Greek Salad

 

In Greece a traditional Greek Salad is known as a Hoiatiki salad – Village Salad. It’s made up of fresh red tomatoes, Sharp Onions, Olive Oil, Crisp Cucumbers and Feta Cheese.  Although my former father in law who was Greek and a few Greek friends fresh off the boat of Athens and Mikonos, said that an authentic Greek Salad is not complete without adding green peppers, and Kalamata olives, to the Greek Salad. I happen to agree with their suggestions, because when I visited Athens that’s how my salad was presented to me. Oh and the salad didn’t just have fresh olive oil on it, it also had red wine vinegar too. 

Servings: 3

Ingredients:

2-3 tomatoes

1 medium cucumber

5-6 Greek Kalamata black olives

1/2 small onion

1/2 small green bell pepper

1 chunk of feta about 2 to 3 ounces

6 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil + more for drizzling

1 tsp dry oregano

3 tbsp red wine vinegar

Salt

Instructions

Cut the tomato in wedges-do not cut in cubes. If the tomato is large cut wedges in half.

Peel the cucumber and cut in slices that are about ½ inch thick, you may cut the rounds in half.

Slice onion and green bell pepper in thin slices.

Put tomatoes and cucumbers in a shallow bowl and combine. Place the thinly sliced onion and pepper on top. Add the olives. Sprinkle with oregano.

Drizzle with some olive oil and a splash of vinegar. Add some salt to taste.

Place a piece of feta on top and sprinkle the feta with oregano and another drizzle of olive oil.

Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer and Editor with forty years of experience in writing, with 12 of those years in the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Management, a bachelor’s in mass communication and cyber Analysis, a master’s in criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and Identity Theft and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology. Her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections, history, and true crime. Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid artist in her spare time, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, gouache, and pastels. As a political operative who has worked on over 300 campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also runs 7 blogs ranging from art to life coaching, food, writing, Gardening, and opinion or history pieces each week.

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