This traditional Greek salad of crisp lettuce, sweet tomato and cucumber, briny olives, salty feta cheese, and lemony Greek vinaigrette is an upstate NY favorite.

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Anyone who dined in a Greek restaurant in upstate NY during the 1980’s and 90’s will recognize this refreshing salad. Crunchy greens, salad veggies, briny olives, and salty cheese dressed with a tangy dressing, this will always be my standard for Greek salad.

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We eat a lot of salads in the summer. While popular salads like the Cobb, Taco Salad, or Chicken Caesar feature regularly on our menu, this traditional Greek salad recipe is one of our favorites. The simple ingredients make it a great accompaniment to marinated and/or grilled meats.

How to Make Greek Salad

Start with crisp iceberg lettuce (or romaine) and tear or chop into into bite-sized pieces. Layer the lettuce with fresh tomato, cucumber, red onion, Greek olives, pepperoncini peppers, and feta cheese. Toss with a simple homemade Greek vinaigrette dressing.

Traditional Greek Salad in a bowl with lettuce, tomato wedges, kalamata olives, cucumber slices, red onion and feta cheese.

Greek Salad Ingredients

Iceberg or romaine lettuce
Tomato wedges
Cucumber rounds
Slices of red onion
Greek olives
Pepperoncini peppers (optional)
Feta cheese
Oil and vinegar dressing

Greek Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

The base flavor of this lemony Greek vinaigrette begins with lemon juice and olive oil. Garlic, shallot, oregano, and marjoram add a Mediterranean feel and a little sweetener helps balance the flavors.

Vinaigrette, or oil and vinegar, salad dressings are some of the easiest dressings to make. Just measure the ingredients into a lidded jar and shake to combine.

Traditional Greek Salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion, kalamata olives, feta cheese and lemony Greek vinaigrette dressing.

To emulsify, use a cheat like dijon mustard, honey, or raw egg yolk and some patience with a whisk. To force a vinaigrette to emulsify without an added cheat, use immersion blender to combine ingredients.

NOTE: Since this is a low carb blog, I use an erythritol based sweetener (Sukrin :1) in the recipe. If you are not following a low carb or ketogenic diet, use honey, or sugar per your taste.

Each generous serving of this Traditional Greek Salad is 5 net carbs!

Traditional Greek Salad

This traditional Greek salad of crisp lettuce, sweet tomato and cucumber, briny olives, salty feta cheese, and lemony Greek vinaigrette is an upstate NY favorite.

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Course: Salad

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: greek salad

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 15

Servings:

Calories: 353kcal

Ingredients

Salad

12 ounces Romaine Lettuce, chopped or torn (360 g)
1 medium tomato, cut into wedges (about 1 oz each serving)
4 ounces cucumber, sliced
2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
20 Kalamata Olives
1 ounce red onion, thinly sliced

Greek Vinaigrette Dressing

½ cup olive oil
¼ cup lemon juice
2 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon minced shallot
½ teaspoon garlic, grated
½ teaspoon dried oregano, rubbed
¼ teaspoon dried marjoram, rubbed
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoon low carb sugar (or Swerve Granulated, or sugar, or honey)

Instructions

Greek Vinaigrette:

Add all of the ingredients for the dressing to a medium lidded jar. Shake for 1-2 minutes to mix the ingredients prior to dressing the salad. Alternately, use an immersion blender to emulsify the Vinaigrette. (The dressing tastes best if allowed to sit in the fridge overnight.)

Salad:

Wash the lettuce, chop or tear, and place into a large bowl or 4 individual serving bowls.
Slice the cucumber, tomato, and onion. Arrange evenly over the lettuce.
Top the salad with the remaining salad ingredients. Spoon dressing over or toss and serve. Serves 4, at 5 net carbs each.

Notes

Nutrition Facts

Traditional Greek Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 353 Calories from Fat 315

% Daily Value*

Fat 35g54%

Sodium 574mg25%

Carbohydrates 8.5g3%

Fiber 3.5g15%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 4.5g9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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