Description
This Greek salad is one of the most famous and widely used salads in almost every country worldwide. It is delicious, easy to make and has many healthy ingredients. Greece is famous for it’s olives, olive oil, feta cheese and Greek yoghurt. This salad includes three of these ingredients and although it doesn’t include the yoghurt, you could easily have it alongside the salad and they will combine well together.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 Small Iceberg Lettuce
- 1 Mediterranean Cucumber
- 1 Small Red Onion
- 200 g Grape Tomatoes
- 100 g Black Olives
- 200 g Feta Cheese
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 tsp Dried Oregano
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Using a large salad bowl, start by chopping the iceberg lettuce into bite size pieces and place them inside the bowl. Next, slice a Mediterranean cucumber into medium thickness slices and place them on top of the lettuce. Slice the red onion into thin slices and add them to the lettuce and cucumber. Toss the black olives on top of the lettuce, cucumber and red onions. Slice some of the grape tomatoes and toss them on top of the rest of the ingredients already inside the salad bowl.
- Cut the feta cheese into bite size blocks and add them on top of all the salad ingredients. Many people and local restaurants in Greece use their hands to squash the feta cheese into small pieces that can be sprinkled on top of the salad ingredients instead of slicing into small blocks. This way, when you add the salad dressing the feta cheese sticks to the other salad ingredients and make them taste cheesy.
- Using a salad spoon and fork or two large spoons, mix everything and have our delicious Greek salad ready for the easy Mediterranean style salad dressing.
- Using a salad dressing jar, add a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, a tablespoon of good quality balsamic vinegar (good quality Italian Aceto Balsamico is available in most supermarkets), a teaspoon of sea salt, a teaspoon of dried oregano and half a teaspoon of freshly ground black peppe. Using a spoon, mix all the salad dressing ingredients well until the sea salt has melted and drizzle your yummy Greek salad with this tangy salad dressing.
Notes
- Your Greek salad will stay fresh for longer without the dressing so for best results, add dressing only to the salad you will eat. This is also why I love making this salad dressing, because it takes a couple of minutes to make some extra if you need more dressing.
- More often than not, in Greece people add fresh bell peppers to their Greek salad, so you may like to add some to your salad if you like fresh bell peppers.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: Greek
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 227
- Sugar: 6.7 g
- Sodium: 1236.5 mg
- Fat: 17.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 11.6 g
- Protein: 8.9 g
- Cholesterol: 44.5 mg
Keywords: Greek Salad, Healthy Salad, Vegetarian
