Greek Country Salad

Submitted by Eat Your Vegetables

"The lemon juice makes this a refreshing summertime salad. I usually don't bother crushing the garlic with the salt, I just use minced garlic and whisk it with the salt and other dressing ingredients."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 heads romaine lettuce
• 1 cucumber
• 1 bell pepper (optional)
• 4 ounces feta cheese, cubed
• 4 ounces black olives
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper

directions

1. Wash the lettuce thoroughly and blot dry. Cut the cucumber into quarters lengthways, then into bite-size pieces. Halve the pepper, if using, remove core and seeds and cut into thick slices.
2. Tear the lettuce into bite-sized pieces and place in serving bowl with cucumber, pepper, feta cheese and olives.
3. Combine the oil, lemon juice, crushed/minced garlic, and black pepper, whisking until thick. Pour over salad, toss gently, serve immediately.

Reviews

[kiwidutch]

Wonderful recipe! Refreshing and full of good strong interesting flavours. We also just minced the garlic in a garlic press, and added it to the rest of the dressing ingredients. Please see my rating system: 4 excellent stars for an easy to make, tasty and interesting salad that's quick and easy to put together and one that we will be making regularly. Thanks!

 

[Karen From Colorado]

This is a lovely, light salad. This was today's lunch at work. I used a sweet yellow bell pepper, an English cucumber and added toasted croutons. The dressing had a fresh tart taste that I really enjoyed. Thank you very much for posting this delicious salad combination and tasty dressing.