Wholesome Greek Salad – Eat Your self Skinny

Straightforward and scrumptious Wholesome Greek Salad made with recent tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, purple onion, bell pepper, kalamata olives and feta cheese all tossed with a shiny lemon French dressing!

All of us have these salads we make on repeat and this wholesome Greek salad is certainly considered one of them. This salad is crisp, refreshing and has all the time been my go-to for lunches, particularly within the sizzling summer time months. There’s simply one thing so scrumptious about this combo of crunchy veggies, juicy tomatoes, creamy feta cheese and a shiny lemony Greek dressing! Not solely is that this salad easy to make, but it surely’s all the time a crowdpleaser and makes such an ideal summer time aspect dish.

Now you will not discover any lettuce on this salad as a result of it is simply not wanted with all these scrumptious, crisp veggies! You possibly can after all throw some lettuce in to bulk up this salad and I do assume that chopped romaine lettuce provides a pleasant crunch together with some added leafy greens. You might additionally add in some chopped avocado for added creaminess, a protein like chickpeas or rooster, and you can even throw in some pepperoncini peppers for slightly zing.

Substances You may Want

• Tomatoes – I like to make use of grape (or cherry) tomatoes on this salad as a result of they are not as watery as bigger tomatoes are typically while you slice them
• Cucumbers – I used mini cucumbers as they are typically much less watery and extra crunchy than bigger cucumbers, English cucumbers work nice too
• purple onions – lower into skinny slices
• Bell pepper – a crisp inexperienced bell pepper is the right addition to this salad, however any coloration bell pepper will do!
• Kalamata olives – I exploit pitted olives which you’ll depart entire or slice them
• Feta cheese – I sliced ​​the feta cheese into 1/2-inch cubes, however you can crumble it over the salad as effectively
• Seasoning – I used a mix of dried oregano and dried basil
• Greek salad dressing – considered one of my favourite salad dressings EVER! See the recipe under.

Do-it-yourself Greek Salad Dressing

Each salad wants a great dressing and I believe you all will actually love this one! Greek salad dressings are usually made utilizing a combination of olive oil, purple wine vinegar, garlic, Dijon mustard and oregano, however I additionally added in some recent lemon juice and basil to actually brighten up these flavors. Easy, scrumptious and one I believe it is best to all the time have available within the fridge!

To make this dressing, merely whisk collectively (or shake!) all of the elements in a bowl or mason jar…and that is it! Then simply retailer the dressing in a sealed hermetic container within the fridge till you might be prepared to make use of. This dressing will last as long as 5 days within the fridge, however undoubtedly tastes greatest as recent as doable. I additionally wish to make my dressing a couple of hours forward of time earlier than serving in order that these flavors can actually marinate!

How you can Serve Greek Salad

The beauty of this salad is it may be served as a complete meal or loved as a scrumptious aspect dish! Listed here are a few of my favourite methods to serve up this salad:

• Combine in a protein comparable to rooster and even chickpeas (you’ll be able to even marinate the rooster within the Greek dressing!)
• Serve alongside my Greek rooster kabobs
• Make it creamy with some chopped avocado
• Throw this salad in a wrap or gyro and drizzle with some tzatziki sauce
• Excellent aspect dish to pizza, soups or sandwiches

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Hope you all take pleasure in this Wholesome Greek Salad and in the event you love this recipe as a lot as we do, please depart me a five-star score under and do not forget to tag me on Instagram utilizing the hashtag #eatyourselfskinny! I like seeing all of your scrumptious recreations!