Horiatiki Salata (Greek Salad)
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With all of the fresh, ripe, local fruits and vegetables that are around it is the perfect time to be enjoying salads. One of my favorite salads is a Greek salad. (I still find that a bit surprising as I did not like either red onions or olives when I was a kid.) This Greek salad has such an amazing combination of flavours. Like most salads, this one is easy to make; just chop every thing up and toss it together.
Many of recipes for salad dressings that I have seen call for a high ratio of oil to vinegar. I like vinegars and I prefer to really taste their bite. I generally use an oil to vinegar ratio of about 1:1. Of course it is always a good idea to mix the salad dressing in a separate bowl so that you can taste it and adjust it if it is needed.
Ingredients:
1 tomato (diced)
1/2 cucumber (chopped)
1 tablespoon red onion (sliced)
1 handful sun dried black olives
1 tablespoon feta cheese (crumbled)
1/2 tablespoon olive oil (I used the oil from the sun dried black olives package)
1/2 tablespoon red wine vinegar (or lemon juice)
1 dash oregano
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Mix the tomato, cucumber, red onion and olives.
2. Top with the crumbled feta.
3. Mix the oil, vinegar, oregano, salt and pepper and pour on the salad.
Similar Recipes:
Cucumber, Feta and Dill Salad
Greek Panzanella Salad
Greek Couscous Salad
Feta Salsa







9 comments:
Looks great.
What a beautiful Greek Salad! This is one of my all-time favorite dishes, and something I never get tired of eating.
I agree with you on the oil to vinegar ratio (in fact sometimes I add more vinegar than oil) I like my dressing really vinegary. But I don't do that when I am cooking for guests or the kids...
I have been meaning to make Greek salad for weeks, Kevin - yours is just tempting me even more! :)
On a salad that looks that good I would probably just drizzle a bit of both over the top - like the Spanish do. And I agree with the ratio, too.
Beautiful photo!
This is my kind of salad none or not a lot of leaves :)
I had forgotten how much I love Greek Salad! Thanks for reminding me. Your salad looks wonderful!
Nothing beats a fresh Greek Salad. I tire of foods easily but when I was in Greece last year I had Greek salad every single day!!!
Greek Salad is my favourite salad of all time for the lack of lettuce (not a fan of lettuce at all)also and could eat it on a daily basis. I'm so glad that I found your blog and am now a huge fan. I love all your recipes.Thanks for sharing your love of food.
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