Greek Salad

Full of fresh ingredients and packed with classic Greek flavors, this Greek Salad is always a favorite. Perfect on hot summer days with grilled meats.

Course Salad

Cuisine Greek

Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Servings total yield aproximately 7 cups

Calories 139kcal

Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

Salad

2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
1 small green bell pepper cut into bite size pieces
5 ounces feta cheese crumbled or cubed
1 medium cucumber peeled, seeded and cut into half moons
½ medium red onion thinly sliced
⅓ cup sliced kalamata olives
1/4 cup mint leaves rinsed and dried (can be chopped if desired)
2 tablespoons fresh parsley rinsed and chopped

Dressing

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 garlic clove minced
Salt and ground pepper to taste

Instructions

Combine all the ingredients of the salad in a big bowl.
Whisk ingredients of the dressing together in a small bowl. Gently toss with the salad.
Serve the salad in individual bowls and enjoy it immediately.

Notes

The salad is best served immediately after adding the dressing.

To make it ahead

The dressing can be made up to three days ahead. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before using.

The prepared vegetables can be stored in the refrigerator and used the same day for the salad.

Variations and Substitutions

Add some oregano. Either some dried oregano in the dressing or some fresh Greek oregano sprinkled on the salad.

Add some grilled chicken. For a heartier salad grilled chicken is a great addition.

Add some prepared quinoa. To keep it vegetarian but with more protein, stir in some prepared quinoa.

Squeeze lemon juice. For a bright flavor a squeeze of fresh lemon juice is delicious.

Using different tomatoes. Tomatoes can have a lot of liquid which is why we use cherry tomatoes to keep the extra liquid to a minimum. Roma tomatoes (though Italian) are a denser tomato that could be used as a substitute. Grape tomatoes are good too (sweeter).

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