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Greek Salad featuring cucumber, tomato, and feta cheese is yummy, healthy and extremely quick & easy to make. A pinch of herbs such as chopped fresh dill or dried oregano and a splash of olive oil are all you need to complete this classic salad.
Greek Salad Fun Facts
The three key ingredients are cucumber, tomatoes, and feta cheese. Greek farmers usually have those at hand during the summer. It is indeed a summer delight, we grow lots of cucumbers and tomatoes each year in our backyard garden. This is one of my favorites other than the Basil Tomato Salad and Meditterean Salad.
The Greek Feta Cheese is absolutely the highlight of this iconic salad. A must-have for authentic Greek Salad. There are so many different varieties you can find on the market. I like this Greek Imported feta called Roussas Feta Cheese. They are very tasty and are not overly salted.
The seedless cucumber, also known as English cucumber works best for salad. They have thin dark green skin and are very tender and juicy.
As for tomatoes, bright red ripe on-the-vine tomatoes are the best. You can either use cherry tomatoes or regular-sized tomatoes.
For herbs, I usually use either freshly chopped dill or dried oregano. Using either will work out great. I also find out Dill is quite a freezer-friendly herb. If I buy a big bunch of dill, I usually chop them into very small pieces and store them in a freezer ziplock bag in the freezer to use on the go.
How to cut cucumbers, tomatoes and feta cheese for the salad?
For cucumber, you want moderately thin slices in quarters. To do so, first cut the cucumber horizontally into halves, and then do it again for each half. Now you have cucumber in four quarters long strip. By the way, if the cucumber is somewhat long, then cut across midway and treat each segment separately. Lastly, hold all four strips together and then cut them across into slices.
If you are using cherry tomatoes, just cut them into halves. For regular tomatoes, trim the bottom first and then cut vertically into halves. For each half, first along the length into strips and then cut across into small cubes. Try to cut into a similar size as cucumber slices.
Similarly, cut the Feta into small cubes, similar in size to cucumber or tomato.
How to make an easy and tasty Greek Salad?
First is to cut cucumber and tomato into small cubes and add to a mixing bowl. Then add either the chopped dill or dried Oregano, along with the salt and olive oil. Use a pair of bamboo spatulas to toss and mix well.
Last but not least is to top it with feta cheese cubes. That’s it. Enjoy a yummy and healthy authentic while easy Greek Salad!
Easy Greek Salad Recipe
Greek Salad featuring cucumber, tomato, and feta cheese is yummy, healthy and extremely quick & easy to make.
Ingredients
- 1 long English Cucumber {seedless cucumber}
- 2 small tomatoes, about 0.5 lb, or cherry tomatoes, ripe on the vine preferred
- a small bunch of dill, finely chopped, or 2 tsp dried oregano
- 0.5 lb Greek Roussas Feta
- 1/4 tsp salt, such as Himalayan pink salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil, cold pressed extra virgin preferred
Instructions
- Gather Ingredients.
- Wash & rinse the cucumber, tomatoes, and dill (if you use them) respectively. Trim the ends off the cucumber and tomatoes.
- For cucumber, you want moderately thin slices in quarters. To do so, first cut the cucumber horizontally into halves, and then do it again for each half. Now you have cucumber in four quarters long strip. By the way, if the cucumber is somewhat long, then cut across midway and treat each segment separately. Lastly, hold all four strips together and then cut them across into slices. Add the cucumber slices to a large mixing bowl.
- If you are using cherry tomatoes, just cut them into halves. For regular tomatoes, trim the bottom first and then cut vertically into halves. For each half, first along the length into strips and then cut across into small cubes. Try to cut into a similar size as cucumber slices. Add the tomato cubes to the mixing bowl.
- If you are using dill, then chop dill into small pieces and add to the mixing bowl. Or add 2 tsp dried oregano. Also, add 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tbsp olive oil.
- Use a pair of bamboo spatulas to toss and mix everything together.
- Cut the Feta into small cubes, similar in size to cucumber or tomato. Add to the top of the salad and gently mix.
- All done! Enjoy a super easy, yummy and healthy authentic Greek Salad.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1Amount Per Serving Calories 237Total Fat 19gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 9gCholesterol 50mgSodium 769mgCarbohydrates 9gFiber 2gSugar 6gProtein 9g
Nutrition calculation is provided by Nutritionix to the best knowledge per ingredients description and isn't always accurate.
