Greek salad

A delicious summer salad which can be served as a starter, side dish or light main meal. Serves 8 as a side dish; 4 as a main.

Course main salad, Side salad

Cuisine Greek

Keyword classic salad, summer salad

Skill Level very easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings as a side

Calories 139kcal

Author Jacqueline Bellefontaine

Ingredients

1 cucumber
1 small red onion thinly sliced
350 g tomatoes cut into chunks
50 g Greek Kalamata olives
4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil preferably Greek plus extra to drizzle
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp dried oregano plus extra to sprinkle
salt and freshly ground black pepper
150 g Feta cheese

metric - US cups

Instructions

Cut cucumber in half length ways and scoop out the seeds, then cut in half length ways again. Thickly slice into chunks. Toss together with the onion, tomatoes and olives.
Whisk together the oil, red wine vinegar, oregano salt and pepper. Pour over the salad and toss until coated.
Finally add the feta cheese, traditionally in one piece or crumbled into bite size pieces. Drizzle with a little more oil and sprinkle with a little extra oregano.

Notes

Use ripe tomatoes and choose a variety that has plenty of flavour.

Nutrition information is approximate and is meant as a guideline only. (It does not include seasoning with salt and pepper and the extra olive oil to drizzle.)

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