Greek Salad with Homemade Greek Salad Dressing
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Greek Salad with Homemade Greek Salad Dressing
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A fresh, classic Greek salad with a homemade Greek Salad Dressing. Bright zesty and fresh, this is a classic recipe everyone should know!
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Ingredients
Salad
- 3 tomatoes (size of a tennis ball)
- 4 Lebanese / Persian cucumbers (about 8"/20cm long)
- 1/2 small red onion (size of a tennis ball)
- 1 small green capsicum / bell pepper
- 8 oz / 250 g feta block
- 5.5 oz / 125g black kalamata olives (Note 2)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Greek Salad Dressing
- 1 garlic clove , minced (about 1/2 tsp minced garlic)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp salt (or 1/2 tsp Kosher salt)
- freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (preferably Greek!)
Instructions
- Place Greek Salad Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake until well combined. Set aside for 20 minutes to let the flavours infuse.
- Tomatoes: Cut each tomato into 6 wedges, then cut each wedge into 3 or 4 pieces. If the tomato is watery, scoop out the watery seeds inside with a teaspoon.
- Cucumbers: Slice the cucumber into 1/2cm / 1/5" thick slices. Or if they are thick cucumbers, slice the cucumber in half vertically, then slice.
- Onion: Peel and finely slice the red onion. I keep it in rings - you could cut it in half then slice. (Note 2)
- Capsicum: Cut into short strips.
- Feta: Cut into 1cm / 2/5" cubes.
- Place the tomato, cucumber, onion, feta and olives in a bowl, sprinkle with oregano then pour over dressing. Toss to combine. Serve immediately!
Notes
- Kalamata olives are the classic olives that go into a Greek salad. I personally like to use the ones with seeds inside them, I find it keeps the olives juicer. But you can use pitted if you want.
- The blacker the olive, the better! Fresh black olives in olive oil purchased over the counter at delis are best, but otherwise, get a good quality olive pre packaged olives. Look for olives that look plump and are a dark black colour - you will notice that many in the jars have lost some of their colour.
- When I was in LA, I drove my friend crazy going from store to store until I found olives I thought were good enough!! I finally found Delallo olives which are great quality pre packaged olives.
- In Australia, good quality plump Kalamata olives can be purchased at all the main supermarkets.
- If you don't like the rawness of red onion (noting that red onion is not as sharp as other onions), place the sliced onions in a bowl of water for 15 minutes or so. This will soften the sharpness of the onion.
- Nutrition per serving, assuming 5 servings. If you use low fat feta, it reduces a bit down to 300 calories per serving.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
415g
Calories
334cal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
15.9g
(5%)
Fat
28.4g
(44%)
Saturated Fat
8.8g
(44%)
Cholesterol
36mg
(12%)
Sodium
790mg
(33%)
Potassium
580mg
(17%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
1150IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
24.8mg
(28%)
Calcium
270mg
(27%)
Iron
2.2mg
(12%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4-6
Amount Per Serving
Calories 334 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 415g | |
| Calories | 334cal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 15.9g | 5% |
| Fat | 28.4g | 44% |
| Saturated Fat | 8.8g | 44% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 790mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 580mg | 12% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1150IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 24.8mg | 28% |
| Calcium | 270mg | 27% |
| Iron | 2.2mg | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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