My Big Fat Greek Salad

Submitted by College Girl

"Super healthy, diet friendly! Get in shape! Serve as a meal or eat as a side dish. This is better because it's colorful and magical."

 

• Ready In: 8mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 5 cups-ish
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 head romaine lettuce, quartered and torn apart
• 1⁄2 cup kalamata olive
• 4 ounces reduced-fat feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 red onions, halved, then sliced into petals
• 2 kirby cucumbers, halved lenghtwise, then thinly sliced diagonally
• 4 tomatoes, cut into chunks
• oregano
• mint
• 8 anchovies (optional)

• Dressing

• 1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Put the lettuce in a large bowl. Add olives, feta, onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
2. In small bowl, beat together olive oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper.
3. Pour the dressing over the salad.
4. Top with oregano, mint, and anchovies (if using).

Reviews

[Mia 3]

Hello from Portugal, I made this salad just as written, mind you I had one heck of a time trying to get the feta cheese...lol..but I got it. In your pictures it looks like you also added a little bit of watercress. Am I right or just seeing wrong???, Anyways it was just perfect. I'm a salad lover...lol..lol.. thanks for the lovely receipe!

 

[Ames0325]

My husband and I enjoyed this immensely. We also used a bottled salad dressing. It was great and practical.

 

[Bergy]

5 star all the way - Your recipe just hit what I had in the house so it worked perfectly. I did use a bought low cal dressing Feta, oregano - It worked really well Lovely lunch thanks