Globe-cooking recipe : Greek Salad (Greece)

This is the taste of summer on a plate ! Crunchy lettuce (which wasn't part of the original recipe but I'm glad I added it), juicy sweet tomatoes, salty feta and olives and slightly acidic vinaigrette - it's an explosion of flavours that makes you forget it's diet-friendly !

Greek Salad

ingredients (per serving) :

a big handful of salad leaves (I used little gem lettuce)

2 ripe plum tomatoes

a few slices of red onion

10 Kalamata olives

100g feta

2tbsp olive oil

the juice of 1/2 lemon

salt/pepper

dried oregano

Prepare the vinaigrette by mixing the lemon juice and olive oil and stirring in the salt and pepper. That was it for the official recipe in my Greek-themed Kitchen Trotter box but it tasted bland to me so I added a splash of Light Asian Lucy's Dressing - it needs something acidic and tangy like vinegar to bring it alive (in my humble opinion !).

Arrange the salad leaves on the plate. Top with chopped tomatoes, drizzle with vinaigrette, sprinkle with cubes of feta, olives and very finely sliced red onion. Drizzle again with vinaigrette and sprinkle with dried oregano.

That's it !

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Want to try some other Greek dishes? Take your pick from this little lot ! :

Dolmades (stuffed vine leaves)

Fig & Walnut Bake

Greek Lamb & Feta Burgers with Red Onion, Cucumber & Olives

Greek Pasta Bake

Greek-style Lamb, Potato & Thyme Kleftiko

Mediterranean-stuffed Ciabatta

Mediterranean Veg Filo Flowers

Prawn Saganaki

roundup of Greek cuisine

Spanakopita

Tart with Tomatoes, Olives & Capers

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