The one of the healthiest and refreshing salad recipe is Fresh Greek Salad, is filled with fresh Mediterranean veggies like cucumber, tomato, avocado and toss with olives and feta cheese that makes this salad more refreshing & delicious. You will fall in love with this refreshing homemade Greek salad dressing that takes just a few minutes to prepare and comes together with such a great flavor that I could eat it every day!
Greek Salad Ingredients
Greek Salad is a Mediterranean salad. It’s naturally gluten-free and typically combines fresh ingredients like a touch of lettuce along with cherry or grape tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, green pepper, avocado, kalamata olives, or black olives and feta cheese. The best side salad served with anything!
Greek Salad Dressing
A fresh, classic Greek salad is gently tossed with a homemade Greek Salad Dressing, naturally gluten-free, made with just 5 ingredients olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and black pepper. This homemade dressing gives the salad a bright, zingy flavor.
How to Make Greek Salad
All you need to do is chop up an assortment of fresh Mediterranean veggies, some olive and feta cheese. On a large platter, arrange all the veggies and then add the dressing just before serving, drizzle over the salad to taste, and toss it all together just. You’ll want it on all of your salads!
Serving Suggestions
This salad is a perfect side dish any time of year. Serve it with a side of soup or you could eat this salad as a stand-alone or serve with some fluffy and crisp Focaccia Bread. This is a classic recipe everyone must try!
I hope this Greek Salad recipe becomes a new favorite go-to salad recipe for you.
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Greek Salad
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
A fresh, classic Greek salad is one of the healthiest Mediterranean salad recipes with a homemade Greek Salad Dressing, naturally gluten-free, made using fresh raw veggies, some olives, and some feta cheese toss together in a lemon vinaigrette. This is a classic recipe everyone must try!
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 1 romaine lettuce head chopped
- ½ medium red onion thinly sliced or diced
- ½ green pepper (capsicum), deseeded and chopped
- 1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes halved
- 1 English cucumber sliced
- 1 avocado peeled, pitted and diced
- ½ cup kalamata olives sliced into thirds
- 4 oz (1 cup) feta cheese crumbled
For the dressing:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 large garlic clove finely minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
To make this Greek salad
- Wash, chop and dry off the lettuce completely using a clean towel.
- In a large salad bowl, transfer the lettuce.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the same bowl: arrange the sliced red onion, sliced bell peppers, halved tomatoes, diced cucumber, diced avocado, kalamata olives, and feta cheese.
Make the dressing
- In a small bowl or mason jar, whisk together all Greek dressing ingredients olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and black pepper. Toss everything together, so that the flavors mix.
- Just before serving, drizzle half of the dressing over the salad, gently toss to coat. Serve the remaining on the side immediately.
Notes
- You’ll need to rinse the romaine lettuce in cold water to get the crisp texture, then dry the lettuce completely using a salad spinner or kitchen towel. Let it refrigerate before making the salad.
- The salad ingredients can be prepared a day before in advance and stored and refrigerated in an airtight container, only tomatoes and avocados are best added fresh.
- Keep the dressing for Greek salad simple and authentic. Add dressing just before serving. The salt in the dressing can lose freshness.
- Be careful not to add too much salt as feta cheese is already salty.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Category: Appetizers & salads, Healthy
- Cuisine: Greek
