Traditional Greek Salad
By: John Atkinson
Published: Friday, February 28, 2014 - 2:23am

Ingredients




For 2 portions:
1 cucumber
3 middle-sized tomatoes
1 red or green pepper
200 g (about 1 cup) Feta cheese
4 lettuce leaves
A handful of Kalamata olives
1 red onion
1 tablespoon dry oregano
sea salt
extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

1 Dice the cucumber, pepper and tomatoes in a bowl and season them with finely grated sea salt and olive oil. Take two plates and lay two lettuce leaves in each. Separate the vegetables in the plates. 2 Slice the onion finely and put it on top of the plates. 3 Put equal amount of Kalamata olives in both portions. 4 Dice the cheese and put it on top of the two salads. 5 Sprinkle oregano all over the full plates and drizzle a little more olive oil on top. 6 This amount of salad will be enough for two full-grown people to feed well. Enjoy!

About

The traditional Greek Salad is a fresh, tasty and sating meal, which is wonderful for consuming plain or as garnish of main course dishes. It contains a range of crunchy and juicy vegetables, as well as herbs and traditional Greek Feta cheese. A mouthful experience, which will totally satisfy your taste. The salad can be consumed with chilled white wine with anise scents, or with the original Greek anise drink Ouzo. Enjoy!