Almost Greek Salad
Almost Greek Salad

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, almost greek salad. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds (I just eat these during prep). Greek salads in Greece are drastically different from what you get in most Greek restaurants in America. Most traditional Greek salads are missing lettuce altogether.

Almost Greek Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Almost Greek Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have almost greek salad using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Almost Greek Salad:
  1. Get 1/4 large cucumber
  2. Make ready 2 ripe tomatoes
  3. Make ready 1/2 green bell pepper
  4. Make ready Handful olives
  5. Get 1/2 red onion
  6. Get 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  8. Get 1/2 tsp dried oregano

Traveling through Greece, I feel in love with the Greek salads on the islands because they had no lettuce. When I came home, I was determined. I love the horiatiki salad, because it is healthy and almost decadent at the same time, just like most Greek food. But before we go on with the recipe, we need to clear up a few misconceptions.

Steps to make Almost Greek Salad:
  1. Cut the cucumber lengthways. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds (I just eat these during prep). Then thickly slice into half moon shapes.
  2. Cut the tomatoes into quarters, then cut each quarter in half again. Thinly slice the onions.
  3. Thinly slice the peppers. Then add all the salad veg into a large bowl.
  4. Mix together the olive oil, oregano and lemon juice and pour this over the salad. Use your hands to toss the salad and make sure the veg is all coated nicely. Serve at room temp. Top with a block of feta if it’s your preference.

Okay, so Greek Salad has absolutely nothing to do with Holy Week. Taste and adjust seasonings (I almost always add a little sugar.) Pour dressing over salad ingredients, then add salt and pepper. Greek salad, also known as village salad or horiatiki is the national dish of Greece, consisting of quartered tomatoes, sliced red onions, and chunky slices of cucumber. I had incredible traditional chunky style Greek salads at almost every restaurant I ate in when I was Good Greek salad (horiatiki) is based on ripe, in-season tomatoes. These are very hard to get in most.

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