Greek Salad With Feta And Fresh Herbs

Greek Salad with feta and fresh herbs is about as close to a visual color explosion as you can get!

Greek Salad with fresh herbs and feta.

Our pupils dilate when we see someone we love. It’s a physiological, uncontrollable response.

Greek Salad with fresh herbs and feta.

Do we have the same response with food? I think so. We experience food with all of our senses and our eyes give us the first “taste” of the meal to come. When I’m planning my meals, I make an effort to balance my colors. “Eat the color wheel”, nutritionists tell us. Maybe it’s nature’s way of telling us to eat what we should? I had a over-abundance of tomatoes at my house, and this Greek Salad is the perfect way to showcase them. The simple olive oil-lemon juice-garlic trio is used so often in Greek recipes, and this simple dressing really highlights the fresh flavors of all the vegetables. In Greece, this salad is served quite differently. A large slab of feta is layered with tomatoes, peppers and onions, but I prefer to prepare it in large chunks, as it’s easier to serve.

Greek Salad with fresh herbs and feta.

I hope you enjoy this Greek salad recipe!

Greek Salad with Feta and Fresh Herbs

Cynthia

A traditional Greek Salad has large slices of veggies and a slab of feta. I like to keep the vegetables one-bite sized, but crumble the feta. You can also cube firmer feta.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Salad

Cuisine Greek

Servings 8

Calories 114 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 4 tomatoes quartered
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 2 cucumbers peeled, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 purple onion chopped
• kalamata olives
• 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• Kosher salt and pepper to taste
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano crushed
• 1/4 to 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of one lemon
• 1/4 cup Fresh basil cut chiffonade*

Instructions

 

• In a large serving bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, basil, salt and pepper together.
• Gently toss the vegetables to coat with dressing,
• Add cheese and olives and toss to coat with dressing, check seasoning, adding more olive oil, lemon or salt if necessary. Serve immediately/

Nutrition

Serving: 1personCalories: 114kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 110mgPotassium: 307mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1120IUVitamin C: 31mgCalcium: 76mgIron: 1mg

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Delicious Greek Salad with Feta and Fresh Herbs.