Sun ripened red tomatoes, crisp cucumber, sharp red onion, olive oil and of course my absolute favorite feta cheese. Yum! Straight from the Mediterranean, this salad is packed with flavor, nutrients and the deliciousness of summer ripened produce!
The Greek salad is one of the most popular and well-known Greek dishes outside and inside Greece. When the tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers are in season it is present on most Greek tables both at home and at the restaurants. The real authentic Greek salad is made with tomato, cucumber, green peppers, red onion, whole Kalamata olives, olive oil, feta cheese, dried oregano and sometimes a splash of red wine vinegar. Nothing else! So no lettuce or any other leafy greens in the salad. The tomato and cucumber are cut into quite large pieces not small cubes. The feta cheese is not cut in cubes either but placed as a large piece on top of the salad. The salad is usually served with crusty bread. You don’t necessarily have to serve it with anything.
The Greek salad is often served as a side dish but can be a meal in itself. I often have it for lunch especially in the warmer months. No that was a lie, I have it all year around. I absolutely love and often crave feta cheese so even though it is a super easy dish I eat this a lot.
Genuine Greek Salad
Ingredients
- 6 Tomatoes medium to large
- 1 Cucumber medium size
- ½ Red onion sliced
- 1 Green bell pepper sliced
- 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp Red wine vinegar optional
- 200 g Feta cheese
- 2 tsp Dried oregano
Instructions
- Peel the cucumber if it’s not the Lebanese kind with thin skin. Cut the cucumber, green peppers and tomatoes into large chunks.
- Slice the red onion and green bell peppers into thin slices.
- Put all vegetables on a platter, add the olives and drizzle with some olive oil and a splash of vinegar.
- Place the feta cheese on top, sprinkle with dried oregano and another drizzle of olive oil.
