Shopska Salad and Tarator Soup

Ingredients (15)

• Shopska Salad:
• 3-4 tomatoes
• 1 medium large English/European cucumber (if you can't find this you can use any cucumber you can get your hands on. If the seeds are too big or bitter tasting remove them)
• 1 medium to large onion
• 1/8 of a pound feta cheese (Greek feta is a substitution the Bulgarian cheese сирене--sirene. I've seen Bulgarian feta at shops like Whole Foods before and it's worth looking. Bulgarian feta or white cheese as Bulgarians translate this cheese for foreigners is softer and less salty than Greek feta.)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Oil and vinegar dressing (traditionally Bulgarians use sunflower seed oil and grape vinegar but olive oil and red wine vinegar is what I used)
• Tarator Soup:
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup finely diced English/European cucumber (if you can't find this you can use any cucumber you can get your hands on and if you think the seeds are too big or bitter tasting remove them)
• 2-3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3-4 tablespoons chopped dill
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts
• Salt and pepper to taste