GREEK SALAD/HORIATIKI SALAD
Greek Salad/Horiatiki Salad is insanely an easy, super delicious and flavourful salad to put together. With homemade Greek Dressing and feta cheese, it makes a refreshingly light meal.
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 1 medium size cucumber
- ½ sweet pepper any colour of your choice
- 10-15 cherry/plum tomatoes
- 10-15 olives ideally kalamata olives
- 100 g feta approx 1 cup
- 1 medium red onion
- a handful of mint leaves optional
For the Greek Salad Dressing:
- 4 tbsp virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp wine vinegar or any of your choice
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1-2 cloves of garlic minced
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp pepper powder
Instructions
Get the salad ready:
- Wash all the vegetables and pat them dry on a kitchen towel.
- As the skin of the cucumber was tender I didn't peel it. Cut into slices and then either halve or quarter them.
- Cut the pepper into cubes.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves.
- You can leave the olives whole or cut them into halves.
- Cut the onion into thin long slices.
- The feta can be cut into cubes or you can crumble it.
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
Prepare the Dressing:
- Add all the ingredients into a jar and give it a good shake.
- Greek Salad is ready to be served immediately with the dressing on the side or drizzled over it. Or leave it in the fridge for a while and enjoy it chilled during summer.
Notes
- I used colored pepper as I prefer them over the green ones.
- If you don't get kalamata olives (they taste so different from the green and black ones) then use black ones.
- Use a proper vinegar and not vinegar substitute for your salads.
- Add more lemon juice instead of vinegar.
- I have tried to make the classic version of the Greek Salad. You can add seeds and nuts for variation.
- Use dill instead of oregano.
- I just couldn't resist adding fresh mint leaves. Its entirely optional