 3 jalapenos, and garlic.
Sauté in olive oil for 4-5 minutes. Let cool and add olives.
Add ½ tsp smoked paprika, 2 pinches cumin, pinch black pepper and mix well.
Mini dice additional half jalapeno and add raw for crunch. Optionally, add some crushed red pepper for heat.

Olive Salad

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Yussi Weisz

Yussi Weisz has been in the kosher restaurant business since 2001.
18 years and 3 restaurants later he has landed himself in the fast-food business. Snaps Kosher, in the Westgate Plaza Lakewood. Actually, his slogan says, not fast food, good food fast.

Yussi has a special love for Shabbos, and believes there is so much more we can do to honor each Shabbos. For teens at risk that keep Shabbos Yussi gives out special Shomer Shabbos Gelt cards, that can be cashed in at his restaurant for a free meal. For people at home cooking for Shabbos, “Just say it” “Lkovod Shabbos Kodesh” every time you prepare something. This way we can enhance the Shabbos, for ourselves and our kids, for a hefty dose of humor while Yussi prepares his own L’kovod Shabbos Kodesh, just follow along his Friday insta stories

Lkovod Shabbos, Shmiras Shabbos, Kedushas Shabbos

The power of Shabbos will transform our entire week in to something higher!