Greek Chopped Salad

for the salad:

• 3 c. cherry tomato quarter the tomatoes if they are larger, halved or grape tomato
• 2 English cucumber chopped, or 8 smaller Persian cucumbers
• 1 green bell pepper seeded and diced, large
• 1 red bell pepper seeded and diced, large
• 1 c. red onion diced
• 1 c. kalamata olive pitted and roughly chopped
• ½ c. mint chopped, fresh
• ⅓ c. parsley chopped, fresh
• ⅓ c. oregano fresh, chopped
• 1 8- oz. feta cheese diced (or use crumbled feta, block

for the salad dressing:

• ½ c. lemon freshly squeezed juice and zest of 1 lemon
• ¼ c. white balsamic vinegar
• ¼ c. extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 garlic minced, medium cloves
• 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
• ¼ tsp. kosher salt plus additional sprinkled over the top before serving
• ⅛ tsp. black pepper plus additional sprinkled over the top before serving, freshly ground