Greek Salad

 Greek Salad 

This easy traditional Greek salad takes only 15 minutes to make and is dressed in a simple, authentic dressing and packed with Mediterranean flavor! 

Cucumbers, cherry tomato, feta cheese,  olives, bell pepper, and  onion are the stars in this  side dish that’s super easy to prepare ahead of time.

  Greek Salad 

TOTAL TIME:15min
SERVES:3 person

Ingredients:

For Dressing

• 2 tsp Olive oil
• 2 tsp White Vinegar
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tsp Oregano 
• Salt & black pepper to taste

For Salad

• 1 large cucumber diced
• 1- pint grape tomatoes
• 1 green bell pepper
• ½ red onion 
• 2 green onions
• 4 radishes
• ½ cup olives 
• 4 ounces feta cheese 

 

Instructions:

Dressing Preparation:

• Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, and crushed pepper.

 Salad Preparation:

• First step is cleaning & cutting vegetables.
•  When preparing cucumber, remember to cut the soft core to avoid a soggy salad. Simply half the cucumber lengthwise, hull the softcore, then dice  it.

• Halved tomatoes, remove the seeds from the juicy tomatoes.
• Divide the bell paper lengthwise, remove seeds. Dice it.
• Finely  slice red onion, green onion & radish .
• Simply halved olives.
• After cutting all vegetables, put in a kitchen towel. Pat slowly to drain up excess water.

• In a large enough bowl combine all vegetables, mix them up using your hands or fork or spatula. Once they're combined, mix in crumbled feta.

• Season over dressing and combine the salad well to ensure an even coating. Season over extra lime at this point too if wanted.

• Serve with a sprinkling of  mint or coriander . Enjoy!

Some tricks & tactics for perfect easiest Greek Salad:

• If you’re are facing  the acidity of vinegar, you can ignore it .
• You can also make a vinegar free dressing mixed with a little honey or sugar to temper the acidity, or with lemon juice.
• For a dairy free salad, avoid the feta or replace it with a vegan substitute. Omit the feta to make this salad whole30 compliant.

Storage Tips:

• To make ahead of time, you can prep the ingredients and assemble them in a bowl cover with kitchen towel up to 24 hours in advance. Put the salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar just before serving, otherwise it will become quite soggy.
• Once made, this salad will last for up to 1 days in the fridge. Just store in a sealed container.