My Greek Salad Recipe is a Greek-inspired salad prepared with fresh vegetables, original kalamata olives, and firm feta cheese.
What is Feta Cheese?
Feta is a white firm grainy fresh cheese produced from sheep and goat milk.
Feta is common in Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and in the Balkans.
White cheese that has been made from cows milk can’t be called Feta and in fact similar cow milk white cheese variations are also common under different names in the Mediterranean area.
Feta cheese might sound exotic to some of us, but it has attracted lots of attention in Europe and that’s mostly due to the introduction of the classic Greek Salad Recipe in the last decades.
What are Kalamata Olives?
Kalamata Olives are superior quality olives.
I call them the ultimate olives and when I think of olives, that’s what I mean.
Kalamata Olives are called like that because they are native to Kalamata, which is a city in South Greece.
The Kalamata olive is smooth on the outside, large and has a lot of fruit flesh on it.
Try to get whole Kalamata olives with the seed still attached.
Those are not mushy and perfect for this greek salad
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Simple Greek Salad Recipe with Dressing
Ingredients
For the Salad:
- 5 smaller Tomatoes
- 1 small Cucumber
- 1 medium Onion
- 1/2 small Green Bell Pepper
- 3/4 cup Feta Cheese crumbled or cut into cubes
- 10 piece Olives
For the dressing:
Instructions
- Wash all your veggies. Cut your tomatoes into dice, peel the cucumber if needed and half the cucumber and cut into thin slice.
- Peel the onions and cut into thin rings and also cut the capsicum into rings.
- Cut your Feta into cubes (or crumble) and add all the ingredients including the olives into a salad bowl.
- For the dressing mix the olive oil vinegar, salt and pepper well.
- Cover your salad with the dressing and garnish with dried oregano.
- Best enjoyed cooled and serve with vegetable kebabs, bbq grilled meat, veggies etc.
Notes
- Try to get black kalamata olives to prepare this salad to give it the real flavors it deserves.
- 1 serving for lunch or 2 if served as side dish
Terra says
Normally it is blazing hot here in the South. This year has been weird, we have had more 80 degree F temps, so unusual. Hope you are able to find some relief from the heat soon. Your salad is a perfect treat during the Summer heat, and sounds fabulous! Hugs, Terra
Joyti says
You could send just a little of Indian heat here to San Francisco – it’s cold and overcast (and it’s spring!).
The salad looks delicious, and very, very refreshing.
Helene Dsouza says
Joyti I wish I could send some heat over to you 😉
Thank you for your compliment 🙂
Eva Taylor says
Good feta is difficult to find even in Toronto, but I think we’ve finally found the right one. Any salad these delicious ingredients would be very well received in my house. I wish it would be a bit warmer in these parts, we even had a frost warning last night in cottage country.
Purabi Naha says
I know Helene, Indian summer is bad! And here in Mumbai, this time it is even hotter than the last year. Your salad looks gorgeous…feta cheese is very tasty but we buy these imported cheeses only occasionally, as these are too expensive here.
Lail | With A Spin says
It’s getting scorching hot around here as well. Delightful and refreshing salad to cool off a bit.
Madhvi says
Amazing post helene. Absolutely drool worthy. The salad looks way too delicious and tempting. Must be a treat to taste buds.
Kitchen Belleicious says
one word! Fresh! it looks so fresh and delicious and perfect for a picnic!
Vijay @ NoshOn.It says
Thank you for linking to our feta cheese post Helene! Hope you have better luck than we did =)
Helene Dsouza says
Lol I think so I would maybe attempt making feta in europe but not in india. Anyway, I think its a great post with many insides and great info has to be shared. Thanks for stopping by vijay
Minnie@thelady8home says
While I hate the cold here, I still would never choose Indian summers over it. It’s horrible, with no escape. I am sorry you are having to put up with it. Hope the cool winds blow soon. I have never developed a taste for feta, but I have friends who would love me for making this one.
Donalyn@TheCreeksideCook says
Helene – how I would love to see some of that heat come our way – it has been a slow start to spring here in the NE US. This salad, I could eat every day of the year – some of my most favored flavors all in one place – yummy!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
A very delightful summer salad, Helene.
I can stand the hot summer, but not HOT and HUMID…that will kill me.
Lizzy (Good Things) says
Beautiful! Enjoy the warmth, it is so bitterly cold here!
Choc Chip Uru says
Loving this recipe, my favourite salad 😀
Delicious job!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Revati says
Helene! Iv been looking for a close-to-authentic recipe for Greek Salad, that can use Indian feta cheese and now I’ve found it. Thanks for sharing this! I’m going to make it soon. Any idea if Swiss Happy Cow is available in Panjim? I dont recall having seen it. Do they have a website or FB page I can contact them at?
Helene Dsouza says
Hi Revati I am not sure if swiss happy cow feta cheese is available in panjim but it should, or so I think. I will ask and let you know!
John@Kitchen Riffs says
Although it should be getting warm here, it’s still pretty cool. But it’ll be blazing hot before long! So this will be so welcome. I love Greek salads — yours looks wonderful. Thanks.
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
I laughed at the Nosh on it link. I’ve made feta quite a few times and I’ve never had all that drama. I was funny though. 🙂
I’m sorry it’s so hot. Life WILL settle down for both of us very soon, I’m sure of it. 🙂
Rosa says
A delicious salad! That is something I love.
Cheers,
Rosa