September 5, 2019

Greek Salad with Homemade Dressing

I always enjoy a good Greek Salad. The crunchy, crispy romaine with the salty olives and feta hits the spot. But what makes a Greek salad fabulous is the dressing. Forget the bottled stuff, you need to make your own and it’s really simple, but makes all the difference. Greek Salad with Homemade Dressing is very easy to make and really hits the spot!

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Greek Salad Ingredients

The basic ingredients of a Greek salad are romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, kalamata olives, onion, feta cheese and oregano. To prep for the salad: Chop the romaine. Cut tomato into wedges. Slice the cucumber and onion. Halve most of the kalamata olives and leave some whole. Measure approximatly 1/2 cup of feta (my fav is Israeli feta) and crumble with your hands.

Homemade Greek Dressing

Once all of the prep work is completed for the salad, prepare the dressing. Combine ingredients together in a bowl or jar and vigorously shake or stir.

Greek Salad with Homemade Dressing

composed greek salad w homemade dressing

Randomly place the tomatoes, olives, onions and cucumbers over the lettuce. Crumble feta on top. Spoon or drizzle dressing over salad and season with salt, pepper and dried oregano.

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5 from 2 votes

Greek Salad with Homemade Greek Dressing

Prep Time20

Total Time20

Course: Salad, Salad Dressing, starter

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, gluten free, greek dressing, greek salad, grilled romaine lettuce, kalamata olives, lemon, olive oil, oregano, red onion, red wine vinegar, romaine hearts, tomato

Servings: 2 people

Author: GFchow @ gfchow.com

Ingredients

Salad Ingredients

1 romaine lettuce heart chopped or 1/2 bag of pre-chopped romaine
1 whole tomato any variety and/or color cut into wedges (cherry tomatoes can also be used)
1 cucumber sliced, peeled or unpeeled
2 slices onion, red or white cut into thin rounds
1/4 cup kalamata olives halved
1/2 cup feta cheese preferably Israeli or French occasionally you can find the Israeli feta at Trader Joe’s
kosher salt, pepper and dried oregano to taste

Dressing Ingredients

2 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 lemon zested and juiced
1/2 clove garlic minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup olive oil extra virgin

Instructions

Salad Instructions

Place the tomatoes, olives, onions and cucumbers on top of the lettuce in a medium sized bowl or platter. Then add crumbled feta.
Drizzle with homemade Greek Salad dressing and season with salt, pepper and dried oregano.

Dressing Instructions

Place all the dressing ingredients in a bowl or mason glass jar.
Stir or shake vigorously until emulsified, about 30 seconds.
Use immediately or refrigerate for 1-2 weeks, stirring or shaking to emulsify again before each use.

Notes

Add, delete, modify or substitute ingredients per your preferences.

Adding shrimp or chicken, easily turns your salad into a complete meal.

If you want to make this salad for four or more people, you can easily double (or triple) the recipe. But you won’t need to make additional dressing.

Once refrigerated, the olive oil in the dressing may thicken depending on the temperature of your refrigerator. If this happens, take dressing out of the refrigerator 30-45 minutes before using to let the oil get to room temperature. Always shake (or mix) before using.

Salad recipe by me. Dressing recipe is from Kitchn and modified by me.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these GFchow recipes. Sizzled Lamb Chops with Browned Garlic Cloves, Spatchcocked Lemon Rosemary Chicken and Michelle’s House Salad.

GLUTEN FREE DISCLAIMER

The recipes you find here are considered by me to be gluten free. However, it is up to you to make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Whenever possible, I will list specific brands of ingredients that I use, but always be sure to check the labels yourself to verify the item is gluten free.