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Original Greek Salad
Greek salad is a very simple but great salad with ripe tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, onions, olives and creamy feta cheese!
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Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
20
minutes
mins
Course
Appetizer, Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine
Greek
Recipe Type
easy, quick, vegetarian
Servings
4
Ingredients
3
large, ripe tomatoes
(or 5-6 cherry tomatoes)
1
cucumber
⅓
cup
red onion
1
large bell pepper
7
oz
good quality feta cheese
(200g)
⅓
cup
olive
(pitted Kalamata or black)
3
tbsp
olive oil
1½
tsp
lemon juice
(or 1-2 tbsp red wine vinegar)
1
tsp
oregano
(dried)
3-4
leaves of basil
(optional)
Instructions
Prepare the vegetables by washing, peeling.
Cut the
tomatoes
into large chunks.
Cut the
cucumber
into quarters into 1/2-inch-thick.
Cut the
red onion
in half and thinly slice.
Cut the
bell pepper
in half lengthwise then slice thinly.
Transfer everything in a large salad dish and add a good handful of
olives
.
Season with salt and sprinkle with a bit of
dried oregano
and
basil
.
Pour the olive oil and
lemon juice
or
red wine vinegar
all over the salad and gently mix until to combine.
Finally, add the
feta blocks
on top and sprinkle more of dried oregano and serve with toast or use it for a side dish and enjoy!
NOTES
The above figures assume a cup with a volume of 250 ml.